1. ESOL INTENSIVE ENGLISH

2. QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS: Alief-Bissonnet: –Ms. Margaret Henry –Margaret.henry2@hccs.eduMargaret.henry2@hccs.edu –713-718-7164 Spring Branch, Katy, and Alief-Hayes: –Mr. Richard Rice –Richard.rice@hccs.eduRichard.rice@hccs.edu –713-718-7164

3. 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.

4. 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

5. SUMMER SCHEDULE There are 2 summer sessions – Summer I, and Summer II. They are each 5 weeks long. Summer I meets from June 6 th to July 10 th –Level 3 Grammar and Conversation are offered Summer I. Summer II meets from July 11 th to August 14 th –Level 3 Reading and Composition (writing) are offered Summer II. Classes meet for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. –(If you take both classes during a session, you will be at school for 6 hours a day, Mon.-Fri.)

6. FALL SCHEDULE Classes meet for 16 weeks: August 22 nd – December 11 th. There is no session A and session B – you attend the same classes the whole 16-week-long semester

7. 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!

8. CAMPUS SCHEDULES Alief-Bissonnet – Classes meet from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Alief-Hayes – Classes meet from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Katy – Classes meet from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Spring Branch – has two options: –9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. –12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

9. OTHER CAMPUSES ESOL classes are also offered 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.

10. 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. Visit an advisor to select your classes. Go to registration - They will help you sign up for your classes. Within 48 hours (2 days) of registering, you MUST go to the cashier to pay for your classes or set up a payment plan. If you do not arrange for payment within 2 days, you WILL be dropped from the classes you registered in, and they will NOT hold the space for you.

11. 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 will be full before the end of June. 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 add students to a class that is full even if you are on an F1 visa.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. BOOKS (ALIEF-BISSONNET, KATY, SPRING BRANCH, AND ALIEF-HAYES ONLY) ESOL 0349: –Pathways 3: Listening, Speaking and Critical Thinking by Becky Chase & Kristin Johannsen –National Geographic/Cengage –ISBN # 978-1111398651 ESOL 0350: –Interactions 2 (6 th Edition) by Pamela Hartmann & Elaine Kim –McGraw Hill –ISBN # 978-0-07-783101-1

15. BOOKS ESOL 0351 – MOST CLASSES: –Ready to Write 3: From Paragraph to Essay (3 rd Edition) by Blanchard & Root –Pearson-Longman –ISBN # 978-0-13-136334-2 –NOTE: SOME classes are piloting a new textbook for this class. If you end up in a class using the new book, your textbook will be supplied for you. ESOL 0352: –EITHER: –Fundamentals of English Grammar (4 th Edition) by Azar –Pearson-Longman –ISBN: 9780133804966 –BISSONNET is using this text –OR: –Grammar Sense 3 (2 nd 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.