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DISCIPLINE, NUMBER, TITLE:
COURSE OUTLINE APPROVAL SHEET
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 409, ESL/Family Literacy Intermediate 2
(If the discipline, number or title is being revised, above should reflect the NEW information;) AND, the complete former course name
MUST be included in the CATALOG ENTRY below.)
* NEW
REVISION WITH
X
W/O
CATALOG CHANGES
DELETION
REVISION WITH
X
W/O
CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGES
* Complete and attach a New Course Proposal Form and Honors Addendum, if applicable
CATALOG ENTRY: (60 word limit; underline changes if a revision)
Course Number: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 409
Course Title: ESL/Family Literacy Intermediate 2
Class hours: 216
Prerequisite: None
Emphasizes understanding higher level language activities, reading passages with increased understanding, and increasing
focus on creative and academic writing tasks. This course includes the ESL Intermediate 2 curriculum with an additional
family literacy focus and component. Utilizes various language-based activities to enhance family language learning. Five
High School elective credits may be granted if student passes the ESL posttest for this class with 75% or better
Open entry/open exit.
CLASS SCHEDULE ENTRY (maximum of four lines; underline changes if a revision)
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 409, ESL/Family Literacy Intermediate 2.
Emphasizes understanding higher level language activities, reading passages with increased understanding, and increasing
focus on creative and academic writing tasks. This course includes the ESL Intermediate 2 curriculum with an additional
family literacy focus and component. Utilizes various language-based activities to enhance family language learning. Five
High School elective credits may be granted if student passes the ESL posttest for this class with 75% or better Open
entry/open exit.
INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE SUBMISSION TO A CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Major Code
N/A
For this major, is the course
Does this course have arranged hours?
Co/Prerequisite*?
N/A
X
Yes
No
Required
N/A
Elective
X
Approval Code
By course
Co/Prerequisite Course Requirement
Co/prerequisite message (10 character limit, (SEE CATALOG)
Is course cross-listed (same as) with another course?
Number of times repeatable for credit
N/A
Yes
No
X
Subject ID
(Maximum 3 without prior approval of VPAA)
Have all other departments that list this course for a degree/certificate requirement,
elective or recommendation, been advised of the changes?
Yes
N/A
X
List departments notified
Budgetary Unit
18200
Method of Instruction**
Classification Code
11
K
Instructor LHE:
Transfer Code
Lecture
C
X
SAM Priority Code
Laboratory
If necessary, complete and attach a *Co/Prerequisite Approval Form and/or a **TMI Form. TOPS CODE: 4930.87
Proposed by
Henry Kim
Date:
10/28/13
Division Dean
Dr. Sergio R. Sotelo
Date:
10/29/13
Curriculum Committee Approval
Mary Stephens
Date:
10/29/13
Curriculum Council Approval Date
Subject ID Number
ESL-409
(Signatures indicate review and approval of any advisory co/prerequisites as per Board Policy) Noncredit Category Code A
Course prior to transfer level D
E
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 409, ESL/ Family Literacy Intermediate 2
(If the discipline, number or title is being revised, above should reflect the NEW information;) AND, the complete former
course name MUST be included in the CATALOG ENTRY below.)
CATALOG ENTRY: (60 word limit; underline changes if a revision).
Course Number: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 409
Course Title: ESL/Family Literacy Intermediate 2
Class hours: 216
Prerequisite: None
Emphasizes understanding higher level language activities, reading passages with increased understanding, and increasing
focus on creative and academic writing tasks. This course includes the ESL Intermediate 2 curriculum with an additional
family literacy focus and component. Utilizes various language-based activities to enhance family language learning. Five
High School elective credits may be granted if student passes the ESL posttest for this class with 75% or better. Open
entry/open exit.
COURSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RSCCD COLLEGES FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREES AND
CERTIFICATES
N/A
Yes
No
SAC Department Chair
Date
Yes
No
SCC Department Chair
Date
X
COURSE CONTENT
(Include major topics of the course, time required, and what the student is expected to learn.)
Note: ESL in the noncredit program is taught holistically, integrating all four skills in every lesson.
Skills
216 hours
(total)
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to
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Listening
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Speaking
Reading
151
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Demonstrate general understanding of face-to-face conversations in familiar and some unfamiliar
contexts
Demonstrate understanding of extended conversations (telephone and recorded announcements)
Demonstrate understanding of short, simple reports in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts
Draw conclusions and make generalizations about passages presented orally
Recognize items of comparison when presented orally
Participate in simple face-to-face conversations dealing with both survival needs and
some topics beyond survival needs
Ask and answer simple questions based on written or aural passages
Summarize and discuss short reading passages or audio/visual materials
Express a variety of emotions
Ask for and offer opinions and advice
Respond appropriately to some tag questions
Adjust register in a limited way
Paraphrase a story
Interpret simple passages on familiar and unfamiliar topics related to basic and social needs or
interests
Skim for general idea of passage and scan for specific details
Recognize rhetorical cues signaling chronological order, comparison and contrast, and simple listing
Expand use of prefixes and suffixes
Interpret simple authentic materials on familiar topics
Identify synonyms, homonyms, and antonyms
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Writing
Parents
and Children
Reading
Together
(included in
above LSRW
hours)
Parenting
Pronunciation
Language
Structure and
Grammar
15
50
Perform group revision and use editing strategies during writing activities. Full circle
of writing process is utilized.
 Address register and audience more consciously
 Perform communicative and realistic tasks (write personal letters, business letters
and letters of complaint, complete authentic forms)
 Perform creative/academic tasks: take notes on familiar and some simple unfamiliar material
presented orally.
 Write related sentences to form simple paragraphs on a topic grounded in personal interest,
experience, or knowledge
 Write a short biography
 Demonstrate methods that help develop literacy skills in children
 Model positive literacy behaviors
 Expand upon and continue to practice methods of teaching and tutoring children
 Identify and use activities that involve adults and children together focused on print materials:
1. Tell a child stories about the family and community
2. Paraphrase a story
3. Write and read a family story
 Increase public library usage
1. Complete a library card application
2. Participate in family and/or community reading activities, e.g., library story hours
 Identify positive parenting techniques (for life in the United States)
 Give examples for real-life application
 Participate in a parent/teacher conference and Back to School Night activities
 Continue to expand the parent/school connection:
1. Volunteer in school
2. Actively participate in a child’s school evaluation
 Serve as a role model to a child by establishing own goals and objectives for lifelong learning
 Intonation, pitch and stress, and production of different lengths of syllable patterns for
meaning
 Analyze reductions (could have, should have, would have)
 Distinguish intonation of tag questions
[Tense focus: conditional past perfect]
I. Introduce:
Direct vs. indirect speech
Embedded statements
Complex sentences (adverb clauses of time and reason, and clauses with modals)
Either, neither, also, too
Passive voice with by,
Real and unreal conditional past perfect
2. Review and expand:
Present perfect, present perfect continuous
Word order, count and non count nouns, gerunds and infinitives, modals, tag questions
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(If the discipline, number, or title is revised, above entry should reflect the NEW information.)
COURSE MATERIALS
Required texts and/or materials. (Include price and date of publication.)
Recommended readings and/or materials.
1. Selection based on ESL Department Book List
2. Family Literacy materials as identified in Family Literacy Program Orientation Notebook
3. Teacher-prepared materials
Other
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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
COURSE.)
1 - Not applicable-never try to achieve
2 - unimportant-rarely try to achieve
3 - important-sometimes try to achieve
4 - very important-often try to achieve
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
5 - essential-always try to achieve
List subcategories and activities as needed for Category
Overall rating
1. Communication Listening and Speaking
Skills:
5
 Cite concrete information from a conversation
5
 Discuss information with a partner on a familiar topic
2. Thinking and
Reasoning:
a. Creative
Thinking
b. Critical
Thinking
3. Information
Management:
a. Information
Competency
Reading and Writing
 Relate past experience on a life skill topic
 Construct a short paragraph on a familiar topic
5
5
N/A
1
 Interpret information on a chart or graph
2
N/A
1
1
b. Technology
Competency
N/A
4. Diversity:
Social
N/A
5. Civic
Responsibility:
N/A
1
6. Life Skills:
Personal Growth
N/A
1
Interpersonal Skills
N/A
1
N/A
1
1
7. Careers:
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WHAT METHODS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN?
Individual and small group writing activities
Class projects
Pair work
Team work
WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITIES OR ASSIGNMENTS ARE REQUIRED OUTSIDE OF CLASS?
List activities and hours for each. (Must include reading and writing activities.)
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STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT
List graded activities.
How will student learning be assessed? (Multiple measures must be used.)
ESL Department Pre/Post Tests
CASAS Pre/Post Tests
EL Civics Additional Assessments
Teacher Observation
Student Self Assessment
NOTE: If this course is CR/NCR, please indicate here