COURSE OUTLINE OF RECORD CATALOG ENTRY Discipline English As a Second Language Course Number 302 Course Title Beginning High Former Title Credits 0 Lecture Hours 216 Scheduled Laboratory Hours Arranged Laboratory Hours (TBA) Total Semester Contact Hours 216 COURSE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S) (C-ID) REQUISITES Prerequisite Corequisite Recommended Preparation CATALOG DESCRIPTION The third of seven integrated ESL core courses. Emphasizes comprehending and participating in simple conversations, communicating survival needs, and reading and performing written tasks in the context of college and career readiness and civic participation. Open-entry/open-exit. Classification Code K Transfer Code C-Not transferable SAM Priority Code E - Non-Occupational Repeatability CE - Continuing Education TOPS Code 4930.87 - ESL Integrated Topics Course No Open Entry/Exit Yes Grading Options Continuing Education Department Chair Approval Date: Division Chair Approval Date:
Curriculum and Instruction Council Chair Approval Date: 11/06/2017 by:brian Sos Last Revision Date: COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. Read and demonstrate understanding of short, simplified narrative or informational text on familiar topics using learned vocabulary and sentence patterns 2. Ask and answer simple questions in face-to-face and phone conversations to communicate needs 3. Write sentences on familiar topics, based on personal experiences COURSE CONTENT (Include major topics of the course, time required, and what the student is expected to learn.) Listening (40 hours): (Complexity and type of listening passages appropriate for this level: short informational listening passages on familiar topics supported by visuals; constructed dialogs on familiar topics and settings; high frequency vocabulary; authentic speech with rephrasing and repetitions.) - Identify the main topic or argument a speaker makes in oral presentations and simple spoken text - Use context to infer the meaning of words or phrases - Respond appropriately to multi-word oral commands and social expressions - Identify the general topic, sequence of events, characters, or settings - Distinguish between a question and a statement in a simple sentence, based on tone or mood regardless of word order - Interpret meaning of frequently used idioms/phrasal verbs in context - Identify words that signal differences between present, past, and future events Speaking (40 hours): - Participate in short conversations about familiar topics - Present information and ideas, appropriately take turns in interactions with others, and respond to simple questions with Wh- questions - Deliver short oral presentations - Express an opinion about a familiar topic, experience, or event, and give a reason for the opinion - Show an awareness of differences and adapt between informal and formal language use - Use some frequently occurring academic and content-specific vocabulary - Ask for meanings of words and expressions when misunderstanding occurs - Give and ask for directions - Ask for and give information about past needs and events - State a few key details from an oral presentation or simple spoken text - Recount a short sequence of events in order
Reading (45 hours): (Complexity and type of reading passages appropriate for this level: short, multi-sentence paragraphs supported by visual clues, about familiar topics, experiences, or events.) - Use pre-reading strategies - Locate specific information and details in a short, multi-sentence paragraph, dialog, or form - Recognize common idioms and idiomatic language in context - Use a picture or English learners dictionary - Use context to infer the meaning of high-frequency sight words, phrases or expressions - Use strategies such as predicting or phonics decoding, or word structures (affixes and roots) to interpret new words and phrases and infer meaning - Identify the purpose and audience of texts such as permission slips, news reports, narratives, and emails - Follow two- to four-step written directions - Compare items using written information - Identify the general topic, sequence of events, characters, or setting, answering who, what, where, when, and why - Interpret terms on forms (e.g., personal identification, school registration, checks, change of address) - Use skimming and scanning strategies Writing (45 hours): (Writing tasks appropriate for this level: fill out simple forms that require limited biographical or personal information, and compose simple written narratives about familiar texts, topics, experiences, or events.) - Compose sentences about past activities using simple and continuous tenses with regular and irregular verbs - Write a series of simple related sentences about an experience or event - Create short written exchanges about familiar topics and/or materials - Write a short sequence of events from various prompts - Produce simple and compound sentences - Use basic words and phrases related to the workplace and school - Edit writing for subject-verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, basic grammatical forms, and spelling - Write lists (e.g., grocery items). - Write a short note or message (e.g., a phone message or note). - Begin to use the stages of the writing process: pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, and publishing - Begin to use paragraph format (e.g., indentation, linking sentences, margins) using a model - Begin writing simple emails Pronunciation (16 hours): - Recognize and produce regular past tense verb endings - Recognize and produce final "s" sounds - Begin to produce initial sounds - Produce reduced forms of going to, have to - Produce basic intonation patterns of Wh-, yes/no, and either/or questions
Language Structure and Grammar (30 hours): Begin to use - Yes, no, or, and Wh- questions and answers using simple past, past progressive, simple future - Regular and irregular verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions - Adverb clauses - Compound sentences (with and too, with and... either, with or ) - Future tense - Modals (e.g., have to, must) - Introduce verbs followed by infinitive - Phrasal verbs - Subject/object pronouns - Simple comparatives (Review and expand previous levels of Language Structure and Grammar items) College/Workforce Preparation (hours are included in integrated skills instruction): - Identify college support services - Learn time management and study skills - Participate in a project - Identify job titles, responsibilities, and places of work - Identify different jobs, job duties, and wages associated with jobs - Identify workplace soft skills, such as customer care, communication, personal qualities, and leadership/teamwork skills - Apply critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills Digital Literacy (hours are included in integrated skills instruction): - Create/request a college email account - Use email for classroom interactions - Use technology for English language learning COURSE MATERIALS Required texts and/or materials.(include price and date of publication.) Recommended readings and/or materials: Material/textbook selection based on ESL Department Book Lists Teacher-prepared/department approved materials Resources including software as needed
Open Educational Resources (OER) Other: WHAT STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES DOES THIS COURSE ADDRESS? WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE EMPLOYED? (USE A SCALE OF 1-5 TO SHOW EMPHASIS OF THE LEARNING OUTCOMES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS ) STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES List subcategories and activities as needed for Category Communication Skills 5 - Essential-always try to achieve 1. Listening and Speaking - Answer comprehension questions based on a short reading passage. 2. Reading and Writing - Write simple and compound sentences. Thinking and Reasoning Information Management Diversity Civic Responsibility Life Skills Careers WHAT METHODS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN? Class Discussions Lecture Other (Specify): These instructional methods can be used in this course by the instructor; however, other related methods can also be employed and not all methods listed are necessarily performed by each instructor: Cooperative learning
Directed learning activities Discussions Field trips Guest speakers Individual and small group activities Mediated learning Pair work Portfolios Presentations Projects Student conferences Team work WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITIES OR ASSIGNMENTS ARE REQUIRED OUTSIDE OF CLASS? List activities and hours for each. (Must include reading and writing activities.) N/A STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT List graded activities. N/A How will student learning be assessed? (Multiple measures must be used.) These evaluative measures can be used in this course by the instructor; however, other related assessments can also be employed and not all types listed are necessarily performed by each instructor: Computer assignments/worksheets ESL Department developed pretests and posttests Exams Instructor-prepared assessments Observations Performance based assessments Portfolios Presentations Projects Quizzes Rubrics Student assessments Teacher assessments/observations Tests
Supplemental Forms Supplemental Forms Last Saved Approval Dates Curriculum and Instruction Council Chair: 11/06/2017