75861501ESL Advanced for Coll Trans & Tech Careers Mod A
Course Information
Description
ESL Advanced for Technical Careers and College Transfer - Module A – is designed for adult ESL students transitioning to the Workplace and/or College programs. Emphasis is on using English for Academic and Career Communication Purposes focusing on listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Other topics include polishing and using grammar at an advanced level, employing pronunciation strategies, and presentation skills. Integrated in the course are intercultural communication skills, employment and demonstration of cross-cultural competencies in a multicultural classroom, computer literacy, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving skills.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
  1. Build your classroom learning community
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration, Digital Literacy Project
    Criteria
    Use the Blackboard online system
    Introduce yourself in the online learning community
    Locate the syllabus
    Register for and navigate MyEnglishLab
    Analyze the textbook layout
    Digital literacy assignment in MyEnglishLab is completed accurately

  2. Write a paragraph introducing yourself or (optional) write a 5-paragraph essay introducing your classmates to the class
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product
    Criteria
    Use accurate paragraph or essay formatting and structure
    Use the steps in the writing process: pre-writing, drafting, revision, editing and publishing
    You meet minimum expectations as specified on the Writing Rubric

  3. Use a budget to evaluate purchases
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product
    Criteria
    Explain the steps of financial management
    Use budgeting tools
    Identify the steps for planning a big purchase
    Evaluate strategies for making a big purchase
    You meet minimum expectations as specified on the Writing Rubric

  4. Employ intercultural communication skills related to personal interests, skills and goals
    Assessment Strategies
    Individual Oral Presentation, Written Product - 3-paragraph essay
    Criteria
    Use gerunds and infinitives to share interests and preferences
    Use gerunds and infinitives to describe career goals and action steps
    Identify personal interests and goals
    Incorporate interests and skills assessment data
    Follow principles of SMART goals
    Clearly identify main ideas and supporting details
    Include effective topic sentences
    Language demonstrates a willingness to learn
    Language demonstrates cross cultural competency including the awareness, knowledge, skills, practices and/or processes needed to function effectively and appropriately with people from other cultures
    You meet minimum expectations as specified on the Writing Rubric

  5. Demonstrate intercultural communication skills related to finding a job
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product - Cover Letter
    Criteria
    Use modals to offer polite suggestions and express possibilities
    Use present perfect and present perfect continuous
    Letter includes an effective introduction
    Letter is customized to a specific job
    Letter includes language that projects self-confidence
    Letter includes language that demonstrates cross cultural competency including the awareness, knowledge, skills, practices and/or processes needed to function effectively and appropriately with people from other cultures
    You meet minimum expectations as specified on the Writing Rubric

  6. Demonstrate intercultural communication skills related to financial management
    Assessment Strategies
    Written product - compare and contrast essay
    Criteria
    Use comparative adjectives and adverbs correctly
    Use Superlative adjectives and adverbs correctly
    Use compare-and-contrast signal words effectively
    Compare-and-contrast essay language reflects cross cultural audiences or readership
    Compare-and-contrast essay language demonstrates cross cultural competency including the awareness, knowledge, skills, practices and/or processes needed to function effectively and appropriately with people from other cultures
    Essay compares and contrasts earning potentials of educational levels
    Essay includes details from both jobs of interest
    Essay is accurate in structure
    You meet minimum expectations as specified on the Writing Rubric