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Discipline: ESL

Course Name	Course Number	Objectives
Accelerated Developmental Writing for ESL	ESL 90	Students will make meaningful connections between themselves, another text, the class theme, and/or the world for Paper 3 and earn a passing score in this area.
Basic to Intermediate Writing and Reading	ESL 70	Course is in process of deletion.
Citizenship	CITZ NAT	Students will improve their understanding of U.S. history & government content outlined by U.S. Naturalization Dept. Students will improve their understanding of the listening and writing content of the U.S. Citizenship interview.
English for Specific Uses	ESL LANG3	Students will demonstrate the language skills necessary to effectively participate in workforce training and work in a business and finance. Students will infer meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in academic and career-related texts using contextual clues.
ESL - Foundations	ESL FDN	Students will demonstrate foundation level proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination. Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for foundation level.
ESL - Health Professionals	ESL VHLTH	Students will listen to a medically-related audio selection and will take accurate notes on a provided form. Students will apply effective strategies including the use of contextual cues and prefix/suffix inference to demonstrate understanding of medical vocabulary.
ESL - Level 1	ESL LVL1	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 1. Students will demonstrate Level 1 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination. Students will respond to questions about the history and government of the United States and talk about the flag of the United States in a role play interview with a US Citizenship and Immigration Services officer.
ESL - Level 2	ESL LVL2	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 2. Students will demonstrate Level 2 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL - Level 3	ESL LVL3	Students will be able to complete a job application and demonstrate the ability to access employment by engaging in a job interview. Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 3. Students will demonstrate Level 3 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL - Level 4	ESL LVL4	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 4. Students will demonstrate Level 4 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL - Level 5	ESL LVL5	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 5. Students will demonstrate Level 5 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL - Level 6	ESL LVL6	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for Level 6. Students will demonstrate Level 6 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL - Speaking A	ESL SPKA	Speaking A students will ask and answer simple questions about personal life. Speaking A students will categorize vocabulary according to subject.
ESL - Speaking B	ESL SPKB	Speaking B students will create oral reports on a familiar topic using a visual aid. Speaking B students will maintain conversations about familiar topics.
ESL - Speaking C	ESL SPKC	Speaking C students will deliver an oral report with visual aids on a researched topic using only outlines and note cards. Speaking C students will take notes from authentic materials, such as lectures, news clips, and interviews.
ESL - Writing A	ESL WRTA	Writing A students will write a series of related sentences in paragraph form that support a main sentence. Writing A students will edit simple sentences and short paragraphs for grammar, capitalization, and punctuation.
ESL - Writing B	ESL WRTB	Writing B students will edit writing for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical forms. Writing B students will write a paragraph including a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.
ESL - Writing C	ESL WRTC	Writing C students will write a multi-paragraph composition using various rhetorical modes, such as narrative, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and process analysis. Writing C students will write a conclusion paragraph including the restatement of the thesis. Advanced Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) students will individually write a two-page report on the product or service they developed for their team presentation.
ESL Accent Reduction	ESL 21S	Course is in process of deletion.
ESL Pre-Level 1	ESL PLVL1	Students will demonstrate language skills necessary to become productive and successful members of the community by completing the English Literacy and Civics (EL Civics) assessment for literacy level. Students will submit a comprehensive portfolio that includes multiple measures and evidence of low-beginning level skill achievement in English language proficiency. Students will demonstrate Pre-Level 1 proficiency by passing the department standardized comprehensive final examination.
ESL Speaking A for Beginners (Pre-1)	ESL SPKP1	Speaking Pre-Level 1 students will use appropriate phrases to introduce oneself to others. Speaking Pre-Level 1 student will correctly provide personal information in brief conversations.
ESL Writing A for Beginners (Pre-1)	ESL WRTP1	Writing Pre-Level 1 students will identify parts of simple sentences. Writing Pre-Level 1 students will reconstruct stories in logical order.
Intermediate to Advanced Writing and Reading	ESL 80	Students will make appropriate connections to the sources by writing a strong, clear, and thorough analysis of their evidence as it relates to the prompt.
Language Skills Laboratory	ESL LANG 1	Students will become more comfortable in one or more of the following areas through SDLA tutoring in the LLC: 1) using technology, 2) English skills, 3) independently completing tasks, 4) exercising social skills like talking to strangers and discussing difficult topics, or 5) exercising cultural skills like working with people from other cultures and talking about one’s own culture. These five items will be referred to as the “Target Areas”. Students will improve their pronunciation using Native Accent Software provided by the Language Learning Center (LLC).
LLC Open Lab	ESL LANG2	VESL students will improve their computer literacy skills by utilizing resources in the VESL Open Lab. Students will develop an academic habit of studying independently using resources in the VESL Open Lab.
TOEFL Prep	ESL TOEFL	Advanced level ESL students will take a reading comprehension test similar to that section of the ETS-TOEFL test. Advanced level ESL students will take a listening comprehension test similar to that section of the ETS-TOEFL test.
VESL Speaking	ESL VSPK	VESL Speaking students will deliver an oral presentation with visual aids on academic and career-related topics by synthesizing information from multiple print and digital sources. VESL Speaking students will adapt language choice and style according to purpose, task, and audience appropriately in various academic and workplace contexts.
VESL Writing	ESL VWRT	VESL Writing students will write a multi-paragraph composition using various rhetorical modes, such as explanatory, comparison-contrast, problem-solution, and persuasive. VESL Writing students will outline a multi-paragraph composition including introduction, body, and conclusion.

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