Course Information
Description
ESL Upper Intermediate is designed for adult learners of English. The course focuses on using English in different situations, understanding a variety of written materials, and writing different types of documents, including paragraphs, at the upper intermediate level. Topics include asking for clarification, using grammar, employing pronunciation strategies, understanding signs, and engaging in basic functional communication. Students will also learn computer literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
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ReadingAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaIdentify structural components of a text (for example, title, subtitles, heading, graphic organizers, images, etc.) as appropriate for levelAnalyze text for comprehensionDescribe the author’s purpose for writing a textConnect text to personal experiences, knowledge, and/or learningSummarize text at intermediate levelInfer Meaning
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WritingAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaAnalyze model theme-related texts as appropriate for levelOrganize ideas around theme-related texts as appropriate for level (Intermediate: paragraph)Produce theme-related content as appropriate for level (Intermediate: paragraph)Revise student-produced writing (self-edit, peer edit, etc.)
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ListeningAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaIdentify main ideasInterpret detailsRecognize speech patterns such as tone, intonation, reduced speech, specific speech sounds, etc.Determine inferred message
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SpeakingAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaUse communicative strategies to stay in the target languageMake use of theme-related ideas using unit vocabularyCommunicate using affirmative, negative, and question forms in target grammar structuresIncrease use of extended speech as appropriate for levelProduce speech patterns as appropriate for level (tone, intonation, reduced speech, specific speech sounds, etc.)Upper Intermediate: Use stress, tone and rise and falling intonation
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GrammarAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaForm grammar structures of simple present and present continuous, future with the present continuous be going to, and will, noun clauseApply linguistic and cultural applications of simple present and present continuous, future with the present continuous be going to, and will, noun clauseForm grammar structures using infinitives and gerunds, gerunds as objects of prepositions, simple past and present perfectApply linguistic and cultural applications using infinitives and gerunds, gerunds as objects of prepositions, simple past and present perfectForm grammar structures using phrasal verbs, negative yes/no questions, in direct instructions, commands, and requestsApply linguistic and cultural using phrasal verbs, negative yes/no questions, in direct instructions, commands, and requestsForm grammar structures using present real conditional, adverb clauses of time, past continuous for interrupted actionApply linguistic and cultural using present real conditional, adverb clauses of time, past continuous for interrupted actionForm grammar structures with gerunds as subjects, passives, simple present and simple past, adverbs clauses of condition and contrastApply linguistic and cultural applications of gerunds as subjects, passives, simple present and simple past, adverbs clauses of condition and contrastForm grammar structures with articles: a, an, the, no article, future real conditionals, present and future unreal conditionalsApply linguistic and cultural applications of articles: a, an, the, no article, future real conditionals, present and future unreal conditionals
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VocabularyAssessment StrategiesSkill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructorUnit tests at 70% or aboveCriteriaApply thematic vocabulary related to sharing personal information, employment and job search skills, transferable skills, weather and home safety, government and legal rights, citizenship, financial literacy appropriate to levelIdentify thematic vocabulary related to sharing personal information, employment and job search skills, transferable skills, weather and home safety, government and legal rights, citizenship, financial literacy appropriate to levelUse thematic vocabulary related to sharing personal information, employment and job search skills, transferable skills, weather and home safety, government and legal rights, citizenship, financial literacy appropriate to level in conversationProduce thematic vocabulary related to sharing personal information, employment and job search skills, transferable skills, weather and home safety, government and legal rights, citizenship, financial literacy appropriate to level in various writing contexts