English as a Second Language
Degrees and Certificates
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English as a Second Language
Courses
ES 061: English Grammar I: Verbs and Basic Syntax
This course focuses on word-level English grammar with an emphasis on verb forms and tenses and on high-frequency sentence structures.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 062: English Grammar II: Academic Verb Forms and Syntax
This course focuses on the complex verb forms required in academic English and continues study of syntax, including adverb and adjective clauses.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 063: Intermediate Conversational English
Develops conversational fluency for a variety of situations, both academic and non-academic. Activities include giving classroom presentations as well as asking and responding to questions.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 064: Intermediate Reading
Improves reading skills through investigation of texts relevant to the academic environment.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 065: Intermediate Writing
This course includes more advanced work on sentence structure and paragraph writing.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 072: Advanced Grammar III: Academic Syntax
This course focuses on the sentence-level grammar, mechanics, and syntax required in academic writing. Topics include conditional sentences; adverb, adjective, and noun clauses; reductions of clauses; and sentence connectors.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 073: Advanced Conversational English
This course is designed to further develop conversational skills by incorporating more complicated vocabulary, idioms and phrases, and grammatical structures.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.
ES 075: Advanced Writing
Trains students to write compound and complex sentences, to correct common sentence errors, to incorporate basic research methods into writing, and to write well-organized paragraphs and short essays. Prepares ESL students for EN 130.
Prerequisites
Placement is based on TOEFL, IELTS, or MVC’s EPT scores.