TransfermaticNESL at Las Positas College

    NESL 230A - Beginning Grammar for Reading and Writing

    Recent Professors
    RICKY TJANDRA
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    0
    Prerequisite
    Enrollment Limitation: Placement through the ESL assessment process
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of NESL 230A
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This is the first semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to understand and use English accurately, meaningfully and appropriately. The course focuses on the connection between vocabulary and grammar, simple and compound sentences, phrases, verb forms, and verb tenses, especially simple present, simple past, and present progressive. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 230A and NESL 231A, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. Students are limited to two enrollments in this course.
    Usually Held
    Fri 9:00am–11:50am, Fri 9:40am–12:45pm