| Basic to Intermediate Writing and Reading |
AMLA 70 |
- Compose clear, well developed paragraph
- :Apply reading strategies to analyze a variety of readings
- Demonstrate listening comprehension by following directions, asking for clarification, and participating in discussions
- Relate ideas from class materials to self and ask critical questions to form and use new concepts in written responses
- Demonstrate a growing command of English language grammar, vocabulary, and syntax and begin to strengthen editing skills
- Learn and apply metacognitive reflection in both reading and writing tasks for increased comprehension and growth
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Accelerated Developmental Writing for AMLA |
AMLA 90 |
- Compose a 4-6 page essay in MLA format with properly cited evidence from sources and an accurately formatted WC page
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate key ideas from a variety of readings (fiction and nonfiction) at an advanced level
- Listen, process, contribute, analyze, evaluate, and create new meaning for learning in the target language.
- Connections to self, text, world: Relate ideas from the class materials to self, world, and the course theme, and ask critical questions to form and use new concepts in written and spoken responses
- Demonstrate sophisticated command of English language grammar, vocabulary, and syntax with successful attempts at employing editing strategies
- Apply metacognitive and reflective strategies to monitor learning success, address academic challenges, and promote student independence
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Accent Reduction |
AMLA 21S |
- Students will rate their awareness of personal pronunciation strengths
- Students will rate their awareness of personal pronunciation weaknesses
- students will assess their level of confidence when speaking English
- Measure AMLA 21 students’ self-awareness of pronunciation accuracy
- Measure accuracy of AMLA 21 students’ pronunciation.
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American Language Advanced Reading |
AMLA 33R |
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate vocabulary.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate reading selection.
- Students will demonstrate acquisition of new vocabulary in a course-embedded tests of either a combination of passive (no more than 50% of the words) and active masteries or active mastery alone.
- Students will comprehend the central meaning and/or details of a text of level appropriate length and difficulty
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American Language Basic Reading |
AMLA 31R |
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate reading selection.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate vocabulary.
- Students will demonstrate acquisition of new vocabulary in course-embedded tests of either a combination of passive (no more than 50% of the words) and active masteries or active mastery alone.
- Students will comprehend the central meaning and/or details of a text of level appropriate length and difficulty.
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American Language Formal Speaking |
AMLA 23S |
- students will self-assess their pronunciation strengths and weaknesses
- students will organize and deliver a formal speech
- Students will demonstrate greater confidence in academic public speaking
- Students will successfully take notes on the main ideas of an academic lecture
- Students will rate their organization of impromptu speeches higher on the post test than on the pre test
- Students will deliver a two-minute impromptu speech on a given topic using effective delivery, including eye contact, volume, and time.
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American Language Intermediate Reading |
AMLA 32R |
- Demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate vocabulary.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate reading selection.
- Students will write a paraphrase of main ideas from a paragraph-length text
- Students will demonstrate active and passive mastery of 60 newly acquired vocabulary to be generally taken from the General Service List and the Academic word list.
- Students will demonstrate acquisition of new vocabulary in a course-embedded tests of either a combination of passive (no more than 50% of the words) and active masteries or active mastery alone.
- Students will comprehend the central meaning and/or details of a text of level appropriate length and difficulty
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AmLa Interpersonal Communication |
AMLA 22S |
- students will self-assess their strengths and weaknesses in pronunciation of vowels consonants
- students will self-assessment the strengths and weaknesses with stress and intonation
- Students will demonstrate greater confidence in English conversation.
- Students will recognize correct use of grammar and language functions in conversational speech (e.g. ?I am interested in?.? vs.? I am interesting in?.? and correct sentence structure in ?I was wondering if you could tell me the answer to number 13.?).
- Demonstrate improvement in ability to recognize correct grammar and usage of common language functions (pre-post objective assessment)
- Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret the meaning of common American gestures
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College Composition for Non-Native English Speakers |
AMLA 1A |
- Listen, process, contribute, analyze, evaluate, persuade, and create new meaning for learning in the target language.
- Demonstrate sophisticated command of English language grammar, vocabulary, and syntax with critical analysis of feedback for successful editing to complete the writing process
- apply college-level metacognitive and reflective strategies to monitor learning success, address academic challenges, and implement self-regulation techniques
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Idiomatic English |
AMLA 24 |
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate idioms.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of level-appropriate proverbs.
- AmLa 24S Students will demonstrate greater confidence when using idioms in spoken English.
- Students will recognize correct usage of thirty-five common English idioms.
- Students will score better on a 35 question test which measures the ability to recognize correct usage of common English idioms.
- On exiting the course, students will be able to define literal vs. figurative language
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Intermediate to Advanced Writing and Reading |
AMLA 80 |
- Compose a five paragraph essay with clear, well developed paragraphs that appropriately answer the prompt
- Identify, analyze, and record key ideas from a variety of readings (fiction and nonfiction) at an advanced intermediate level
- Listen, process and contribute to learning tasks to collaborate in target language.
- Relate ideas from the class materials to self and world, and topics, and ask critical questions to form and use new concepts in written and spoken responses
- Demonstrate a strong command of English language grammar, vocabulary, and syntax with some attempts at employing editing strategies
- Learn and apply metacognitive and reflective strategies to monitor learning success and address academic challenges
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