You should switch to our Canvas class site as soon as you are able. Check back on Canvas daily! These resources are just for the first week or two of class. Questions? Email Mrs. C. Syllabus SP 17 Syllabus ESL 201 from Catherine Coleman Tuesday 1/17 First Day Thursday 1/19 Reading Homework Tuesday 1/24 […]
Author Archives: Catherine Coleman
Ask Mrs. C – Class Petition Question
The semester is getting ready to begin in colleges across the country. In Southern California, students will be having difficulty getting their classes, and they will be petitioning to add classes during the first week of school. Consider the following question asked by more than one frustrated student the first week of school and my […]
Effort Never Wasted
Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted. ~Eleanor Roosevelt If you are reading this blog entry, you are hopefully enjoying the newly designed Coleman’s Classroom. What do you think? Pretty, isn’t it? As you navigate the pages, you might think it was effortless. Wow, would you be wrong! To create this site, I […]
College ER
If you are enrolled in my IVC ESL class, but do not yet have access to Canvas, you can get the first weeks’ information and assignments here! Read More
Expert Writing
While there is not ONE method to improve academic writing, some techniques are certainly more effective than others. Here are some lesson I use in my ESL writing classes. Read More
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Internet TESL Journal
Back in 2003, I published an article titled “Simple Steps to Successful Revision in L2 Writing” in the The Internet TESL Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language. You can read it here if you like.
Lucas and Mrs. C
An instructor driven to facilitate students’ educational achievements, Catherine Coleman is a college English and ESL instructor, helping students improve their writing since 1999. A student striving to become a physician, Vietnamese-born Lucas Nguyen immigrated to the USA in 2008, graduated from UC Berkeley, and is currently pursuing his goal of becoming a physician at […]
Get Into Medical School
Get Into Medical School: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Application Process, my book with Lucas Nguyen, former ESL student and fabulous medical school student, is also available at amazon.com for $17.99. You can look inside the book here! However, unless you plan to go to medical school, it is probably not be the book for you! More on Lucas […]