Textbooks
Listed below are the Las Positas College English as a Second Language Course Textbooks for Fall 2008. All books not listed as "Recommended" are required.
In addition to these textbooks, students also read a full-length text.
The theme for all full-length texts is science.
- ESL 131A: Who Was Albert Einstein
- ESL 131B: Who Was Charles Darwin
- ESL 121A: My Life With the Chimpanzees
- ESL 121B: Leonardo da Vinci
- ESL 24: The Omnivore's Dilemma
- ESL 25: The Radio Active Boyscout
Level One
ESL 130A
- Grammar Express Basic
- Grammar Express Basic Workbook
- One World Many Voices: Our Cultures
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 131A
- Longman Academic Writing Series 2
- Longman Academic Reading Series 1
- One World Many Voices: Our Cultures
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 130B
- Grammar Express Basic
- Grammar Express Basic Workbook
- One World Many Voices: World Holidays
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 131B
- Longman Academic Writing Series 2
- Longman Academic Reading Series 1
- One World Many Voices: World Holidays
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 133
- Q: Skills for Success 1: Listening and Speaking
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 136
- Longman Dictionary of American English
- Clear Speech From The Start
Level Two
ESL 120A
- Grammar Express
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 121A
- Longman Academic Writing Series 3
- Longman Academic Reading Series 2
- One World Many Voices: Book of Firsts
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 120B
- Grammar Express
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 121B
- Longman Academic Writing Series 3
- Longman Academic Reading Series 3
- One World Many Voices: Living in the USA
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 123
- Contemporary Topics 1 (3rd edition)
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 126
- Clear Speech (3rd edition) (w/CD-ROM)
- Longman Dictionary of American English
Level Three
ESL 24
- Longman Academic Writing Series 4
- Longman Academic Reading Series 4
- One World Many Voices: Reflections
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 25
- Longman Academic Writing Series 4
- Longman Academic Reading Series 4
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 23
- Understanding & Using English Grammar
- Longman Dictionary of American English
ESL 26
- Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide
- Longman Dictionary of American English