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EAP 0400 - Speech/Listening Level IV

This course stresses the fundamentals of speech for non-native speakers of English. It focuses on improving spoken English for increased intelligibility and also focuses on improving listening skills for greater understanding of spoken English. The course provides instruction in the production of speech sounds, stress, intonation and rhythm in spoken English. This course does not apply toward the associate’s degree and is part of College Preparatory Studies. Prerequisites: Speech/listening placement test score at Level IV. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3.

EAP 0420 - Reading Level IV

The purpose of this course is to instruct students in techniques for grasping sentence and paragraph meaning. Students will learn word meanings in context and will increase their vocabulary. They will develop skills in determining literal meaning with minimal use of their bilingual dictionaries. The course will focus on increasing reading comprehension. It will lead students through increasingly complex reading passages to help them progress from literal meanings toward critical reading and thinking. Further, it will provide opportunities, through reading, to understand important ideas and values in American life. This course does not apply toward the associate’s degree and is part of College Preparatory Studies. Prerequisites: Reading placement test score at Level IV. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3.

EAP 0440 - Writing Level IV

The first half of the course will focus on controlled writing practice, beginning at the sentence level. Students will write short descriptions and narratives based on personal experience. This intensive writing practice serves to help establish a purpose for writing and give students confidence in their ability to do so. The second half of the course will introduce students to writing as a process. They will practice, individually and in groups, writing paragraphs that demonstrate their competency in using the process, the format and the standards of acceptable writing. Additional rhetorical modes may be introduced. This course does not apply toward the associate’s degree and is part of College Preparatory Studies. Prerequisites: EAP 0460. Corequisites: EAP 0460. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3.

EAP 0460 - Grammar Level IV

(This course does not apply toward the associate’s degree.) The purpose of this course is to present in meaningful sequence the grammar of the English language with a view toward linking the systematic study of the grammar to language use in purposeful communication. This course does not apply toward the associate’s degree and is part of College Preparatory Studies. Prerequisites: Grammar placement test score at Level IV. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3.

EAP 1500 - Speech/Listening Level V

This course will give students practice in the appropriate usage of idioms and expressions and phonetic patterns in spoken English. Students will practice both listening comprehension and conversational patterns through individual and group presentations. Students will engage in individual laboratory practice, group exercises, short lectures and conversations which will enhance their speaking and listening vocabularies, grammatical speech patterns and oral comprehension. Strong emphasis will be placed on phonological theory and practice. Degrees Offered: A.A. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3. Student Advising Notes - Suggested course(s): Completion of EAP 0400 and EAP 0492 or speech/listening placement test score at Level V; also recommended: EAP 0420 (concurrent or following).

EAP 1520 - Reading Level V

This course gives students practice in gaining increased vocabulary as well as reading speed and comprehension at both the literal and inferential levels. Reading activities include skimming for main ideas, scanned and speed-reading. It will also place emphasis on techniques of vocabulary development as well as techniques identifying basic forms of paragraph development. It will include activities, which encourage students to further develop their oral and written proficiency in English. Corequisites: Taking or completed EAP 0460. Degrees Offered: A.A. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3. Student Advising Notes - Suggested course(s): Completion of EAP 0420 and EAP 0492 or Reading placement test score at Level V; also recommended EAP 0460 (concurrent or following).

EAP 1540 - Writing Level V

This course gives students practice in writing unified, coherent paragraphs. Students will learn how to develop and write specific types of paragraphs, such as process, explanation, comparison/contrast, and course/effect. In addition students will practice using correct grammatical structures, punctuation and spelling. Degrees Offered: A.A. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3. Student Advising Notes - Suggested course: Completion of EAP 0440 or writing placement test score at Level V. Also recommended: EAP 1560 (concurrent or following).

EAP 1560 - Grammar Level V

This course gives students the opportunity to develop skill in the use of English grammar in basic patterns involving interrogative, declarative and exclamatory sentences. It emphasizes verb tenses, irregular parts of speech and other features of grammar. Activities will involve oral and written exercises in sentence transformation/combination, communicative interaction, and controlled writing. Degrees Offered: A.A. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3. Student Advising Notes - Suggested course: Completion of EAP 0460 or grammar placement test score at Level V. Also recommended: EAP 0420 (concurrent or following).

SLS 1103 - Strategies for Success in College, Career and Life

This survey course is designed to assist students in developing skills that will help them succeed in college, career and life. This course will emphasize how basic academic success skills can be applied in a knowledge-based economy. Included in this course are problem solving, communication skills, work ethics, introduction to information literacy and other related topics. Degrees Offered: A.A., A.S. Credit Hours: 3. Contact Hours: 3.

EAP 1600 Speech/Listening Level VI

This course stresses the practice of the principles and methods involved in oral/aural communications.  Students will engage in purposeful and sometimes guided discussions on a variety of topics.  In addition, students will be given the opportunities to practice listening and note-taking skills through video-taped authentic lectures by Florida State College at Jacksonville professors. Individual laboratory practice in pronunciation, stress, intonation and listening skills for academic purposes is an integral part of this course.

EAP 1620 - Reading Level VI

Students learn to read materials that will increase their vocabulary, develop their critical thinking skills, improve their understanding of American culture, and prepare them for entrance into mainstream courses.  The readings will not only instruct the students in comprehension techniques but also will give instruction in various aspects of American culture.  Various library exercises will introduce the students to the campus library and teach them how to use the resources.

EAP 1640- Writing Level VI 

This course is designed to refine students' writing skills.  Students learn the step-by-step process method of paragraph and essay writing with an emphasis on four-paragraph essays.  The use of correct grammatical form, mechanics and punctuation is emphasized.  Students will practice writing essays in different organizational patterns throughout the semester.

EAP 1660- Grammar Level VI

This course is designed to provide review and reinforcement of basic Eng­lish structures.  It includes certain grammatical features of high frequen­cy in English.  Students will review verb tenses and be able to perform written and oral transformations of complex English structure patterns. The desired outcome is for students to improve their performance in all skill areas.

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