5/9/2025 5:44:46 AM	ESL 716RW Course Outline as of Fall 2014	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ESL 716RW	Title:  INT NC ESL RDG/WRIT
Full Title:  Intermediate Non-Credit ESL Reading/Writing
Last Reviewed:2/10/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	0	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	0	Lab Scheduled	3.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  Non-Credit
Grading:  Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

This class is for non-native speakers of English with the ability to function independently in English in most contexts. Particular emphasis on reading and writing skills needed to be effective in academic, vocational, and community settings.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course completion of ESL 714RW or ESL 715 or ESL 715W OR Qualifying Score on NC ESL Writing Assessment

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This class is for non-native speakers of English with the ability to function independently in English in most contexts. Particular emphasis on reading and writing skills needed to be effective in academic, vocational, and community settings.

(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course completion of ESL 714RW or ESL 715 or ESL 715W OR Qualifying Score on NC ESL Writing Assessment
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Analyze and synthesize authentic reading passages.

2.  Write multi-paragraph responses to reading selection.

3.  Use vocabulary building strategies to determine the meaning of new words.

 

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

1. Employ pre-reading skills to understand content area reading on unfamiliar topics.

2. Identify the main ideas, details and organizational patterns in reading.

3. Improve reading speed and comprehension.

4. Apply a variety of reading strategies to read, interpret and analyze short stories.

5. Use context clues to interpret the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary and phrases.

6. Employ conventions of writing and punctuation to write multiple paragraphs in response

to fiction and non-fiction readings.

Topics and Scope

A. Reading

1. Pre-reading skills needed to survey, predict, skim and scan readings

2. Main ideas and related details in fiction and non-fiction selections

3. Critical thinking questions in response to readings  

4. Basic elements of fiction in short stories and other literature

5. Oral paraphrasing and summarizing of reading passages

 

B. Vocabulary Skills

1. Vocabulary building strategies including guessing from context, prefixes, suffixes and roots to predict the meaning of new words

2. Synonyms and antonyms

3. Dictionary skills including the use of guide words, parts of speech and definitions of new vocabulary

 

C. Writing Skills

1. Use the writing process approach (brainstorming, organizing, drafting, revising, editing) to write multiple paragraphs in response to reading selections

2. Peer and self-editing for verb tenses, transitional phrases, and level-appropriate grammatical structures

3. Paraphrasing and summarizing of reading passages

Assignments:

The following represent the types of assignments that may be included:

 

A. In-class work

1. Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises

2. Pair and group activities and oral presentations

3. Discussions of readings

4. Objective exams and quizzes

5. Summarizing and paraphrasing activities (oral and written)

6. Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)

7. Writing activities including sentences, paragraphs, and essays

 

B. Homework

1. Comprehension exercises from the assigned textbook including main idea and details

2. Vocabulary logs

3. Summaries

4. Reader responses journals

5. Reading a wide variety of written materials

6. Written assignments

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Written homework and in-class writing activities
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 30 - 40%
Homework problems, cooperative group work, projects
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 15%
Group presentations
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 15%
Multiple choice, matching items, completion, holistically-scored writing
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 15%
Attendance, participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Reading Adventures 3 by Lieske and Menking, Cengage, 2013

Literature Reader for 716RW

Texts composed of pre-selected units

Instructor prepared materials

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