Prerequisite: Completion of the Mission College ESL Placement process. This course develops reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar and editing skills for advanced English language learners. Students develop strategies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate level-appropriate texts, and they read and write paragraphs and essays in a variety of rhetorical styles. Students gain skills for writing thesis statements and paragraphs with appropriate topic sentences, supporting ideas, and details. (credit course - not degree applicable)