3/13/2025 2:19:08 PM	CSKL 308 Course Outline as of Fall 2001	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CSKL 308	Title:  WORKPLACE ENGLISH
Full Title:  Workplace English
Last Reviewed:4/11/2005

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	17.50
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	0		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	1.00			Contact Total	17.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  35.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Instruction in basic English skills necessary for success in various industries.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Instruction in basic English skills necessary for success in various industries.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

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: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The student will:

1. Recognize general and specific ideas in vocationally oriented reading

  material;

2. Identify topics and main ideas, make inferences and predict outcomes

  in vocationally oriented materials;

3. Write directions, procedures, memos, and business letters using

  standard punctuation and correct spelling;

4. Summarize technical information orally and in writing;

5. Correctly use vocationally-specific vocabulary and terminology in oral

  and written work;

6. Correctly spell technical terms and vocationally oriented vocabulary.

Topics and Scope

1. Reading skills--topic, main idea, supporting details, inference,

   predictions, conclusions--in the context of workplace-specific mat'l.

2. Technical and vocational vocabulary

3. Spelling strategies

4. Writing mechanics

5. Writing for special workplace purposes

Assignments:

1. Reading comprehension questions taken from work-based content

2. Writing activities that incorporate work-based content

3. Vocabulary and spelling activities that relate to work-based content

4. Assignments that relate to the reading, writing, vocabulary and

  spelling skills of the course

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 30 - 50%
Written homework, Reading reports
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 20 - 50%
Class performances, Written and oral presentations.
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 30%
Multiple choice, Completion, Short answer; practical application.
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Attendance and class participation.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

(1) Joining a community of Readers by Roberta Alexander and Jan Lombardi

   (1998, Addison-Wesley Publishers)

(2) Effective Workplace Writing by Beth Camp (1997, Glencoe McGraw-Hill)

(3) Other materials based on workplace types of environments.

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