ESOL – Level 1 English with Les
Fall 2025
PCC Rock Creek, Building 2, Room 123
Les Rivera
ESOL Instructor — Rock Creek
360-619-8130 — Call or Text
les.rivera@pcc.edu — Email
September 22 – December 8, 2025 will be in the Classroom.
Before the first class, Teacher will contact students with
email and/or text and/or phone.
Portland Community College (PCC) Rock Creek, Building 2, Room 123
ESOL Level 1 (ESOL 10) (CRN # 40349) Fall 2025
Schedule:
Dates: Monday, September 22 – Monday, December 8, 2025
Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
Time: 6:30 – 9:15 p.m. In Classroom (PCC Rock Creek, Building 2, Room 123)
Fee: $129.20 (or request waiver: if you have Food Stamps or Oregon Health card)
Teacher: Les Rivera Phone: (360) 619-8130
E-mail: les.rivera@pcc.edu Office Hours: Before or After class As needed (please ask!)
Important Dates:
Monday, September 22 : First Day of Class
Thursday, November 27: Thanksgiving Day Holiday = NO CLASS
Monday, December 8: Last Day of Class
Class Rules:
Please call, text, or email, if you can’t participate in class. Ask your teacher for help if you need it.
Use English only Respect everyone Ask / Answer questions Ask for help
Have binder, notebook, dictionary
ESOL Level 1 – Fall 2025 Calendar (Les Rivera)
Week |
Dates |
Mon. |
Wed. |
Thurs. |
| 1 | Sept. 22 – 25 | First day of class! | ||
| 2 | Sept. 29 -Oct.2 | |||
| 3 | Oct. 6 – 9 | |||
| 4 | Oct. 13 – 16 | |||
| 5 | Oct. 20 – 23 | |||
| 6 | Oct. 27 – 30 | |||
| 7 | Nov. 3 – 6 | |||
| 8 | Nov. 10 – 13 | |||
| 9 | Nov. 17 – 20 | |||
| 10 | Nov. 24 – 27 | Thanksgiving Day = No Class | ||
| 11 | Dec. 1 – 4
Dec. 8
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Last Day of Class |
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Work for the class will come from:
VENTURES BASIC TEXT BOOK and VENTURES BASIC WORKBOOK
I-DEA Handouts
Workbook for Beginning ESOL
ESL Library
https://www.typing.com/student/lessons
Spelling practice — Look in the middle of the page where it says “Elementary Spelling.” There you can see many different word lists. Click on a list. Study the words in the box. Then begin the quiz.
Video
Colors, singular & plural with clothing
This / That / These / Those with clothing
Voice of America “Let’s Learn English” — multiple levels of conversation, pronunciation and vocabulary practice
Vocabulary
Online picture dictionary “learningchocolate.com” 
Passport to English – vocabulary, listening and more
Pronunciation –
Pronunciation of -s endings (listening and recording) + handout with word list (PDF [pdf])
**For vowel practice, click on the Pronunciation Exercises link top right (on a laptop) or at the bottom of this page (on your phone.)**
Level 1
AUDIO for StandOut Basic student book
Alphabet video with sounds (youtube)
Spelling game – days of the week
Vocabulary : Family — Concentration game
Vocabulary : Family — Spelling game
Food and shopping exercises:
“Hangman” vocabulary game – Fruit, Vegetables
Word search game – Food, Fruit
