[Prerequisite: ESL 39D and ESL 39E, or equivalent or through the Southwestern College multiple measures placement processes. Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 149E.] Provides instruction in speaking, listening, and grammar at an intermediate-high level of English. Provides linguistic skills needed access authentic academic texts including poetry, academic lectures on a range of topics. Includes cultural topics in the humanities such as poetry, art, philosophy, and history. Includes reading and writing to synthesize from sources. Third of four semesters of Academic ESL. (Formerly ESL 49D) [D; CSU]