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ESOL 0044 (2 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

ESOL Reading
Prerequisite Recommended: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0043 or placed into course through appropriate assessment.
Course Description: The capstone reading course prepares students to transition into college-level courses. Skills and strategies from previous courses are expanded to include evaluating the strength of an argument, identifying bias, and analyzing the strength and relevance of supporting details and assessing the author's credibility. Students paraphrase and summarize academic texts as well as explore figurative language and literary devices. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085612

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Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.


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