EMLS Workshops
NOTE: All workshops begin on time. No late entry is permitted. Workshops require a minimum of two students in attendance. Workshops may be cancelled due to instructor absence. If disability accommodations are needed to participate fully in any of these workshops, please submit your request within 7 school days in advance of the workshop.
Pre-Recorded Online Workshops- Available 24/7
Pre-recorded Learning Workshops
- 10 Tips for Success in Your Online Course
- Effectively Communicating Online
- Online Courses: Staying Motivated and Disciplined
- Taking Tests Online: Strategies For Success
Pre-recorded AI Workshops
- 5 Tips for Using Generative AI as a Helpful Academic Tool
- 5 Tips for Using Generative AI (ChatGPT) to Create Resumes or Cover Letters
- 5 Tips for Ethical, Responsible Use of Generative AI (ChatGPT)
To access the pre-recorded workshops, click on the title of the workshop and sign on to the Cerritos College portal. From there, click the "Student Lingo Online Workshops" tile.
Then, click on the workshop you wish to access.
LIVE SCHEDULED ZOOM WORKSHOPS
To attend one of the live workshops listed below, please click the date above the workshop title. You will be connected with a receptionist who will log you in and send you to the workshop. These workshops are facilitated by Success Center faculty members. Be sure to arrive five minutes early to the session so that the receptionist can log you in.
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
12 pm Adjectives
Monday, October 5th, 2026
2 pm Punctuation Series: Using Commas
3 pm Verb Tense Shift
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
11 am Conversation Practice: Becoming a Successful Language Learners
4 pm Punctuation Series: Using Colons
5 pm Commonly Confused Words
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
12 pm Topics/Thesis Statements
Monday, October 12th, 2026
2 pm Punctuation Series: Using Dashes and Parentheses
3 pm Summarizing
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
11 am Conversation Strategies: Building Good Conversation
4 pm Punctuation Series: Using Hyphens
5 pm Prefixes
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12 pm MLA Basics
Monday, October 19th, 2026
2 pm Paraphrasing
3 pm Parts of Speech
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
11 am Compound Sentences
4 pm In-text Quotation
5 pm Suffixes
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
12 pm Adverbs
Monday, October 26th, 2026
2 pm Gerunds and Infinitives
3 pm Fixing Fragments
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
11 am Complex Sentences
4 pm Compound Sentences
5 pm Run-ons and Comma Splices
Thursday, October 29th, 2026
12 pm Prepositions
Monday, November 2nd, 2026
2 pm Parallel Structure
3 pm Passive
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
11 am Conversation Practice: Effective Public Speaking
4 pm Conditional
5 pm Pronunciation: Troublesome Vowels
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
12 pm Modals of Advice
Monday, November 9th, 2026
2 pm Pronoun Errors
3 pm Sentence variety
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
11 am Conversation Strategies: Follow-up Questions
4 pm Using Transitions
5 pm Pronunciation: Troublesome Consonants
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
12 pm Modals of Necessity
Monday, November 16th, 2026
2 pm Punctuation Series: Using Commas
3 pm Pronunciation: Word Stress
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
11 am Compound-Complex Sentences
4 pm Punctuation Series: Using Colons
5 pm Pronunciation: Rhythm and Stress
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
12 pm In-text Quotations
Monday, November 23rd, 2026
2 pm Punctuation Series: Using Dashes and Parentheses
3 pm Verb Tense Shift
Wednesday, November 25th, 2026
11 am Conversation Practice: Interview Skills
4 pm Punctuation Series: Using Hyphens
5 pm Paraphrasing
Monday, November 30th, 2026
2 pm Verb Form Errors
3 pm Gerunds and Infinitives
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
11 am Conversation Strategies: Polite Requests
4 pm Pronunciation: Word Stress
5 pm Sentence Variety
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
12 pm Conversation Practice: Handling Stress
LIVE SCHEDULED IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS
To attend one of the live in-person workshops listed below, please come to the Success Center in LC137. The receptionist at the front desk will log you in and send you to the workshop room. These workshops are facilitated by Success Center faculty members. Be sure to arrive 5 minutes early to the session so that the receptionist can log you in.
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
1 pm Parts of Speech
Saturday, October 10th, 2026
1 pm Present Tenses
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
1 pm Past Tenses
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
1 pm Compound Sentences
Saturday, October 31st, 2026
1 pm Complex Sentences
Saturday, November 7th, 2026
1 pm Compound-complex Sentences
Saturday, November 14th, 2026
1 pm Adverb Clauses
Saturday, November 28th, 2026
1 pm Correcting Fragments
Saturday, December 5th, 2026
1 pm Paragraph Basics