Shoreline Community College Master Course Outline for

Shoreline Community College Master Course Outline for
ESL 095

Date:

Submitting Faculty Name:

Bruce McCutcheon

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

Description:	ESL students improve their academic listening and speaking skills to help them succeed in college classes. Students listen to and take notes on lectures and use course topics to practice speaking skills required in academic settings. Students also develop a larger academic vocabulary.
Description2:	ESL students improve academic listening and speaking skills and develop a larger academic vocabulary. Prerequisites: Appropriate placement on the Advanced ESL Placement Test or concurrent enrollment in ESL level 5 or above. Student option grading.
Prerequisites:	Appropriate placement on the Advanced ESL Placement Test or concurrent enrollment in ESL level 5 or above.

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) Speak clearly so that others can understand.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Discuss topics in groups and with whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Speak effectively
Ask for clarification during lectures, discussions, and student presentations.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Speak effectively

Outcome: 2) Use appropriate, introductory college-level vocabulary.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Discuss topics in small groups and with whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Speak effectively
Take notes during lectures.	Required	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Write effectively
Complete written exercises and quizzes: dictations, cloze, matching, etc.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 3) Ask questions for clarification.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Ask questions for clarification during lectures, discussions, and student presentations.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Speak effectively

Outcome: 4) Present information with reasonable accuracy and fluency using only brief notes.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Give individual and/or small group oral presentations to small groups and/or the whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Create supplemental materials Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Speak effectively Information Literacy: Use diverse sources

Outcome: 5) Take notes while listening to spoken English.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Take notes on teacher's introductory college-level lectures.	Required	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Write effectively
Take notes on student presentations.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Write effectively
Take notes on information presented in videos.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 6) Identify main ideas and key details of introductory college-level lectures.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Take written tests.	Required	Communication: Read and analyze Communication: Write effectively
Discuss lectures in small groups and with whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Speak effectively
Write summaries.	Suggested	Communication: Write effectively

Outcome: 7) Identify, analyze, and respond to connected speech.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Listen to and answer questions about lectures.	Required	Communication: Listen, understand and respond
Listen to and answer questions about short passages of informal speech.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond
Complete cloze exercises based on lectures or short passages of informal speech.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond

Outcome: 8) Use group-work strategies such as turn-taking, clarifying, summarizing, acknowledging, etc.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Discuss topics in small groups and with whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Speak effectively
Give small group presentations to other small groups or whole class.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Speak effectively

Outcome: 9) Expand academic vocabulary.

Assessment Methods	Req/Sug	Gen Ed Outcomes
Cloze, matching, and/or dictation activities.	Suggested	Communication: Listen, understand and respond Communication: Self-assess communication abilities Communication: Write effectively

Course Outline or Topics
ESL 095 may include some or all of the following activities:

Live lectures by the instructor or guest lecturers.

Taped academic lectures.

Listening logs for outside-of-class teacher-selected or self-selected listening activities.

Videos on current issues or social science topics.

Live and/or taped passages of informal speech (conversations, anecdotes, etc.).

Student observations of an academic class.

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: