ENNL - English as a New Language

This course provides intensive ESOL writing instruction for English language learners. Credit for Writing Skills Development applies as free elective credit toward an undergraduate degree at National Louis University. Prerequisite(s): placement 5 quarter hours This developmental course can only be used for elective credit. Total degree credit for developmental courses is limited to 5 quarter hours.

This course, designed for advanced non-native speakers of English, focuses on writing for the academic audience. Students become active participants in the writing process as they develop skills in assessing their own and others' work. Coursework includes review of advanced grammar, building of sentence-level fluency, and analysis and articulation of complex ideas in English. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. Not open to native speakers of English. Prerequisite(s): Placement or consent of department. 5 quarter hours

This course provides students whose first language is other than English with advanced, structured practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing as they engage in multiple community projects designed according to their individual major fields of study and linked to business, academic, service, and cultural entities. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. Not open to native speakers of English. Prerequisite(s): Assessment by department to ascertain English language proficiency appropriate for the course. 5 quarter hours

This course is designed for graduate students whose first language is other than English. Students engage in intensive reading, writing and grammar practice. Coursework includes the examination and use of various modes of exposition and critical examination of students' own and others' writing. Students learn proofreading and revision skills and explore formats and styles involved in writing research papers. Not open to native speakers of English. Prerequisite(s): Graduate status and placement. 3 semester hours

In this course of independent study, students develop a project related to the acquisition of English as a second language with faculty approval. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements on a case-by-case basis. May be repeated up to two times. The combined total quarter hours of ENNL490 and ENNL495 cannot exceed 10. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department 2-5 quarter hours or 1-3 semester hours (formerly ESL490, APL490)

In this course, students and faculty select topics of special interest in the acquisition of English as a second language at the advanced level. More than one registration is permitted since topics vary each term. May be repeated up to two times. The combined total quarter hours of ENNL490 and ENNL495 cannot exceed 10. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements on a case-by-case basis. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department; not open to native speakers of English. 2-5 quarter hours OR 1-3 semester hours (formerly ESL495, APL495)