ESL 108 — C Exploring Culture through Academic Discourse I 5 Units
Term hours: 90 lecture. This course explores themes in human culture through authentic texts, introducing and modeling diverse voices contributing to cultural conversations and engaging students in critical analysis and appreciation of works of philosophical, historical, literary, aesthetic, and cultural importance in the Humanities. Multilingual students integrate such works into essays and discussions while learning citation skills and refining academic language fluency. This is the first advanced integrated ESL course in the sequence. (CSU/UC, AA GE, CalGETC).