Our ESL World

Our ESL WRLD

Antelope Valley College

English as a Second Language

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 Summer & Fall 2009 Schedules are here!

Our Summer 2009 ESL Courses

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Our Fall 2009 ESL Courses

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ESL is Online for YOU!

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

ESL Reading/Writing: 018, 028, 038, and 048

ESL Grammar: ESL 023 and 033

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(Please, try to take your final before Saturday.)

The Two Saturday Meetings

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

once at the beginning of the semester (2/7/09) for orientation

and once at the end of the semester (6/6/09) for the final.

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

10:00am - ESL 048 OLI - C. Harney

11:00am - ESL 038 OLI - C. Harney

12:00pm - ESL 028 OLI - S. Burries

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).

Priscilla Jenison Teaches ESL 030 Students.

ESL 020 Students Learn English Pronunciation!

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

Spring 2009

HOURS

Appointments with Ms. Leas, the ESL Learning Specialist, are made with her during her 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.

Mondays: Ms. Rega Velinda Leas - 3 – 8 pm

Berenice 8-12 , Hideko 11-2

Tuesdays: Ms. Leas - 8 am – 1 pm

Sarah 10-2 , Eliana 3-6

ESL Conversation & Pronunciation Workshops

9:30 – 10:30 am

Wednesdays : Hideko 11-2 and 3-5

Berenice 1-4

Thursdays: Ms. Leas – 8 am – 1 pm

Berenice 8-12 , Sarah 12-4

Eliana 4-7

Fridays : Berenice 8-11

Saturdays: no tutoring

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 Spring 2009 course.

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

Every Tuesday:

ESL Conversation & Pronunciation

with ESL Learning Specialist, Ms. Rega Velinda Leas

9:30 – 10:30 am

Feb 17th Conversation – Prepositions: In, On, At

Feb 24th Pronunciation – Vowels: H a t & H o t

Mar 3rd Conversation – Articles: A, An, The, Zero

Mar 10th Pronunciation – Vowels: H ee l & H i ll

Mar 17th Conversation – The Infinitive: To

Mar 24th Pronunciation – Past Tense: Not Just -ed

Mar 31st Conversation – Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Apr 7th Holiday - Spring Break

Apr 14th Pronunciation – Consonants: L & R

Apr 21st Conversation – Using the Present Perfect

Apr 28th Pronunciation – Consonants: B & V

May 5th Conversation – Using the Past Perfect

May 12th Pronunciation – Consonants: J & Y

May 19th Conversation – The Passive Voice

May 26th Pronunciation – Consonants: TH

Jun 2nd No Workshop - Final Exam Week

Note: In order to attend workshops in the ESL study center, you must have an AVC student ID card and be registered in at least one Spring 2009 course. (The courses you are taking DO NOT have to be part of the ESL course sequence.)

ESL Learning Specialist: Rega Leas

Student Tutors: Sarah, Hideko, and Mike

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

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