TransfermaticNESL at Las Positas College

    NESL 230B - High-Beginning Grammar for Reading and Writing

    Recent Professors
    NAWAR TALEB-AGHA
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    0
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite(s): All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of "C" (or "P") or higher. NESL 230A or ESL 130A, or placement through the ESL assessment process
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of NESL 230B
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This is the second semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to identify and use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on simple and compound sentences, word order, verb tenses: simple present, past, and future as well as present and past progressive, verb forms, modals, phrases, and vocabulary development. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 230B, NESL 231B, 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