SRJC Course Outlines

4/26/2024 6:14:09 PMESL 701 Course Outline as of Summer 2012

Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ESL 701Title:  SPANISH LANG. LITERACY  
Full Title:  Development of Literacy Skills for Native Spanish Speakers
Last Reviewed:3/25/2024

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum0Lecture Scheduled017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled0
Minimum0Lab Scheduled6.001 min.Lab Scheduled105.00
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total6.00 Contact Total105.00
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00 

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

Catalog Description:
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Development of literacy skills in native language. Includes reading, writing, and survival skills necessary for success in workplace, academic and social settings. Designed for native Spanish speakers.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:


Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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Development of literacy skills in native language. Includes reading, writing, and survival skills necessary for success in workplace, academic and social settings. Designed for native Spanish speakers.
(Non-Credit Course)

Prerequisites:
Recommended:
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

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
1. Read and write the letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case and decode corresponding sounds in Spanish.
2. Recognize and demonstrate basic conventions of writing.
3. Read and fill out personal information on simplified forms and identify important information contained in simple materials from daily life and literature.
4. Identify basic elements of literature orally in read-aloud materials.
5. Adopt basic practices associated with the academic classroom.

Topics and Scope
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A. Reading Skills
1. Sound/symbol correspondence of alphabet
2. Conventions of print (spaces between words, directionality, punctuation, word, sentence, and paragraph recognition)
3. Orally identify literary elements, make predictions and analyze a short story or poem read aloud
4. Story structure of children's literature, folk tales, and simple stories
5. Expressive language as encountered in simplified literature, poetry, songs, and stories     
6. Matching vocabulary and corresponding pictures                    
7. Patterns of spelling
8. Sight-reading
9. Simple forms related to school work and the community
10. Read environmental print (signs, advertisements, menus, etc.)
 
B. Writing Skills
1. Conventions of writing:  basic punctuation, capitalization, and word spacing
2. Drafting words and sentences on familiar topics
3. Completing simple forms related to school, work and the community
4. Structuring sentences about students' daily lives
5. Collaborative story-writing based on topics, themes and materials covered in class
 
C. Academic Skills
1. Following oral and written instructions related to tasks and classroom routines
2. Group collaboration
3. Alphabetizing, dictionary, and spelling skills   
 
D. Vocational Skills
Topics may include:
1. Job applications
2. Emergency and safety signs
3. Work schedules and time sheets

Assignments:
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Assignments may include:
 
A. In-class assignments
1. Language experience stories
2. Presentations of group and individual projects or stories
3. Reading aloud and sounding out syllables in words
4. Spelling dictations
5. Separate words into syllables
6. Match pictures with words
7. Sight word cards
8. Unscramble vocabulary words, sentences or paragraphs
9. Alphabetize individual letters or vocabulary words
10. Surveys and interviews
11. Write "mini-book" using a cloze and drawing representative pictures
12. Label pictures using picture dictionary
13. Developing portfolio of representative writings
14. Complete sentence and paragraph clozes
15. Copying information accurately from board.
16. Objective exams and quizzes
17. Use of technology using the internet, literacy websites and software to improve reading, spelling and writing skills
 
B. Homework Assignments
1.  Copy written words, sentences, or paragraphs
2. Complete scaffolded homework assignments
3.  Unscramble vocabulary words
4.  Alphabetize small word lists
5.  Read handouts reviewed in class
6.  Fill out simplified forms

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
40 - 50%
Written homework, in-class writing, filling out basic forms
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
10 - 20%
Multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
40 - 50%
Attendance, participation, student portfolios


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary (Bilingual), Shapiro and Adelson-Goldstein, Oxford, University Press, 2008
Instructor-prepared materials
Children's literature, poetry, and traditional songs
Simplified biographies and plays
Instructor prepared materials

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