Maricopa Community Colleges  ENG009   19982-20015 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  11/25/97
ENG009      19982-20015 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
English as a Second Language I
First level of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on basic conversational skills, pronunciation, vocabulary building and grammar. Some reading and sentence level writing. Credit (P) or no credit (Z). Standard grading available according to procedures outlined in catalog. May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) credits. Prerequisites: Appropriate ESL placement test score.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ENG009   19982-20015 English as a Second Language I
1. Use the verb "to be" in both conversation and simple written sentencesin the following tenses: simple present, imperative, present continouus, and simple past. (I)
2. Use common English vervs in both conversation and simple written sentences in the follwoing tenses: simple present, imperative, present continous, and simple past. (I,II)
3. Use subject and object pronouns in both conversation and simple written sentences. (III)
4. Use common adjectives and advervs, as well as possessive adjectuves and advervs of frequency, in both conversation and simple written sentences. (IV)
5. Use common prepositions in both conversation and simple written sentences. (V)
6. Use the following types of nouns in both conversation and simple written sentences: count (singular and plural) and non-count. (VI)
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ENG009   19982-20015 English as a Second Language I
    I. The verb "to be"
        A. Affirmative, negative, and interrogative
        B. Short answer
        C. Simple past form
        D. Tag questions
        E. "There is" and "there are"
      II. Verb tense
          A. Affirmative, negative, and interrogative
          B. Imperative
          C. Present continous
          D. Simple present
          E. Simple past
          F. Future with "going to"
          G. Tag questions
        III. Pronouns
            A. Subject pronouns
            B. Object pronouns
          IV. Adjectives and adverbs
              A. Other/another/some/any
              B. Possessive adjectives
              C. Adverbs of frequency
              D. Cardinal and ordinal numbers
              E. Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, those
            V. Prepositions
                A. Prepositions of place
                B. Prepositions of time
              VI. Nouns
                  A. Singular and plural
                  B. Non-count
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