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ESL Courses

ESL - Listening/Speaking (Intermediate Level)

Engl 102 - Offered in Fall Term and Spring Term

  • 3 credit hours (does not apply to credit hours for graduation from Hesston College)
  • For students whose ability is in TOEFL range of 440-469 (123-149 on CBT)
  • Emphasis is placed on teaching the intermediate student how to develop listening comprehension through a variety of listening skills including predicting, drawing inferences, summarizing, and identifying phonological clues that signal important information. Emphasis is also placed on note-taking and conversation skills.

ESL - Grammar/Writing (Intermediate Level)

Engl 104 - Offered in Fall Term and Spring Term

  • 4 credit hours (does not apply to credit hours for graduation from Hesston College)
  • for students whose ability is in TOEFL range of 440-469 (123-149 on CBT)
  • Course has two components: grammar and writing. Components are coordinated by theme, vocabulary, and skills.

ESL - Listening/Speaking (Advanced Level)

Engl 105 - Offered in Fall Term

  • 3 credit hours (may be applied to credit hours for graduation from Hesston College)
  • For students whose ability is in the TOEFL range of 470-499 (150-172 on CBT)
  • Focuses on learning strategies and language functions while maintaining a strong focus on both listening and speaking. Interactive listening activities based on short, but realistic academic lectures and sample conversations provide comprehensive practice while a variety of “realistic world” speaking activities reinforce use in context of language function.

ESL - Reading/Vocabulary (Advanced Level)

Engl 106 - Offered in Spring Term

  • 3 credit hours (may be applied to credit hours for graduation from Hesston College)
  • For students whose ability is in the TOEFL range of 470-499 (150-172 on CBT)
  • Enables the student to deal effectively with sophisticated reading materials of both a scientific and humanistic nature. Brings the student from a basic level of comprehension of the English language to the higher competence necessary for tackling work in the college classroom.

 

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