Reading (RD)	English as a  Second Language   (EL)
Overview of RD Courses	Overview of EL Courses
Catalog Descriptions - RD Courses	Catalog Descriptions - EL Courses
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES	SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM (CAP)	DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS)
Website information about CAP	Website information about DSS

DEPARTMENT HONORS COURSES	OTHER MC SITES OF INTEREST
HP 251 - Independent Study - Tutorial in the Humanities	Website information about other MC Programs and Partnerships

Welcome to the Department of Reading, English as a Second Language, and Linguistics at the Rockville Campus of Montgomery College! Come meet and explore the world in our classes while you improve your reading, English, linguistics, critical thinking, and reasoning skills!

Our READING program includes courses (for both native and non-native English-speaking students) designed to develop reading and critical thinking skills essential for success in all college level courses. We also offer transferable, college credit reading classes (RD 120) as well as courses (RD 238, RD 239) that fulfill the Maryland State Department of Education teacher certification requirements for secondary reading courses.

Our ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE program (the AMERICAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM, or AELP) is a comprehensive and flexible program addressing reading, speaking/listening, and grammar/writing English skills from high beginner through the advanced levels necessary for success in higher education. Students can do one course a semester or tackle several courses. Careful placement and progress checks ensure that students are in classes appropriate to their level of American English.

We have approximately 32 full-time and 46 part-time faculty to help guide you in your exploration. We offer day, evening, and Saturday classes; full semester (15-week) as well as intensive (7-week) classes during the Academic Year and shorter courses during two summer sessions; in traditional classroom as well as distance learning formats.

A new course, Introduction to Linguistics, offers a comprehensive background to language study. In this course, questions such as the following are proposed: "What is correctness in a language?" " How can languages be described and compared?" "How do children and adults learn language?" "How do languages change?"

Thank you for visiting our home page. Please continue to explore and discover what the Department of Reading, English as a Second Language, & Linguistics has to offer!

Mary E. Owens
Chair

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Overview of EL Courses: Six EL (American English Language Program) courses are offered for students seeking to improve their skills in English. The AELP is an English for Academic Purposes curriculum (EAP). Four of the courses (El 101 - EL 104) focus on writing and grammar, with specific emphasis on the academic writing of American English. Two courses, EL 110 and EL 111, emphasize the development, practice, and use of functional language skills necessary for understanding others and for expressing oneself orally in American English in academic, professional, and social contexts. The topics for discussion center around American culture (e.g. family, education, business).
In addition to the six EL courses, the American English Language Program (AELP) at the Rockville Campus includes SP 102 and SP 109. These courses focus on voice quality, pronunciation, and enunciation through prescribed drills and exercises.

HP 251 - Contemporary African Literature is offered on the Rockville campus. Selected readings from West, East, Southern, and Northern Africa, dealing with themes of African Literature, centering on the African encounter with Europe and treating such issues as Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Imperialism, Postcoloniality, Apartheid, Culture Conflict, Ethnicity & Nationalism, and Individualism & Collectivism. This course will also deal with the Woman Question as the women have seen and written about themselves, have examined and articulated their place and role and destiny in their different milieu, and have discussed and discoursed such issues as Womanhood, Marriage, Polygyny, Motherhood, and Patriarchy.

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Montgomery College/Rockville Campus appointed 497 adjunct faculty members to teach classes during the 2006 Fall Semester. This is in addition to 327 full-time professors. Appointments vary each semester.  The RD/EL/LG Department is a large department that offers a wide variety of courses.  The Department depends on and is fortunate to have 46 part-time faculty members.  As with the entire Rockville Campus, the appointments vary each semester.  The office for all part-time faculty members is located in the Humanities Building, Room 016.  The phone/voicemail number is 240-567-5242.

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