ESL 168 - Intermediate ESL Reading and Writing

    Recent Professors
    Jill Murphy, Gabriella Paleo
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    24–45 students
    Credits
    0
    Prerequisite
    ESL 108 or ESL 158.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ESL 168
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This high-intermediate ESL course focuses on refining fundamental reading and writing skills. Course emphasis is on independent reading, strengthening reading comprehension, analysis of main ideas and significant details, response to facts and opinions, vocabulary enrichment, writing process, paragraph development and organization, purpose, audience, and sentence types. This course takes a content-based approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of health and/or learning to earn and planning for success in present and future goals. This noncredit course mirrors ESL 118 (credit). Prerequisite: ESL 108 or ESL 158.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:00am–10:30am, Tue 5:30pm–7:20pm