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 ESL 064, 065 - Grammar & Study Skills
Detailed Description
ESL 064,065 is the sixth and final level of ESL instruction designed for students whose native language is not English. Admission to the class is by placement testing, completion of ESL Level 5 or by teacher recommendation. The course meets two days a week, 6 hours a week for 16 weeks (including exams). The purpose of this level is to raise the English language and cultural competence of non-native speakers so that they can succeed in credit courses or work effectively in jobs requiring native-like English skills. At the end of the course, all students take the ELPT Reading Test.
Activities common to level
Group work and library assignments
Use college resources such as the library, Counseling Center, computer laboratories, and ALC
Develop editing and notetaking skills
Develop speaking, listening, cultural, and study skills to benefit from credit-bearing mainstream classroom instruction
Observation of credit level classes
Computer-aided instruction
ELPT Reading Test
Midterm and Final Exam
ESL 082 - Reading II
Detailed Description
Level 6 Reading is a full semester advanced academic sequence for students whose native language is not English. Admission to the class is by placement testing, successful completion of Level 5 reading or by teacher recommendation. ESL 082 or ESL 083 (Reading for Business 101) or 084 (Reading for Psychology 101) ] and ESL 092 meet once per week for 3 hours.
The general objective of 082 is to continue to reinforce reading skills introduced in level 5. Students prepare to handle college-level material. Accordingly, students will be expected to keep reading journals, do oral reports or a library project and handle approximately 750 - 1000 pages of text (2 or 3 novels).
Activities common to level
Skimming, scanning, identifying main ideas, comprehension, improving reading speed; students prepare to be tested on the ELPT reading test at the end of the semester
Reinforce advanced comprehension skills needed to be successful readers in college level classes
Keep a reading journal
Learn a variety of library research skills by integrating library research or an oral project connected to the themes in the novels or readings in the course
Oral/Written reports
Homework and Quizzes
Midterm Exam and Final Exam
Textbooks & Novels appropriate for this level:
Reader's Journal by Rentz
Reader's Choice by Badouin et al.
Academic Encounters by Seal
Growing Up by Russell Baker
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Presumed Innocent by Turow
Twelve Angry Men
The Broken Cord
The Autobiography of Malcom X
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
The Shawshank Redemption
Articles from Newsweek , Time, journals, newspapers, academic texts, etc.
Other Reading Courses for ESL Level 6 Students
ESL 092- ESL Writing II
Detailed Description
ESL 092 is a full semester academic writing course that is part of the Level 6 sequence designed for students whose native language is not English. Admission to the class is by placement testing, successful completion of ESL Level 5, or by teacher recommendation. The course meets once a week for 3 hours for 16 weeks (including exams). ESL 092 extends the writing of clear, organized expression of ideas begun in ESL 091. Its emphasis is on how students can extract ideas from and write responses to tapes, lectures, and print related to their concurrent and prospective classes.
Students who are successful in passing this course are finished with ESL but must go on to English 111 and 112.
Activities common to level
Prewriting activities, including brainstorming, diagramming, and freewriting
Journal writing
Writing multiple drafts; revising and editing content and organization
Learning to recognize mechanical errors; peer-editing
Writing essays in response to readings and media sources
Library research
A writing project such as a short story review, a pamphlet research project, a point of view or personification paper, a magazine article or a term paper with bibliography
Holistic essay
Textbooks & Novels appropriate for this level
Reactions: Multicultural reading-based writing modules by Lebauer,R. and Scarcella, R.
The Newbury House guide to writing by Sokolike, M.E.
Think about Editing. A grammar editing guide for ESL writers by Asher, A.
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