LA HARBOR COLLEGE Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report Course Assessment Division: Communications Discipline/Program: English Course Number and Name: ENGLISH 085 College English as a Second Language II Program Contact Person: Paul Grady Phone: _______________________ Reviewed by: Date: July 2011 Attach additional pages as necessary. Institutional Learning Outcomes 1 1 Course Intended Outcomes 1. Summarize narrative, expository, and argumentative readings. (a) Formulate main ideas/points of the readings. (b) Identify supporting examples and details. (c) Present the ability to focus on a topic of readings and authors’ ideas/reasoning. 2. Outlining: (a) Collaboratively prepare in-class outlines for three-paragraph and five-paragraph essays. (b) Present individually written outlines for three-paragraph essays. 1 3. Writing: (a) Produce in-class rough drafts of essays of 200 words with 70% accuracy. (b) Produce outside class rough drafts of essays of 300-400 words with 75% accuracy. 1 4. Rewrite work incorporating peer and instructor advice: (a) Develop effective introductory paragraphs with clear theses. (b) Develop effective (coherent and unified) body/supporting paragraphs. (c) Develop effective concluding Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success Worksheets (open book), quizzes (closed book), and summary/reaction essay (at home) on novel (C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) Students turn in collaboratively prepared and individually prepared outlines for instructor review. On midterm and final, outline is 10% of exam grade. Instructor provides feedback to student on his her rough draft submission. Students write five essays (reviewed by peers and instructor) and essays in midterm and final examinations (instructor only). Summary of Data Collected Spring 2011 1 Section # Students 90% of students successful in completing worksheets + quizzes + summary/reaction (persuasion) paper Spring 2011 1 Section # Students Use of Results Met SLO. Need to continue current activities. SLO met. Need to continue current activities. Students are generally (90%) successful accomplishing task. Spring 2011 1 Section # Students Informal instructor assessment is that draft feedback results in better essays (in class, out of class, and in final exam). Spring 2011 1 Section # Students 90% receive passing grades on these written essays. SLO is being met but student papers should be reviewed by faculty peers. SLO is being met. Instructor should continue current activities. 1 paragraphs with (optional) restatements of theses and summaries of supporting points. 5. Follow conventions in distinguishing between authors' and students’ ideas. 1 6. Write clear definitions of crucial terms using acceptable sentence definition writing patterns. 1 7. Proofread and edit paragraphs and essays (with 80-85% of accuracy): organization, punctuation, sentence type, spelling, vocabulary, etc. Reaction papers to novel offer an opportunity for students to distinguish author “facts/statements” from students’ opinions. As a separate assignment during the midterm examination, students will write six sentence definitions of a given term following a model of six possible patterns. Sentences will be evaluated as follows: (1) general comprehension of a term; (2) use of vocabulary; (3) grammatical correctness, including proper punctuation. See SLOs #1 and 4 above. Spring 2011 1 Section 13 Students 90% of students successfully complete this SLO. Spring 2011 1 Section 13 Students In the group of 13 students, 95% completed the assignment: (1) 75% wrote sentence definitions in all six patterns, presenting clear understanding of a term; 20% turned in incomplete assignment displaying lack of clarity in comprehension; 5% did not complete the assignment. (2) 80% students used clear and varied vocabulary with mostly correct spelling; 15% student displayed some degree of misunderstanding of a term by using incorrect or unclear vocabulary; 5% did not complete the assignment. (3) 70% students wrote grammatically correct sentences; 25% displayed somewhat low or unacceptable grammar skills; 5% did not complete the assignment. See SLOs #1 and 4 above. SLO is being met. No further action required. In the remaining weeks of the semester after the assessment of midterm examinations, the following efforts were undertaken: (1) continuous work in developing college level vocabulary through readings and dictionary use; (2) oral practice of spelling and written exercises with different words and forms of words; (3) practice in writing varied sentences; focus on correct punctuation. SLO is being met.