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Welcome to the Learning Skills Center at Los Angeles
Trade-Technical College. The Learning Skills Center is the home
of the Learning Skills & English as a Second Language (ESL) and the
Teaching and Learning Support Services Department. Our mission is to provide academic
instruction and support services in a caring environment to help
students reach their academic goals.
The Learning Skills Center focuses on responding to the
individual needs of students and provides courses, tutoring, computer
access, and instructional resources to all students to help ensure
success in their academic, career, and personal endeavors. If there is a need for classes or
services that are not currently offered, we will make every effort to
design a learning program just for you.
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LEARNING
SKILLS & ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) DEPARTMENT
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TEACHING
& LEARNING
ACADEMIC
SUPPORT SERVICES
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Academic Disciplines:
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Academic Support Services:
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Tutoring
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Supplemental Instruction
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American Sign Language
This discipline
currently offers courses to develop communication skills using the
manual alphabet and American Sign Language to assist in gaining an
understanding of deafness and deaf culture. Vocabulary, grammar dialogue, and
the improvement of expressive and receptive skills are also
covered.
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Developmental
Communications
This purpose of this
discipline is to assist under-prepared college students to master
the reading, writing and mathematics skills necessary to achieve a
level of academic competence to perform successfully in their
college level courses and to move as quickly as possible through
their Individual Learning Plan.
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Education
Courses in this
discipline provide students with an introduction to the field of
public education and practical experience in teaching, curriculum
planning, and classroom assessment. Courses include field placement in classrooms under the
supervision of an experienced mentor teacher.
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Educational
Technology
The Educational
Technology discipline offers students the tools for identifying, locating,
evaluating, designing, preparing, and efficiently using educational
technology as an instructional resource in the classroom. The
classes in this discipline will relate technology resources to
principles of learning and teaching. Students will increase
classroom communication abilities through lectures, discussions,
modeling, laboratory experiences, and completion of a comprehensive
project.
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English as a Second
Language (ESL)
The ESL discipline consists
of core ESL level and elective offerings which include conversation
and writing classes. All
courses offered under ESL are targeted towards students whose
native language is not English.
Upon completion, students will have improved English skills
and are better prepared to transfer to college level English
classes.
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Learning Skills
The Learning Skills
discipline offers basic skills and developmental courses in reading,
writing, mathematics, spelling, ESL, basic computer literacy, study
skills, developmental communications, electronics, and GED
preparation. To accommodate
individual learning styles, a combination of lecture and
computer-assisted instruction courses is offered. Classes are available throughout
the semester in short-term and long-term formats.
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Supervised Learning
Assistance
Upon faculty/counselor referral,
students will receive tutoring in designated subject areas in the
Learning Skills Center. Cumulative progress and attendance
records will be maintained for this non-credit,
open-entry/open-exit course. No tuition will be charged nor
will grades be received for enrollment in this course.
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Los
Angeles Trade-Technical College
400
W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90015
(213)
763-7000 ¡ TDD (213) 763-5375
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Learning
Skills Center: Building C, Room 102 ¡
(213) 763-3738
Learning
Skills Center Hours: Monday –
Thursday 8 am – 6 pm, Friday 8 am – 2 pm, Saturday 9 am – 1:30 pm
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Last Updated Wednesday,
October 08, 2008
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