| source UCLA (X) |
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department English as a Second Language (X) |
Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Development of oral skills that prepare nonnative speakers of English to improve critical listening skills, participate in class discussions, make oral presentations before audience, ask and answer questions, participate appropriately in conversations with members of academic community, and improve through self-evaluation of speech. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, 10 hours. Requisite: proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Displaces 8 units on student's Study List but yields only 4 units of credit toward degree. Intensive instruction in structure of English, with focus on vocabulary building, listening and speaking skills, and basic composition techniques. To satisfy English as a Second Language requirement, students must select letter grading. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, five hours. Requisite: course 33A (C or better) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Emphasis on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and composition techniques, with additional work on structure and oral skills. To satisfy English as a Second Language requirement, students must select letter grading. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, five hours. Requisite: course 33B (C or better) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Emphasis on academic reading, writing, study skills, and lecture comprehension. To satisfy English as a Second Language requirement, students must select letter grading. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, five hours. Requisite: course 33B (C or better) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Designed to improve academic skills of advanced ESL graduate students, using authentic graduate-level materials. Emphasis on development of academic skills necessary for success in graduate school: (1) reading skills such as reading research in academic disciplines, rate and comprehension, and vocabulary development, (2) writing skills such as summarizing and critiquing and other discipline-specific assignments, academic listening skills, and (3) academic speaking skills such as participation in discussions and making presentations. Grammar incorporated as needed, especially in regard to writing. S/U or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33B or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Designed to help nonnative speakers of English communicate effectively in academic and professional settings. Development of oral skills that prepare nonnative speakers of English to present ideas extemporaneously, lead class discussions, give lectures or speeches before audience, respond to questions posed by audience, and improve through self-evaluation of speech. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33C (C or better) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination and/or Analytical Writing Placement Examination. Composition skills for ESL students, with focus on writing process, grammatical structures key to clear and effective style, mechanics of writing, and practice with major forms of academic writing. Additional emphasis on academic reading skills. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Entry-Level Writing requirement. Letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 35 or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Focus on academic argumentation and rhetorical techniques found in academic writing. Special attention to individual research, grammatical structures, and style. Satisfies Writing I requirement. Letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33B (may be taken concurrently) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Review of form and use of common grammatical structures found in academic discourse. Analysis of stylistic function of certain structures and practice in self-editing strategies. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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(Formerly numbered 38.) Lecture, four hours. Designed to help nonnative speakers of English communicate effectively in social as well as classroom/academic settings and improve critical listening skills. Special focus on three important aspects of pronunciation: stress, rhythm, and intonation. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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(Formerly numbered 108.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33B or 33C or 35 or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Detailed and systematic study of sounds of American English and way in which they are put together in connected speech, applied to improvement of student's own accent. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, six hours. Recommended for individuals whose Test of Spoken English (TSE) score is 40 or below or whose UCLA Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) score is 6.3 or below. Designed to aid international graduate students who wish to become teaching assistants, with focus on development of general communicative competence, fluency in classroom discourse, and improvement of accuracy of pronunciation and spoken grammar. Use of specialized pronunciation software in computer laboratory. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Recommended for individuals whose Test of Spoken English (TSE) score is 40 or 45 or whose UCLA Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) score is 6.4 to 7.0. Designed to help nonnative speakers of English communicate effectively as teaching assistants, with focus on presentation skills, classroom language fluency, and pronunciation accuracy. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Recommended for individuals whose Test of Spoken English (TSE) score is 45 or above or whose UCLA Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) score is 7.0 or above. Designed to help nonnative speakers of English communicate effectively as teaching assistants. Activities include interactive teaching demonstrations and leading/participating in discussions. Emphasis on self, peer, and instructor feedback. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Enforced corequisite: Applied Linguistics 80. Designed to provide students whose first language is not English with linguistic and cultural resources to succeed in rigorous content course where students study various interactional phenomena observed in second language communication. P/NP or letter grading.
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Seminar, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Designed as adjunct to lower division lecture course. Exploration of topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities and led by lecture course instructor. May be applied toward honors credit for eligible students. Honors content noted on transcript. P/NP or letter grading.
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Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to lower division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 33B or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Specialized topics in English as second language or English for academic purposes. Emphasis varies according to topics covered and/or audience to whom course is directed. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 33B or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Specialized topics in English as second language or English for academic purposes. Emphasis varies according to topics covered and/or audience to whom course is directed. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Tutorial (supervised research or other scholarly work), three hours per week per unit. Entry-level research for lower division students under guidance of faculty mentor. Students must be in good academic standing and enrolled in minimum of 12 units (excluding this course). Individual contract required; consult Undergraduate Research Center. May be repeated. P/NP grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Enforced corequisite: Applied Linguistics 101. Designed to provide students whose first language is not English with language support in areas of academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Exploration of skills and conditions involved in successful second and foreign language learning; application of this knowledge in development of framework for teaching second and foreign languages. P/NP or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisites: course 36 (C or better) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination, and appropriate Composition Placement Test score. Focus on production of fully developed, stylistically sophisticated expository and argumentative essays based on complex academic readings. Additional emphasis on grammatical structure and style. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33C or 35 (may be taken concurrently) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Instruction in and practice of academic reading skills using authentic university texts. Focus on improving reading rate and comprehension, expanding academic vocabulary, and developing critical reading skills. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 33C or 35 (may be taken concurrently) or proficiency demonstrated on English as a Second Language Placement Examination. Selections from English and American literature presented so as to make full allowance for students' linguistic and cultural problems and to contribute to increasing command of English language. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.
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