English for Speakers of Other Languages Course Outcomes
0100 Introduction to Academic Communication Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Enrich their vocabulary.
2. Develop beginning vocabulary and structures for communication about a variety of
academic subjects.
3. Get the main idea of how to put words into sentences and create dialogues.
0111 Conversation 1 Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate basic interpersonal communication skills necessary for informal
communication.
2. Demonstrate understanding basic pragmatics (the branch of linguistics dealing with
language in use and the contexts in which it is used).Take basic dictation on
academic topics with 70% accuracy.
3. Participate actively in topical group discussions.
4. Deliver a well-developed 5 minute formal speech with relatively clear pronunciation
and grammatical accuracy.
0140 Introduction to Reading in English Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Read their next 100 words on the Fry Readability Word Lists at 95% accuracy within
one minute.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of basic word attack skills, such as vowels, digraphs, and
plurals.
3. Utilize the dictionary to locate parts of speech, multiple meanings, and idioms.
4. Respond to basic comprehension questions of short passages.
0150 Introduction to Writing Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
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Read in English at a rate that approaches typical college reader rates.
Build their vocabulary toward levels necessary for college-level reading.
Read, comprehend, and appreciate authentic reading materials.
Recognize and work to use correct word choice, grammar, and style while developing
writing fluency.
0160 Introduction to Grammar Course Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to enhance the students’ English grammar skills. At the end of
the course, students should be able to correctly use the following grammatical
components in written and verbal (including pronunciation) communication:
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Basic verbs: to be, to have.
Simple present verb tense.
Present progressive verb tense.
Nouns, including count and non-count nouns.
Simple question formation.
Basic past time expression.
Students might also be given other specific work based on their needs for competency at
the basic level (including, but not limited to, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns, etc.).
0200 Basic Academic Communication Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate basic Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency for effective academic
studies.
2. Focus on academic listening tasks by using appropriate note-taking activities.
3. Utilize background knowledge in a variety of disciplines.
4. Take basic dictation in supported academic subjects with reasonable accuracy.
5. Identify key concepts from basic lectures in a variety of disciplines.
6. Participate actively & appropriately in group discussions.
7. Deliver short speeches (one informal, one academic and one extemporaneous) with
basic pronunciation and grammatical accuracy.
0211 Conversation 2 Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate basic interpersonal communication skills necessary for informal
conversation.
2. Actively use spoken English outside the classroom.
3. Participate actively in topical group discussions.
0300 Basic Reading in English Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
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Comprehend authentic reading materials such as maps, charts, and articles.
Recognize correct word choice in a reading selection.
Identify main ideas and details, and make inferences from reading.
Use a variety of strategies to approach reading, such as prereading, skimming,
scanning, and finding cause and effect.
5. Increase Fry Vocabulary words by a minimum of 100 words.
0350 Basic Writing Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Communicate an idea in a series of logically connected sentences.
2. Restate events of something experienced or read.
3. Follow basic standard organizational patterns; and give directions, and describe
location and appearance.
4. Proofread simple texts.
0360 Basic Grammar Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using articles, nouns and adjectives,
prepositions, and singular/plural forms.
2. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using common verb tenses (simple,
progressive, perfect and future), irregular verbs, and subject-verb agreement.
3. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using count and non-count nouns.
4. Successfully correct common grammatical errors in their own writing.
0400 Intermediate Academic Communication Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate basic Cognitive and Academic Language Proficiency for effective
academic studies.
2. Focus on academic listening tasks by using appropriate note-taking activities.
3. Utilize background knowledge in a variety of disciplines.
4. Take dictation in supported academic subjects with reasonable accuracy.
5. Identify key concepts from lectures.
6. Participate actively & appropriately in group discussions.
7. Deliver short speeches (one informal, one academic and one extemporaneous) with
basic pronunciation and grammatical accuracy.
0411 Conversation 3 Course Objectives:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
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Develop functional English skills.
Use new vocabulary appropriately in class discussions.
Identify and self-correct deficiencies in the application of grammatical skills.
Express ideas in clear speech.
Develop formal and informal speaking skills.
Listen with purpose and discrimination.
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1500 Intermediate Reading in English Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
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Evaluate statements read, such as fact and opinion statements.
Recognize and use intermediate word forms of prefixes and suffixes.
Discuss point of view of nonfiction articles and a fictionalized biography.
Use higher level thinking skills as they apply to their reading, such as drawing
conclusions, cause & effect, and signal words.
5. Pronounce and define an additional 200 commonly found words in written English.
6. Use the English dictionary for pronunciation, multiple meanings, countable nouns,
and parts of speech.
1550 Intermediate Academic Writing Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using appropriate word forms.
2. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using common verb tenses, irregular verbs,
subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and punctuation.
3. Successfully correct common grammatical errors in their own writing.
4. Recognize and successfully use many rhetorical signals appropriately.
5. Use writing strategies to write both in and out of class compositions effectively and
efficiently.
6. Write coherent paragraphs showing attention to appropriate organization for the task.
1560 Intermediate English Grammar Course Objectives:
The primary goal of this course is to enhance the students’ English grammar skills. At
the end of the course, students should be able to correctly use the following grammatical
components in written and verbal communication (including pronunciation):
1. Verb tenses, including:
 Present, past, future
 Simple, progressive, perfect, perfect progressive
2. Subject-verb agreement
3. Nouns and articles
4. Pronouns
5. Modals
Secondary goals of this course are to 1) teach students to be better world citizens through
consistent reflection on world issues, and 2) prepare students for the technological
demands of the current professional market.
0600 Advanced Academic Communication Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Become better prepared for academic work.
2. Follow lectures more easily from developing good listening skills.
3. Utilize notes and the course textbook as a starting point to explore topics of
individual interest.
4. Share course learning experiences with classmates and peers.
5. Develop the academic skills needed to succeed in concurrent and future classes by
completing individualized research, and becoming more actively involved in other
courses.
0611 Conversation 4 Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
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Participate actively and appropriately in group discussions.
Identify key elements in speech.
Demonstrate use of evolving vocabulary.
Use speech in many forms such as to inform, persuade, and debate issues.
2700 Advanced Reading in English Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Read, discuss, and respond to fiction and nonfiction reading passages of varying
lengths.
2. Use strategies for increasing reading rate and increase their rate by at least 20
percent.
3. Read and understand an additional 100 Fry words.
4. Recognize collocations (words frequently used together).
5. Recognize and understand six common patterns of organization commonly seen in
English paragraphs.
6. Define and use a minimum of 120 most frequently encountered academic words
found in text.
7. Demonstrate progress in creating topic sentences and thesis statements for a reading
passage.
8. Make inferences about their reading at increasing levels of difficulty.
2750 Advanced Academic Writing Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using appropriate word forms.
2. Recognize and demonstrate progress in using common verb tenses, irregular verbs,
subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and punctuation.
3. Successfully correct common grammatical errors in their own writing.
4. Recognize and successfully use rhetorical signals appropriately.
5. Use writing strategies to write both in and out of class compositions effectively and
efficiently.
6. Write coherent paragraphs and essays showing attention to appropriate organization
for the task.
2760 Advanced English Grammar Course Objectives:
The primary goal of this course is to enhance the students’ English grammar skills. At
the end of the course, students should be able to correctly use the following grammatical
components in written and verbal communication (including pronunciation):
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Passive voice.
Noun clauses.
Adjective clauses.
Gerunds & infinitives.
Coordinating conjunctions.
6. Adverb clauses and modifying adverbial phrases.
7. Connectives (expressing cause and effect, contrast, and condition).
8. Conditional sentences and wishes.
Secondary goals of this course are to 1) teach students to be better world citizens through
consistent reflection on world issues, and 2) prepare students for the technological demands of
the current professional market.