These classes are designed to help adult learners improve their basic reading, writing, and math skills. Each class offers individualized, self-paced tutorials along with drill practice and mastery tests. Students may register for these classes on the Touch-Tone registration system at any time during the semester. Listed below are the seven classes offered on the computer each semester in the Academic Skills Center. Provides instruction in spelling strategies, working with the most commonly misspelled words.
Students learn and practice the visual-motor method for improving spelling.
English 063 Provides instruction in basic punctuation, including end marks, apostrophes, quotation marks, semi-colons, and commas. English 068 Provides instruction in basic grammar and the rules governing the English language. Includes review of parts of speech, verbs and tenses, clauses, and sentence faults. English 090 Provides instruction in basic writing skills, including extensive practice in grammar and punctuation. English 092 Provides improvement in basic reading skills, including reading for comprehension and vocabulary development.