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Patti Van Vleet, MA
Linguistics, ESL Option
Department Chair
The ESL program is designed
for students whose native language is not English. The program
assists students to acquire the necessary English language skills
to succeed in AA/AS degree programs, vocational programs and
university transfer courses offered at Fresno City College.
The ESL Department offers you:
- Four levels of English language
courses starting from high beginning through advanced.
- Faculty who has lived,
studied and taught abroad in countries such as Japan,
Thailand, China, Hungary, Brazil, France, and England.
- Learning communities that
link ESL classes with Art, Speech and other content classes.
- Classes that emphasize the
English needed for specific careers and majors, such as, Child
Development, Health, and Law Enforcement.
- Transfer elective credit
to CSU for advanced level reading and writing classes(ESL
67 and ESL 68).
- Pronunciation/accent reduction
class.
- A state-of-the-art ESL/Lingusistics
computer lab.
- A faculty exchange program
with Thailand.
ESL/Linguistics Computer Lab
The E.S.L. Department Instructional Computer Lab is located in
Language Arts #123. The lab was designed to offer state-of-the-art
technology to enhance and facilitate the curriculum and to meet
the needs of our students and instructors. We have been successfully
using such software programs as CommonSpace, Paragraph Punch
and Inspiration. We now offer Smarthinking and Blackboard based classes. Additionally, we continue to look for innovative
programs for our students. Most ESL classes are scheduled
in the lab at least one class hour per week. Additionally, there
are 'walk-in' lab hours scheduled for students.
Thai Teacher Exchange
State Center Community
College District (SCCCD) and Chulalongkorn University Language
Institute (CULI), Bangkok, Thailand offer a yearly teacher exchange program. Interested full-time faculty should
contact Patti Van Vleet at 442-4600, ext. 8185.
Credits/Units
Students earn college credit (units) in all ESL/Linguistics program courses. ESL 67 and 68 fulfill part of the general education requirements for the AA/AS degrees and are transferable electives to the CSU campuses. ESL 67 and 68 establish eligibility for English 1A. Refer to Page 14 in the College 2004-2006 Catalog.
ESL Class Level Placement
Initial placement
in ESL course offerings is the result of language testing
and other criteria. Please
call (559) 442-8282 for placement test dates and times.
Also See:
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