Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Welcome to ESOL 20 – Level 2 (20816) Integrated Skills 

Watch this:  Welcome Video

Hello, my name is Irene Peñaloza. I am your teacher for the ESOL 20: Level 2 evening face-to-face class for the Spring of 2024.   Our first day of class will be on Monday, April 1st.  

      We will work and learn together in a classroom setting. We will meet on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6:00 – 8:50 pm.  Our classroom is Mt. Scott Hall Room 202.  Attendance is important, but I understand if you cannot come to class on time due to your work schedule. If you are sick with a cold, or your family is sick with cold and flu symptoms, please rest and stay home.  Text or email me if you are going to be absent.

You will need the textbook: ENGLISH IN ACTION, BOOK 2.  Please bring a notebook, pen, and binder on the first day of class.  I will give you lots of handouts for practicing grammar, we will watch, read, and listen to grammar videos, do online exercises, and write in our BlueBooks.  We will practice conversations and go over the lessons I assign weekly.  Don’t worry! We will have fun and learn a lot. 

 I will try to make it easy for you to understand the unit lessons, to be able to do your classwork, and to attend class.  I will email you our weekly lessons and homework, post them on my WebEasy page, as well as write the lessons and activities for the day on the board in our classroom.  Please make sure to check your email daily for more information about our class and other important announcements. 

 

Do you have any friends, family, neighbors, or co-workers who want to take English classes?

1.  To take the placement test online, ask them to fill out this form:

https://tinyurl.com/2uccmr5b

     I look forward to working with you this term.  If you have any questions or concerns or simply want to say “hi” – I am available to communicate via email at irene.penaloza@pcc.edu or voicemail/text message at 503-453-6478.  

Thank you so much.

 

Irene Peñaloza

(Pronouns: she, her,”siya”)

Instructor, PCC South East Campus

 

Registering for the Summer term 2024:  If you do not take a class during the Spring term, call or email your Navigator, Jennifer Hall at 971-209-2736 or email jhall@pcc.edu.

Jennifer will register you for a Spring class. Tell Jennifer your PCC G# in your message. Also, tell Jennifer if you want a Class Fee Waiver application (to get a free class) because you have SNAP (food stamps), Oregon Health Plan (OHP), are unemployed, or have other qualifying benefits.

How do we know if PCC is closed and there is no class because of bad weather?

ESOL How-to Videos:

Setting up MyPCC

How to view the WebEasy Page

 

The material we will be using as our textbook:  ENTRY into ENGLISH 2 -THEME 2 (Lev2)

 

Technology, Computers, and Internet Resources:

• AFTRR (Alliance for Technology Refurbishing and Reuse) – Map of non-profit home refurbishments
• Free Geek – Refurbished electronics, computers, and equipment
• Internet Essentials – Refurbished computers and Internet essentials
• National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) – Low-cost internet package plans
• PCs for People –  Refurbished computers)
• Emergency Broadband Benefit – Helping households with internet service