ESOL  –  Level 2             English  with  Les

Fall 2026
PCC  Rock Creek, Building 2, Room 125

Les Rivera
ESOL Instructor —  Rock Creek

360-619-8130  —  Call or Text
les.rivera@pcc.edu  —  Email

September 21 – December 7, 2026 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 125

ESOL  Level 2             (ESOL 20)  (CRN # 40322)          Fall 2026

Schedule:

Dates:   Monday, September 21 – Monday, December 7, 2026

Days:     Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Time:     6:30 – 9:15 p.m.     In Classroom (PCC Rock Creek, Building 2, Room 125)

Fee:  $133.70  (or All students get fee waiver.  Also 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 21 :                First Day of Class

Monday, December 7:                     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 2 – Fall 2026 Calendar    (Les Rivera)

 

Week

Dates

Mon.

Wed.

Thurs.

 
1 Sept. 21 – 24  First day of class!
2 Sept. 28 -Oct. 1    
3 Oct. 5 – 8
4 Oct. 12 – 15
5 Oct. 19 – 22
6 Oct. 26 – 29
7 Nov. 2 – 5
8 Nov. 9 – 12 Nov. 11 = NO CLASS
9 Nov. 16 – 19  
10 Nov. 23 – 26 Nov. 26 = NO CLASS  
11 Nov. 30 – Dec. 3

 

 

 

 

   

 12                 Dec. 7                  Last Class

Work for the class will come from:

English in Action 2  TEXT  BOOK     and   English in Action 2  WORKBOOK
I-DEA Handouts
Workbook for Beginning ESOL
ESL Library

 

Future Intro Flipbook

https://esl4me.com/

https://www.typing.com/student/lessons

Sense-lang typing

Verb Quiz

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.

www.starfall.com

Video

Colors, singular & plural with clothing

Side by Side (Book 1) videos:

– Present Continuous (-ing)

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 –

University of Iowa Sounds of American English (animated) — Scroll down and click on English under Website version.

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 2

AUDIO for StandOut Basic student book

Alphabet game

Alphabet video with sounds (youtube)

ABC song (youtube)

ABC order

Capital and small letters

Money #1

Money #2

Money #3

Spelling game – numbers 1-10

Spelling game – numbers 1-20

Spelling game – days of the week

Spelling game – months

Word grid – numbers 1-20

Word grid – months

Word grid – days of the week

Vocabulary : Family — Concentration game

Vocabulary : Family — Spelling game

Can/can’t exercise 

Short answer practice

More can or can’t practice

Many Can / Can’t exercises 

 

Food and shopping exercises:

Vocabulary  #1,  #2

Food packaging  #1,  #2

“Hangman” vocabulary game – Fruit,  Vegetables

Word search  game – Food,   Fruit

Clothing vocabulary exercises

Clothing 1

Clothing 2

MOUSE PRACTICE   

Mouse exercises #1

Mouse exercises #2

Another mouse tutorial

Grammar and listening – Mixed Levels

Adele’s ESL Corner

English-4u.de

Manythings.org

Agenda Web

a4esl.org

More grammar & vocabulary practice