ABE 053 - Integrated ESL Skills Level III

Description: This is an advanced English as a Second Language course. It emphasizes grammar, writing sentences, and short paragraphs and is designed to prepare students for college level studies. This course provides practice in syntactic fluency through speaking, listening, writing and reading. This course is repeatable and is ungraded.

Transferable
Not transferable

General Education:
Not approved for General Education

Student Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate mastery in written English in classifying the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs of frequency, and prepositions.
Demonstrate the ability to write sentences and a 7-12 sentence paragraph in a variety of modes, including: narration in the past, description, instruction, and simple argumentation with correct capitalization, comma use, and ending punctuation.
Demonstrate the ability to use, produce, and recognize level appropriate vocabulary in a variety of oral, aural, and written exercises [with specific focus on vocabulary used in academic content areas (life science, earth science, health, art, business, psychology, history, etc.)].
Demonstrate the ability to communicate orally and in writing using proper English.

Total Course In-Class (Contact) Hours: 108
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Weekly Student Hours (In-Class) Lecture Hours: 6