Academic Achievement Report
{ESL Course Cluster Levels 1 and 2}
2006-2007
Arizona Western College
Statement
Of Purpose
Enable non-native speakers of
English to achieve selfdetermined language
acquisition goals:
degree/certificate completion,
employment, employment
mobility, and/or personal
enrichment.
Intended Student
Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate
level appropriate
1)listening and reading
comprehension and spoken
and written use of words and
phrases in affirmative and
negative statements,
questions, and commands in
simple and complex
morphological, grammatical,
and syntactical contexts.
2) recognition and
comprehension of
institutional cultural practices
used in the United States and
in other areas of the English
speaking world.
3) oral demonstration of level
appropriate cultural
knowledge of telephone
etiquette, gestures, and/or
acceptable classroom
behavior in the United States.
Tools for Assessment
and Criteria for
Success
At the end of the semester,
100% of Level 2 students
will:
1a) achieve a score of 80% or
higher on a comprehensive
multiple choice structure test.
At the end of the semester,
100 % of Level 1 students
will:
1b) answer written
comprehension questions
based on selected reading
topics which contain relevant
cultural content, with 70%
accuracy.
At the end of the semester,
100% of Level 2 students
will:
2) write a paragraph with
70% or higher accuracy in
content, organization,
grammar, and mechanics.
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results
1a) % of Level 2 students
who scored 80% or higher on
a comprehensive multiple
choice structure test:
South Yuma County (no
disaggregation)
4/22
18%
Main Campus (took Level 1)
3/14
21%
Main Campus (no Level 1,
placement tested into Level
2)
7/15
47%
Total of Level 2 students
who scored 80% or higher
14/51
27%
1b) 47/57 (82%) students
attained 70% or better
accuracy.
1a,b) Faculty will review the
item analysis to insure each
question is part of the level 12 curriculum and then discuss
how much time instructors
are allotting to the teaching of
these grammar competencies,
what types of activities are
used in teaching these
competencies, and what
changes need to be made.
2) 64 students participated in
the assessment of Level 2/2B
writing.
46 of 64 students (71%)
demonstrated 70% or higher,
31 of 36 Main Campus
students (86%) demonstrated
70% or higher.
15 of 28 South County
students (53%) demonstrated
70% or higher.
2) Content and
Organization:
Most Main Campus students
included topic sentence,
detail sentences, conclusion
sentence as specified in the
instructions. Most South
County students did not have
clear topic sentence or
conclusion sentence or did
not have all the details.
Therefore, it is
recommended that students
read instructions carefully.
Although not necessary for
this assessment, it is
interesting to note that 57%
3) At the end of the semester,
students will demonstrate
spoken proficiency via
videotaped presentations.
3a) Workshop 1 students will
demonstrate mid-novice
speaking proficiency.
3b) Workshop 2 students will
demonstrate appropriate
cultural knowledge of
telephone etiquette, gestures,
and/or acceptable classroom
behavior in the United States.
3a) 14 students participated
in the assessment of Level 1
Workshop.
12 of 14 students (86%)
demonstrated mid-novice
speaking proficiency.
3b) No data was collected. It
will be collected in Spring
2008.
of South County students had
an outline or brainstorm
organizational plan. 2% of
Main Campus students had an
outline or brainstorm
organizational plan.
Grammar:
Majority of problems were
subject/verb agreement,
correct verb tense, adjectives
with “s” and after nouns, use
of “to” vs. “for”. Writing
teachers should focus not
only on organization and
content, but also provide
specific feedback about
grammar problems on
student compositions.
Mechananics:
Although dictionaries were
allowed, there were many
spelling errors. Common
punctuation errors included
using a comma when
‘because’ is in the middle of a
sentence, or commas where a
period is needed. Teachers
need to focus on end of
sentence punctuation.