Shoreline Community College Master Course Outline for

Shoreline Community College Master Course Outline for
ESL 100 (Level 8)

Date:

1/19/2010

Submitting Faculty Name:

Lauren Wilson

Division:	C0 (ABE/ESL/GED/DEVED)	Credits:	5
Course Title:	Academic ESL 3	Var Cr:	Yes

Description:	ESL 100 prepares students for English 101 and further academic coursework, continuing and refining the skills covered in ESL 099. Emphasis is on content-based reading and writing for academic purposes. Students study more complex grammar and vocabulary and read increasingly complex pre-college to college level materials.
Description2:	ESL 100 prepares students for English 101 and other classes. Emphasis on reading pre-college to college-level materials and academic writing. Prerequisites: successful completion of ESL 099 or appropriate placement on the Advanced ESL Placement Test. Student option grading.
Prerequisites:	successful completion of ESL 099 or appropriate placement on the Advanced ESL placement test.

Registration requires instructor/program approval

Grading Options:

Mandatory Decimal Mandatory Pass/NC Optional Pass/NC

Planned Year/Quarter Effective: WINTER 2011

COURSE OUTCOMES & ASSESSMENTS

Outcome: 1) Write 2-4 page essays with an introduction, thesis, topic sentences, well-developed ideas, and a conclusion, demonstrating increasing sophistication and complexity.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
In- and out-of-class essays combining personal and outside sources.	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 2) Construct paragraphs controlled by a single unifying idea.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
In- and out-of-class writing	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 3) Form a thesis that expresses a controlling idea.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Essays	Required	Communication: Write effectively
Classroom exercises, student-generated work	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 4) Use rhetorical devices such as transitions, synonyms and pronouns to achieve cohesion.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
In- and out-of-class writing; worksheets, quizzes.	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 5) Use the writing process with both in- and out-of-class writing.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Brainstorming, clustering, listing, outlines, or other pre-writing methods.	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 6) Write multiple drafts to revise writing according to external feedback.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Revise writing according to specific feedback.	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 7) Use proofreading and editing skills to locate and correct errors in writing.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Students' own writing	Required	Communication: Write effectively
Editing Worksheets	Suggested

Outcome: 8) Analyze and evaluate own writing to make revisions.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Checklists, self-evaluations.	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 9) Expand academic vocabulary.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Students' own writing	Required	Communication: Read and analyze Communication: Write effectively
Matching, short answer, multiple choice and/or cloze quizzes	Suggested

Outcome: 10) Use a variety of examples, statistics, sources, anecdotes and/or explanations with simple citations to support each main point.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
In and out-of-class writing.	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 11) Incorporate personal ideas and information from texts or other sources in own writing by paraphrasing, quoting and summarizing.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
In- and out-of-class writing.	Required	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 12) Summarize introductory college-level texts by paraphrasing main ideas and supporting details.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Reading journals, summaries.	Suggested	Communication: Read and analyze Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 13) Identify main ideas and key concepts in a variety of introductory college-level texts.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Essay	Suggested	Communication: Read and analyze Communication: Write effectively
Discussion	Suggested	Communication: Read and analyze Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 14) Navigate and communicate appropriately on the college online platform.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Teacher Observation	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively Information Literacy: Use diverse sources
Discussion Board	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively Information Literacy: Use diverse sources

Course Outline or Topics
Writing:

--Students must complete a variety of in- and out-of-class essays incorporating both personal and external topics and demonstrating increasing sophistication and complexity.

--Depending on textbook selection and instructor preference, instructors may choose a content-based and/or rhetorical pattern approach. In essays or short answer form, students should practice these rhetorical patterns:

Argumentation
Classification
Process Analysis
Cause and Effect
Logical Division
Definition
Narration/Description
Summaries

*In order to pass the course, students must write at least one passing in-class essay without notes or other prior preparation. Both in- and out-of-class writing should be evaluated according to the SCC ESL 099/100 rubric and descriptors, available on the Instructor Resources website.

Reading:

--Students must demonstrate ability to read and comprehend materials at an introductory college level.

--In order to avoid using texts from other levels, it is highly advisable that instructors consult the approved list of texts on the ESL Documents website, Academic ESL page: http://elmo.shore.ctc.edu/esl/

--Texts should be academically oriented. Students may also be asked to read supplemental newspaper and magazine articles, essays, literature or content textbook selections from fields such as psychology, communication, cross-cultural studies, etc.

Review Grammar Points:

complex sentences
adverb, adjective and noun clauses
participial phrases
verbs in all tenses; active and passive voice
gerunds and infinitives

Vocabulary:

Students should expand their facility with words from academic lists such as the Nation List and the Academic Word List.

Certificate/Degree/Transfer Information
This course could be taken as part of the following:

Transfers To

Transfers As

Transfer Type

This Course Is:	Currently a W Course To Be Considered for W Course

General Education Degree Requirements:
	This course already meets Gen Ed core curriculum requirements for:


This course is:	Dual Listed Dual Listed as: