Our ESL World

Our ESL WRLD

Antelope Valley College

English as a Second Language

Welcome to Fall 2009!

The 2009 World Culture EXPO Highlights

Click here to see this year's EXPO video.

Click here to see this year's EXPO photos.

The ESL Schedules are here!

Our Spring 2010 ESL Courses

Click here to view these ESL courses.

Our Fall 2009 ESL Courses

Click here to view these ESL courses.

More cuts to ESL courses are coming.

ESL is Online for YOU!

Click here to learn more about online ESL.

Improve your English reading, writing, grammar, spelling, punctuation, AND computer skills!

ESL Reading/Writing: 018

ESL Grammar: ESL 023 and 033

avc.blackboard.com

The Two Saturday Meetings

ESL Online/Hybrid students meet in LS2-141 on just two Saturdays,

once at the beginning of the semester (8/22/09) for orientation

and once at the end of the semester (12/12/09) for the final.

Here is the 2-Saturday meeting schedule for each online/hybrid course:

1:00pm - ESL 023 OLI - P. Jenison

2:00pm - ESL 018 OLI - S. Jenison

3:00pm - ESL 033 OLI - S. Jenison

If you cannot come at this time,

please call or email your instructor and make an appointment

(e.g., during office hours).

(Please, try to take your final before the final Saturday. If you meet your instructor during office hours or in LS2-141 during his/her other class on Wednesday or Thursday, you can take your final on a computer there.)

Priscilla Jenison Teaches ESL 030 Students.

ESL is Everywhere!

We learn English in the classroom...

on computers...

and with...

software, tutoring, and even karaoke!

The ESL Study Center

(in the Learning Center - LC-104)

is here for YOU!

ESL STUDY CENTER

Located in the Lancaster AVC Learning Center, LC-104

Fall 2009

HOURS

Appointments with a tutor can be made at the Writing Center front desk. Drop-in tutoring may be available during the hours listed below.

Appointments with Ms. Leas, the ESL Learning Specialist,

are made with her during her hours.

Mondays: Tutoring – Berenice 8 – 10:30 am

Eliana 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Tuesdays: Tutoring – Berenice 9:30 - 10:30 am

Eliana 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Wednesdays: Ms. Rega Velinda Leas 4 pm – 8 pm

Tutoring – Berenice 8 – 10:30 am

Erin 3:30 – 6 pm

Thursdays: Ms. Rega Velinda Leas 8 am – 1:30 pm

Tutoring – Berenice 9:30 – 10:30 am

Eliana 2:30 – 4:30 pm

Fridays: Tutoring - Berenice 8 – 10:30 am

Saturdays: closed

Computers in the ESL Study Center are available for use any hour the Learning Center is open. To use a computer, check in at the Writing Center front desk.

Note: In order to receive services in the ESL study center, you must have an AVC student ID card and be registered in at least one Fall 2009 course.

(The courses you are taking DO NOT have to be part of the ESL course sequence.)

ESL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Palmdale Learning Center, 3rd Floor

Lancaster Learning Center, Room LC-104

Fall 2009

No appointment is necessary. However, you must be enrolled in at least one course and have an AVC student ID number. Each workshop is one hour of lessons and practice with the ESL Learning Specialist, Ms. Rega Velinda Leas.

Join us!

Tuesdays (Palmdale): 5-6 pm ESL Extra

Schedule will be announced when construction is completed.

Topics will include Vocabulary Building, Pronunciation,

Grammar, & Listening and Speaking

Wednesdays (Lancaster): 6-7 pm ESL Pronunciation

Sep 2 TH Sound Oct 21 Middle Vowel: Schwa

Sep 9 Vowel Differences Oct 28 L & R

Sep 16 B & V Nov 4 Statement Intonation

Sep 23 Past Tense Endings Nov 11 – Holiday – Veteran’s Day

Sep 30 J & Y Nov 18 Stress in Questions

Oct 7 Hat & Hot Nov 25 Vowel Differences Again

Oct 14 S & Z Dec 2 Student Choice

Thursdays (Lancaster): 9:30-10:30 am ESL Grammar

Sep 3 Articles Oct 22 Articles Again

Sep 10 Prepositions: In, On, At Oct 29 – No Workshop

Sep 17 Adjectives Nov 5 Present Perfect Tense

Sep 24 Participial Adjectives Nov 12 Past Perfect Tense

Oct 1 Adverbs Nov 19 Passive

Oct 8 Irregular Past Tense Nov 26 – Holiday - Thanksgiving

Oct 15 Infinitive: To Dec 3 Wh Questions

Thursdays (Lancaster): 12-1 pm ESL Listening & Speaking

Sep 3 Answering Machine Oct 22 Spending Money

Sep 10 Business Communication Oct 29 – No Workshop

Sep 17 DVD Movie Rentals Nov 5 Talking About Yourself

Sep 24 Daily Schedule Nov 12 Busy Day

Oct 1 Family Relationships Nov 19 Where Are You From?

Oct 8 Travel Reservations Nov 26 – Holiday – Thanksgiving

Oct 15 Meeting People Dec 3 Student Choice

ESL Learning Specialist: Rega Leas

Student Tutors: Eliana, Berenice, and Erin

Full-Time Faculty Support: Diane Flores-Kagan, Scott Jenison, and Priscilla Jenison

Our ESL Internet Links

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ESLInternetLinks.htm

Our ESL Courses

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ESLCoursesforFall2004.htm

Our College

http://www.avc.edu/

Our Coordinator: Scott Jenison

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/briefbio.htm

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ESLPhotos.htm

Our World Culture EXPO - FAQ

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/EXPO.htm

Our World Culture EXPO 2009

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/EXPO2009.htm

2007 Teaching/Touring of China

http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ChinaEnglishTeachingTouringSummer2007.htm

Email Scott Jenison with your general comments or questions at:

SJenison@avc.edu

If you are a prospective resident/immigrant student,

Email Luis Echeverria with your comments or questions at:

LEcheverria@avc.edu

If you are a prospective non-resident/international student,

Email Hiromi Ahlgreen with your comments or questions at:

HAhlgreen@avc.edu

Tips and Steps for ESL Students

Tips and Steps for ESL Students (SPANISH)