ESL 032 ESL Intermediate Writing Level 3 (1 to 15 credits)
Prerequisite CASAS score of 191 and above or completion of ESL 022.
Course Description
A high beginning level ESL course which prepares the learner to acquire English as a second language skills necessary to express orally and in written form, individual references related to employment conditions, education, life and career choices, and to maintain conversations to satisfy basic everyday needs.
Course Content
A. Washington State Adult Learning Standards-ESL
• Convey Ideas in Writing
o Determine the purpose for communicating.
o Organize and present information to serve the purpose.
o Pay attention to conventions of English language usage, including grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, to minimize barriers to reader’s comprehension.
o Seek feedback and revise to enhance the effectiveness of the communication.
B. Goal Setting
Student Outcomes
1. Writing W 3.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W 3.2 Follow a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic and produce a short but legible and comprehensible draft. W 3.3 Appropriately use every day, familiar vocabulary (such as words with personal significance and commonly-used adjectives, pronouns and prepositions) and simple sentence structures to produce a several sentences on a topic. W 3.4 Make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.
2. Goals G 3.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly
Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOME:
1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.
2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOME: Effectively handle life issues: Make quality judgments, Assertiveness-speaking up, Overcoming fear, (heavy)Accent when speaking English, rights and exploitation, Understanding cross-cultural differences (norms, values, and roles)Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources. Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family. • Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family.
Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150
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