English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
1. Students will learn to analyze,
synthesize, and infer from mediumlength/multi-paragraph texts.
Students also will be introduced to
the evaluation of texts.
Level 4
Writing Goals
Students will analyze medium-length
written texts for grammatical accuracy
and cohesion.
Students will synthesize information
from sources into medium-length,
original written texts (≤ 500 words) on
personal, practical, social, and general
academic topics.
Level 4
Writing Objectives
SWBAT1:
 identify and revise grammatical
and mechanical errors at sentence
level
 identify and revise grammatical
and mechanical errors at paragraph
level
 identify the thesis statement of
multi-paragraph texts
 identify main ideas and supporting
ideas of paragraphs in multiparagraph texts
 identify content that is
in/consistent with topic and main
ideas of paragraphs (cohesion) at
the multi-paragraph level
 incorporate quotes, paraphrases,
and/or information into mediumlength, original written texts (≤ 500
words)
 use correct citation of outside
sources in medium-length, original
written texts (≤ 500 words)
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
Level 4
Writing Objectives
2. Students will learn to create
medium-length/multi-paragraph
written and spoken texts to express,
extend, and elaborate their own
ideas, to represent, extend, and
elaborate on the ideas of others.
Students will produce medium-length,
original written texts (≤ 500 words) on
personal, practical, social, and general
academic topics.
SWBAT1:
 create an appropriate thesis for a
given text
 create an appropriate thesis for an
original text
 create appropriate topic sentences
for an original text
 write appropriate supporting ideas
for a given main idea
 write a medium-length, original
written text (≤ 500 words)
incorporating a thesis statement,
topic sentences, and appropriate
supporting ideas
 construct multi-paragraph text
about pictures, charts, or graphs
 write a summary (≤ 500 words)
restating the main idea and
incorporating the most important
supporting ideas and details
 use transitions of addition,
sequence, exemplification,
comparison/ contrast and clauses
Students will summarize texts (written
or spoken) that describe, narrate,
explain, and present opinions.
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11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
Level 4
Writing Objectives
introducing opinion and fact in
original and summary texts.
3. Students will interact via
responding to written texts and
interlocutors & eliciting written or
spoken information on personal,
practical, social, and general
academic topics. Interaction will
include clarifying and negotiating
meaning. Students also will be
introduced to abstract topics.
Students will produce medium-length,
original written texts (≤ 500 words)
requesting information on personal,
practical, social, and general academic
topics.
SWBAT1:
 write a statement of purpose (such
as for work or college)
 respond to a complaint in writing
(such as late rent, missed payment)
 email a request for information and
respond to the received information
4. Students will use and interpret
language in socio-culturally
appropriate ways, including
recognizing & using different
registers and styles. Students will
be introduced to the concept of
language variety (e.g. slang,
commonwealth & North American
varieties).
Students will distinguish between
spoken and written language with
regard to register.
Students will produce medium-length,
original written texts (≤ 500 words)
responding to information on
personal, practical, social, and general
academic topics.
Students will use narrative,
descriptive, and expository styles of
writing.
Students will use appropriate
SWBAT1:
 identify and revise errors in
language variety linked to register
 write original compositions
displaying appropriate register and
language variety
 write in a narrative style with
appropriate transitions and
organization
3 of 7
11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
language varieties as it relates to
register for a given social context
Level 4
Writing Objectives
 write in a descriptive style with
appropriate transitions and
organization
5. Students will use targeted lexical,
phonological, morphological and
syntactic elements at a highintermediate level.
Students will use core vocabulary
selected lexical items from the ELI
word list2 and additional target words.
in spoken texts on personal, practical,
social, and general academic topics.
SWBAT1:
 Use 73% of vocabulary from a
teacher prepared list of lexical
items selected from the ELI word
list2 and additional target words.
 use 50% of vocabulary from a
teacher prepared list of lexical
items selected from the ELI word
list2 and additional target words
appropriately in spontaneous texts.
Students will produce appropriate
word order in subordinate clauses.
SWBAT1:
 produce complex sentences using
some time adverbials (when, before,
after)
 produce subject and possessive
relative clauses
 produce reduced active relative
clauses
4 of 7
11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
Students will produce questions and
use simple modals.
Students will produce appropriate
negative structures.
Students will use appropriate basic to
intermediate verb morphology and
verb phrases.
Level 4
Writing Objectives
 produce complement clauses using
gerunds and infinitives
SWBAT1:
 produce correctly structured yes-no
and wh questions with do-support
when needed
 use simple modals such as can,
could, should, must, have to,
might, would
SWBAT1:
 use negative do-support in main
and subordinate clauses
 use negative modals in simple and
complex sentences
SWBAT1:
 produce past tense and past
progressive sentences
 produce simple and progressive
present perfect sentences with the
indefinite past meaning
 produce future tense sentences
with will and present progressive
 produce sentences using modals
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11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
Students will produce and use some
noun phrase structures.
Level 4
Writing Objectives
and semi modals of possibility
(could, may), necessity (have to/must
 produce sentences using past
modals of obligation and belief
(should have/must have + past
participle)
 produce verb phrases with
common adverbs description,
manner and frequency
SWBAT1:
 use count and non-count abstract
nouns
 recognize article use to distinguish
between specific and general
 use articles to distinguish between
specific and general meanings in a
concrete focused context
 use noun phrases with adjectives
 produce adjectival comparatives
involving –er, than, as ...as and
comparative adjective and comparative
adjective structures
 use quantifiers such as most/most of,
some/any, many/much, little/few some,
6 of 7
11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 4 WRITING
Level 4
Program Goals
Level 4
Writing Goals
Students will produce and recognize
some hypotheticals.
Students will recognize and use
passive voice structures.
Students will use and recognize
phrasal verbs.
Level 4
Writing Objectives
all,
SWBAT1:
 use wish structures in present time
 use present unreal conditionals
SWBAT1:
 recognize passive voice structures
in most tenses
 use passive voice structures in
present and past tenses
SWBAT1:
 use basic separable phrasal verbs
 use basic inseparable phrasal verbs
7 of 7
11/13/07
1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]