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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.
Register early! (Our ESL sections are decreasing because of the California budget crisis.)
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
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!
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
Our Photo Album of Students and Teachers
http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ESC.htm
http://avconline.avc.edu/sjenison/ESLOnline.htm
Our ESL Instructors:
Stephen Burries Mike Climo Nandita Das Anwar El-Issa
