ELL-O 20 - English Language Learning Online Level 2 Credits: 12 Online high-beginning level of ELL. Students study contextualized content to improve fluency. This is a pass/no credit course.
Enrollment Requirement: ELL-O 10 ; or ELL 10 ; or placement test; or instructor consent.
Course Fee: $10.00
Course Outcomes: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
Reading
- Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- Use context clues and instructor provided resources to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
- Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.
- Confirm understanding of a text by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
- Describe the connection between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Writing
- Write short compositions which sequence events, include some details, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
- Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, start to express ideas and feelings clearly.
- Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
Speaking and Listening
- Participate in guided discussions with diverse partners in small and larger groups.
- Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
- Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
Technology
- Use video conferencing tools such as mute/unmute buttons, chat, screen sharing, and breakout rooms to participate in class discussions.
- Use the digital tools in Canvas to complete online classwork and participate in written and recorded discussions.
- Log in to and use multiple applications or computer programs simultaneously.
- Use email, discussion, and messaging applications to ask for help from instructors, classmates, and college staff.
Program Outcomes Reading
- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
- Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
- Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.
- Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
- Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Writing
- Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
- With guidance and support from peers and others, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, spelling and standard English grammar when writing.
- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Speaking and Listening
- Speak more fluently with increased vocabulary and improved pronunciation, intonation and word stress.
- Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why.
- Improve ability to manage conversations, recognize when listeners don’t understand and be able to provide clarification.
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking.
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- Build on the ideas of others.
- Express opinions clearly and persuasively.
Technology
- Use video conferencing tools such as mute/unmute buttons, chat, screen sharing, and breakout rooms to participate in class discussions.
- Use the digital tools in Canvas to complete online classwork and participate in written and recorded discussions.
- Log in to and use multiple applications or computer programs simultaneously.
- Use email, discussion, and messaging applications to ask for help from instructors, classmates, and college staff.
College-wide Outcomes
- Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
- Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
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