Listening Student LearningOutcomes
Objectives
Listening 140
In-class Assessment
Coordinated
Assessment
#1- Able to learn sufficient vocabulary to
discuss and understand main idea in a
simple lecture
vocabulary quizzes/teacher
observation
Coordinated exams
and final
achievement test
#2 – Can guess meaning of new vocabulary
from the context of a listening activity
questions/quizzes right after
listening using notes
Coordinated exams
and final
achievement test
#3 – Can demonstrate sufficient listening
comprehension to understand main ideas
and details in a lecture
questions/quizzes right after
listening not using notes
Coordinated exams
and final
achievement test
#4 – Can take notes independently from a
simple lecture
collected notes after lecture
Coordinated exams
and final
achievement test
#5 – Can take guided notes from a more
complex lecture
collected notes after lecture
Final achievement
test
#6 – Can discuss short lecture with other
students
teacher observation
N/A
Speaking Student Learning Outcomes
Goals for Learning to
Speak Better
#1- Demonstrates discussion
skills on personal/nonpersonal topics
#2- Can agree/disagree and
state opinions politely in class
settings
#3- Demonstrates ability to
discuss and present ideas
both individually and in small
groups
#4- Can use simple
vocabulary on personal and
non-personal topics
#5- Can use grammar from
previous levels: present
simple, present progressive,
future, simple past, wh’s with
do/does, q’s with how,
pronouns, comparatives and
superlatives, modals, etc.
#6- Can compound
sentences and use: present
perfect, past continuous,
used to, present perfect
continuous, would you mind,
infinitives and gerunds
#7- Can produce consonant
and vowel sounds, and can
manage most aspects of
suprasegmentals
#8- Can read levelappropriate material aloud
#9- Can follow and participate
in conversations at level
Speaking 140
In-class Assessment
Coordinated
Assessment
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
Midterm and Final inclass interview
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
Midterm and Final inclass interview
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral/written
assessment
Final in-class interview
Teacher observation, oral
assessment
Midterm and Final inclass interview
In-class activities, teacher
observation
In-class activities, teacher
observation, oral assessment
N/A
Midterm and Final inclass interview
N/A
Midterm and Final inclass interview
Midterm and Final inclass interview
Reading Student Learning Outcomes
Reading 140
Aims for learning to read How you can show the
better:
teacher you can do
Be able to:
this:
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Rate (Fluency)
Classroom and
Test-Taking
Skills
 Comprehend readings at 140level
 Identify main ideas, supporting
details, and conclusions
 Recognize organizational
patterns
 Preview and make predictions
 Make inferences
 Answer various types of
comprehension questions
 Understand and use
vocabulary at 140-level
 Guess meanings of words in
context
 Understand word forms
 Recognize and use
collocations
 Identify and use strategies to
increase reading rate
 Complete reading tasks within
specified time
 Recognize, pronounce and
spell new vocabulary
 Use a dictionary – English only
 Use skimming/scanning
techniques to answer questions
 Respond to readings in short
answers
 Discuss readings
 Read 140-level texts at
minimum of about 160 WPM
with at least 70%
comprehension
 Use paced/timed readings to
increase reading speed with
140-level texts
End
of
Seme
ster:
 Teacher observation
 Homework
 Reading skills tests
 Final
Achiev
ement
test
 Homework
 Vocabulary quizzes and
tests
 Teacher observation
 Final
Achiev
ement
test
 In-class practice
 Final
Achiev
ement
test
 Teacher observation
 Homework
 Assessed through in-class
practice throughout the
semester
 Reading skills tests
Writing Student Learning Outcomes
Writing 140
When a student completes this course successfully,
he/she will be able to:
 Analyze a sentence, and identify the parts of speech of its parts
(noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun)
 Comprehend and use simple present and past, present and past
progressive tenses
 Comprehend and express future with simple future, be going to
and present progressive
 Comprehend and use present perfect tense
 Identify and comprehend present perfect progressive and past
perfect tense
 Comprehend and use passive voice in simple tenses
 Comprehend and use count and non-count nouns with appropriate
quantifiers
 Comprehend and use pronouns
 Comprehend and use comparisons with adjectives and adverbs
 Comprehend and use adjective clauses with who, that and which
 Comprehend and use infinitive to express purpose, as a subject,
and in basic colocations
Writing:
 Write a variety of simple, complex and compound sentences with
increasing ability
 Write a well-developed and coherent paragraph with a topic
sentence, several supporting sentences and concluding sentence
 Demonstrate increasing ability to write a five-paragraph essay that
has
 an introduction with a thesis statement
 body paragraphs with logical flow of ideas
 a conclusion
 Revise the draft for content and organization
 Recognize and correct mistakes in sentence structure and other
grammatical points covered at this level
Forms of
Assessment:
 Homework
 In-class graded
activities
 Quizzes
 Teacher observation
 Coordinated Tests
 Final Achievement Test
(for placement)
 In-class writing
 Homework
 Coordinated Tests
 Teacher observation
 Final Achievement Test
(for placement)