ESL 044 Low Intermediate ESL Integrated - 4 (5.1 to 11 credits)
Prerequisite CASAS Appraisal Exam, CASAS score of 201-210, and instructor permission
Course Description
Low intermediate level ESL course (integrating speaking, listening, reading, writing, and technology) for those who have mastered basic literacy and survival English, and who need to further develop their communication skills in order to enhance their personal, social, and workplace environments.
Course Content
Yearly content includes at least part of the following I-DEA modules as developed by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges:
• US History and Citizenship
• Environmental issues
• Washington State history
• Pathways
• Library resources
• Computer Skills
• Study Skills
• The American Education System
• Navigating Your Community
• Stress Management
• Money Management
• Time Management
• Personal Inventory
• Career Exploration
• Math Basics
• Budgeting and Consumer Economics
• Cross Cultural Communications
• Contemporary World Problems
• Writing Basics
• Interpersonal Communications
• Job Search and Interviewing
• Work Readiness
• Effective Presentations
• Internet Basics
• Information Literacy
• Business Websites
• Team Collaboration
Yearly curriculum is based on these College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRs) at individual levels:
Reading Standards
• CCR Reading Anchor 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
• CCR Reading Anchor 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
• CCR Reading Anchor 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
• CCR Reading Anchor 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
• CCR Reading Anchor 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
• CCR Reading Anchor 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Writing Standards
• CCR Writing Anchor 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
• CCR Writing Anchor 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. [This includes the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.]
• CCR Writing Anchor 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
• CCR Writing Anchor 5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• CCR Writing Anchor 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
• CCR Writing Anchor 7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
• CCR Writing Anchor 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
• CCR Writing Anchor 9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking and Listening Standards
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 5: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
• CCR Speaking and Listening Anchor 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Language Standards
• CCR Language Anchor 1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• CCR Language Anchor 3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
• CCR Language Anchor 4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
• CCR Language Anchor 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• CCR Language Anchor 6: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Student Outcomes
- Communicate opinions and questions cross-culturally in order to share knowledge and respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives.
- Apply strategies to define general academic and content-specific vocabulary as well as cultural expressions in order to understand language.
- Identify main ideas and details from formal and informal materials in order to comprehend and relay information.
- Employ the writing process to produce multiple descriptive, narrative, persuasive, or explanatory paragraphs or an essay.
- Compose simple, compound and complex sentences to communicate ideas and clarify relationships among events and ideas.
- Navigate and create digital documents and visuals independently to support learning.
- Evaluate and reflect how your own and others’ cultural backgrounds influence and shape communication.
Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOME:
Effective Communication
Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.
Global Citizenship
Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 51-110
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 51-110
Potential Methods
1. Pair and group work
2. Self-assessment
3. Instructor observation
4. Technology, Office 365, Canvas
5. Oral exercises
6. Written assignments
7. Formal and informal oral presentations
8. Discussions
9. Video
10. CASAS testing
11. Reading Comprehension exercises
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