ESOL Intensive English

Questions or Problems: Alief-Bissonnet: Ms. Margaret Henry Margaret.henry2@hccs.edu 713-718-7164 Spring Branch, Katy, or Alief-Hayes: Mr. Richard Rice Richard.rice@hccs.edu

Purpose of Intensive English Classes To prepare students for college level academic studies in English Classes focus on the reading, writing and presentation skills needed to be successful in college classes. Intensive English is not meant to help with English for general conversation, life skills, or specific work needs.

Classes ESOL 0349 Advanced-Intermediate Conversation ESOL 0350 Advanced-Intermediate Reading ESOL 0351 Advanced-Intermediate Composition (Writing) ESOL 0352 Advanced-Intermediate Grammar F1 Visa students MUST enroll in all 4 classes Residents or U.S. Citizens may take classes part-time

Summer II – July 10-August 13 Summer Schedule Summer I – June 6-July 10 Summer II – July 10-August 13 Class Time ESOL 0349 Conversation 9:00 – 12:15 M-F ESOL 0350 Reading ESOL 0352 Grammar 12:15 – 3:30 M-F ESOL 0351 Composition (Writing)

Fall Schedule ALL Fall 2017 Level 3 classes are FIRST START. Classes start August 17th and end December 15th. There is no session A and session B – you attend the same classes the whole 16-week-long semester There are NO second start classes scheduled for Fall 2017.

Class Times Classes meet for 2 ½ hours, 2 days a week. You will have 2 classes that meet on Mondays & Wednesdays And You will have 2 classes that meet on Tuesdays & Thursdays There are NO CLASSES ON FRIDAYS!

Campus Schedules Alief-Bissonnet – Classes meet from 9:00 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. with a break from 11:20 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for lunch. Katy – Classes meet from 12:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Spring Branch – has two options: 9:00 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. 12:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Alief-Hayes – Classes meet from 9:00 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Other Campuses Level 3 classes are also scheduled at: Northline Central Gulfton Stafford West Loop The schedules and book lists for these campuses are different. Contact the campus you are interested in for more information.

How to Register You will need the ½ sheet registration form (if your teacher has already given you one), OR your certificate from completing Level 2. Go to registration They will look up the classes that are still available and help you sign up for them. After registering, you should immediately go to the cashier to pay for your classes or set up a payment plan. If you do not arrange for payment within a set period of time (24-48 hours), you WILL be dropped from the classes you registered in, and they will NOT hold the space for you.

IMPORTANT: Classes hold between 20 and 24 students. Registration is first come, first served. Classes WILL fill up before the start of the semester. MOST classes at Bissonnet, Katy and Spring Branch will be full before the end of December. If you wait until the last minute to register, you WILL be stuck in whatever classes are left, which may mean times you don’t like, or a drive to a campus far away in order to stay enrolled full time and keep your F1 visa. The ESOL department will NOT make exceptions for ANY reason to add students to a class that is full.

Financial Aid Residents and U.S. Citizens MAY qualify for financial aid. Contact a financial aid office for more information. Spring Branch: 713-718-5713 Alief-Hayes: 713-718-7809 Katy: 713-718-5901

Attendance Students may miss 10 hours (4 days) of class ALL SEMESTER. Students who are more than 10 minutes late or leave class more than 10 minutes early will be counted ABSENT. Students who are counted absent for more than 4 days in one ESOL class during the semester for ANY REASON may be dropped from ALL of their ESOL classes class. Your money will NOT be refunded if you are dropped. If you are on an F1 visa, being dropped will cause problems with your visa.

Books (Alief-Bissonnet ONLY – Other Campuses may use other books) ESOL 0349: Pathways 3: Listening, Speaking and Critical Thinking by Becky Chase & Kristin Johannsen National Geographic/Cengage ISBN # 978-1111398651 ESOL 0350: Interactions 2 (6th Edition) by Pamela Hartmann & Elaine Kim McGraw Hill ISBN # 978-0-07-783101-1 ESOL 0351: Ready to Write 3: From Paragraph to Essay (3rd Edition) by Blanchard & Root Pearson-Longman ISBN # 978-0-13-136334-2 ESOL 0352: Grammar Sense 3 (2nd Edition) by Susan Kesner Bland Oxford ISBN # 978-0-19-448916-4 Buy this book NEW with the online practice code. If you buy it used, you will have to call the publisher and order the online practice code, which usually makes your used book as expensive as a new one.