Listening Student Learning Outcomes

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Listening Student Learning Outcomes

Listening 152 / 154

Goals for Learning

How You Can Show

the Teacher You Can

Do This

End of Semester

Has sufficient vocabulary to comprehend an unsimplified academic lecture

tests, quizzes, class discussions

Coordinated exams and final achievement test Can paraphrase academic discourse

effectively in writing and discussion from an academic lecture

summaries, test essay questions

Coordinated exams and final achievement test

Can identify main idea and supporting details of a unsimplified academic lecture

questions/quizzes right after listening

Coordinated exams and final achievement test Can take independent, thorough,

well-organized notes on unsimplified academic lectures.

collected notes after lectures Coordinated exams and final achievement test

Can integrate information based on notes from multiple sources and use for test preparation

test, class discussions, group projects

Coordinated exams and final achievement test

Can summarize a lecture using notes Tests and quizzes with notes Coordinated exams and final achievement test Can respond to a lecture topic or an opinion

from the lecture

Tests and quizzes with notes Coordinated exams and final achievement test

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Speaking Student Learning Outcomes

Speaking 152

Goals for Learning to

Speak Better

How You Can Show the

Teacher You Can Do This

End of Semester

#1- Demonstrates fluency in

conversing about both academic and non-academic topics

In-class activities, teacher observation, oral/written assessment

Final in-class interview

#2- Demonstrates fluency in “small talk” in non-academic situations

#3- Demonstrates ability in basic communication skills, including working with a group, agreeing/disagreeing, interrupting, active listening, and impromptu speaking

N/A

#4- Can use level-appropriate vocabulary on a range of non-personal topics including current events, and topics covered in textbook and other readings

#5- Can use grammar from previous levels, and can paraphrase short passages

#6- Can produce consonant and vowel sounds, and can manage suprasegmentals

Teacher observation, oral assessment

#7- Can read

level-appropriate material aloud

In-class activities, teacher observation, oral assessment

N/A

#8- Can follow and participate in conversations at level

#9-Can give sufficiently detailed explanations of level-appropriate academic

vocabulary

#10-Can support answers with clearly related reasons and examples

#11-Can give summaries of level-appropriate academic material

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Speaking Student Learning Outcomes

Speaking 154

Goals for Learning to

Speak Better

How You Can Show the

Teacher You Can Do This

End of Semester

#1- Demonstrates fluency in

conversing about both academic and non-academic topics

#2- Demonstrates fluency in “small talk” in non-academic situations

#3- Demonstrates ability in basic communication skills, including working with a group, agreeing/disagreeing,

interrupting, active listening, and impromptu speaking

N/A

#4- Can use simple and advanced vocabulary on a range of non-personal topics including current events, and topics covered in textbook and other readings

#5- Can use grammar from previous levels, and can paraphrase short passages

#6- Can produce consonant and vowel sounds, and can manage suprasegmentals

Teacher observation, oral assessment

#7- Can read level-appropriate material aloud

N/A

#8- Can follow and participate in conversations at level

#9-Can give sufficiently detailed explanations of

level-appropriate academic vocabulary

#10-Can support answers with clearly related reasons and examples

#11-Can give summaries of level-appropriate academic material

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Reading Student Learning Outcomes

Reading 152

Aims for learning to read

better:

Be able to:

How you can

show the teacher

you can do this:

End of

Semester:

Comprehension  Comprehend un-simplified texts  Identify main ideas, supporting details, and conclusions

 Preview and make predictions  Recognize organizational patterns  Make inferences

 Paraphrase and summarize  Read critically

 Apply ideas to new contexts  Answer various types of comprehension questions

 Teacher observation  Homework

 Reading skills tests

 Final

Achievement test

Vocabulary

 Understand and use vocabulary at 152-level

 Guess meanings of words in context  Understand word forms

 Recognize and use collocations  Recognize and use connotations

 Homework

 Vocabulary quizzes and tests

 Teacher observation

 Final

Achievement test

Rate (Fluency)

 Identify and use more strategies to increase reading rate

 Complete reading tasks within specified time

 In-class practice  Final

Achievement test

Classroom and Test-taking skills

 Discuss readings

 Pronounce and spell new vocabulary

 Use a dictionary – monolingual English

 Use skimming/scanning techniques to answer questions

 Respond to readings in short and/or essay-length answers

 Understand academic test questions and directions

 Read 152-level text at minimum of about 200 WPM with at least 70% comprehension

 Use paced and timed readings to increase reading speed with leveled texts

 Teacher observation  Homework

 Assessed through in-class practice throughout the semester

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Reading Student Learning Outcomes

Reading 154

Aims for learning to read better:

Be able to:

How you can show

the teacher you

can do this:

End of Semester:

Comprehension  Comprehend un-simplified texts

 Identify main ideas, supporting details, and conclusions

 Preview and make predictions

 Recognize organizational patterns

 Make inferences

 Paraphrase and summarize

 Read critically

 Apply ideas to new contexts

 Answer various types of comprehension questions

 Homework

 Reading skills tests

 Final Achievement test

Vocabulary  Understand and use vocabulary at

152-level

 Guess meanings of words in context

 Understand word forms

 Recognize and use collocations

 Recognize and use connotations

 Homework

 Vocabulary quizzes and tests

 Final Achievement test

Rate (Fluency)  Identify and use more strategies to increase reading rate

 Complete reading tasks within specified time

 In-class practice  Final Achievement test Classroom and

Test-taking skills

 Discuss readings

 Pronounce and spell new vocabulary

 Use a dictionary – monolingual English

 Use skimming/scanning techniques to answer questions

 Respond to readings in short and/or essay-length answers

 Understand academic test questions and directions

 Read 152-level text at minimum of about 200 WPM with at least 70% comprehension

 Use paced and timed readings to increase reading speed with leveled texts

 Homework

 Assessed through in-class practice throughout the semester

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Writing Student Learning Outcomes

Writing 152

152 Writing SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Can use prewriting and organizational skills

Can use increasingly advanced sentence structures to add clarity to writing

Can show written coherence through organization, development, and word choice

Can analyze and revise own writing

Can edit own writing for mechanical and structural errors Can use correct paragraph and essay form

Can express individual ideas in different modes of academic essays

Can perform independent searches to find reliable sources of research

Can use appropriate citation format for academic writing Can write a short research paper incorporating appropriate reliable sources

Can summarize, synthesize, and paraphrase authentic articles and sources in written and oral form

Can respond to readings in written and oral form

Homework Quizzes

In-Class Writing

Out-of-class assignments

152 Grammar SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Can use all verb tenses

Can use simple, compound, complex, and compound/complex sentences

Can use adjective and adverb clauses Can use conditionals

Can use gerunds and infinitives

Can use grammatical structures and patterns appropriate for advanced ESL writing

Can recognize and articulate orally and in writing structural phrases and clause patterns in different forms of authentic texts

Can use quoted and reported speech Can use transitional words and phrases Can use parallel structure

Can identify and edit structural common errors including comma splices, run-ons, and fragments

Homework Quizzes

In-Class Writing

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Writing Student Learning Outcomes

Writing 154 (3hr)

154 (3hr) Writing SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Can use appropriate citation format for academic writing Can write a 3 – 5 page research paper incorporating appropriate reliable sources

Can analyze orally and in writing advanced rhetorical structures and situations

Can demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills in writing

Homework Quizzes Essays

In-Class Writing

Out-of-Class Assignments

154 (3hr) Grammar SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Review as needed based on instructor evaluation of students’ proficiency:

Can recognize and articulate orally and in writing structural phrases and clause patterns in different forms of authentic texts

Can use parallel structure

Can use quoted and reported speech Adjective and adverb clauses

In-Class Writing

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Writing Student Learning Outcomes

Writing 154 (6hr)

154 (6 hr.) Writing SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Can use appropriate citation format for academic writing

Can write a 3 – 5 page research paper incorporating appropriate reliable sources

Can analyze orally and in writing advanced rhetorical structures and situations

Can demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills in writing

In-Class Writing

Out-of-Class Assignments

154 (6 hr.) Grammar SLOs

How to Show Your

Teacher You Can Do

These

Review only as needed based on instructor evaluation of students’ proficiency:

Can use all verb tenses

Can use simple, compound, complex, and compound/complex sentences

Can use conditionals

Can use gerunds and infinitives

Can use transitional words and phrases Can use noun clauses

Emphasized review:

Can recognize and articulate orally and in writing structural phrases and clause patterns in different forms of authentic texts Can use parallel structure

Can use quoted and reported speech Can use adjective and adverb clauses

In-Class Writing

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