ESL 100 Course

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Compose thoughtful, well-organized, grammatically-correct, multi-paragraph essays, using properly documented outside sources and personal experiences.
2. Distinguish and analyze basic elements of fiction and non-fiction found in introductory college readings.
3. Employ academic discussion and presentation techniques in response to academic

Objectives

Reading:

1. Read college-level texts and primary source reading materials.
2. Identify the example, comparison/contrast, cause-effect, process, and argumentation rhetorical modes.
3. Utilize learned reading skills in the analysis of texts.
4. Paraphrase, conclude, and synthesize in the analysis of texts.
5. Analyze and clearly articulate his/her own opinion on the text.

Discussion:

1. Use the techniques of Interrupting, Clarifying, Repeating, Asking for Clarification, Disagreeing, and summarizing in pair work, group work, and class work.
2. Articulate own and others' key ideas and points in comprehensible

Writing:

1. Write multi-paragraph essays in a variety of rhetorical structure with clear unity, coherence and structure.
2. Write in accurate academic English with minimal grammatical
3. Identify grammatical weaknesses and develop strategies for correcting and
4. Document external sources with parenthetical citations and a Works Cited list using MLA
5. Use advanced grammatical structures with a high level of
6. Synthesize ideas from sources with his/her own.