Language Arts Division
About the Division
The Language Arts Division at San José City College serves a diverse range of students, including literature lovers, language learners, public speakers, developing readers and writers, and students working toward a certificate or degree. The division offers courses in Communication Studies and Mass Media, English, English as a Second Language (ESL), Journalism and Broadcasting, Reading, and World Languages, and is home to the Reading and Writing Center.
Programs and Departments
Learn to communicate effectively on many different levels: public speaking, community engagement, group situations, cross-cultural contexts, persuading others, and work, family, and love relationships. In every Communication course, you will examine current communication theories and apply communication skills to your life.
You can choose from a wide variety of courses as well as a transfer degree program in English. Classes in composition, literature, creative writing, and memoir writing are examples of the offerings in the English department.
Join us and learn English with people of all ages from around the world. The ESL Program at San José City College can help you achieve your educational, employment, and lifelong-learning goals through instruction in English as a second language.
The ESL Lab at San José City College supports all SJCC English language learners enrolled in a lecture class, not only ESL classes. We offer ESL 508, a free 0-unit lab, as well as ESL 312L and ESL 322L, 0.5-unit co-requisite labs taken at the same time as the ESL 312 or ESL 322 lecture class. Services are available both online and in person.
Learn all the steps to producing a college newspaper (The City College Times) or broadcasting your own show on the college's radio station (KJCC 104.1) through the study of mass media, newspaper writing and reporting, and broadcasting courses in the Journalism department.
Your success as a college student depends on having the academic skills to succeed. Expand your vocabulary and develop the critical reading skills essential for college success in the Reading department.
Study a new language, prepare yourself for the global marketplace, and gain new perspectives on cultures from around the world. The World Languages department offers language and cultural instruction in American Sign Language, Japanese, and Spanish.
Service Area Outcome 1: The division office provides students with accurate and timely information on topics such as enrollment, basic needs, resources, and equipment loans.
Service Area Outcome 2: The division office promotes communication and information flow between the college community and division staff and faculty.
Service Area Outcome 3: The division office supports curricular innovation and quality instruction, including Open Educational Resources (OER), Supplemental Instruction (SI), tutoring, Distance Education (DE), Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) initiatives.
Service Area Outcome 4: The division office encourages professional development opportunities that lead to continuous quality improvement, such as Curriculum Analysis for Responsive Education, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and OER adoption.
Contact the Language Arts Division
- Acting Division Dean,
Language Arts - Azam Awan
- 408-288-3178
- azam.awan@sjcc.edu
- Senior Division Administrative Assistant
- Monique Rodarte
- monique.rodarte@sjcc.edu
- Language Arts Division Office
- 408-288-3719
- General Education Building, GE-206
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
