ESL 120A - Intermediate Grammar for Reading and Writing

    Recent Professors
    SUJIN LEE, AYANA YANAI, ANNA WOO, VICKI PABLEY
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite(s): All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of "C" (or "P") or higher. NESL 230B or ESL 130B, or placement through the ESL assessment process
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ESL 120A
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate grammar for academic writing and reading designed to enable students to identify, comprehend, and use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in reading and writing. The course focuses on types of sentences, clauses, and phrases, word order, verb forms, verb tenses, and on the connection between vocabulary and grammar. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120A and 121A, and 123 or 126.
    Usually Held
    Fri 9:00am–11:50am, Fri 9:40am–12:45pm, Mon 6:00pm–8:50pm