COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Number: ESL 1X Division: ESL and Foreign Languages
Course Title: Literacy
Hours Lecture: 5 Hours Lab: 0 Weeks: 18 Units: 0
Credit Status:
AA/AS: Non-Degree: Certificate: NonCredit: X
Transfer Code: UC: CSU: None: X
Prerequisite or Corequisite: None
Catalog Description:
This is a non-credit class designed to bring non-English speaking students to a level of English acquisition which will prepare them to enter beginning level ESL classes. Students will begin to acquire an English vocabulary and a rudimentary command of the language so they may begin a structural study of English in the ESL classes that follow.
Needs/Justifications/Goals:
Many students want to attend college classes, but have almost no English language skills. Some rudimentary skills are required before these students can begin to study the structure of English. These courses would prepare students for entry level ESL study.
Course Outline Prepared by:
Janice J. Blume Date: November 4, 2004
Curriculum Committee Chair: Division Chair:
Janice J. Blume Janice J. Blume
SENATE APPROVAL DATE: December 7, 2004 BOARD APPROVAL DATE:
TOP NO. 4930.80 USOE NO. 00000000 CLASSIFICATION T5/55001(A)(1)(C2)
CAN NO. N/A SAM CODE E
Compton Community College November 4, 2004
Course Outline For ESL 1X
Literacy
I. Catalog Description
ESL 1X, Literacy 0 Units
This is a non-credit class designed to bring non-English speaking students to a level of English acquisition which will prepare them to enter beginning level ESL classes. Students will begin to acquire an English vocabulary and a rudimentary command of the language so they may begin a structural study of English in the ESL classes that follow.
II. Expected Outcomes for Students
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to perform the following activities with 70% accuracy.
A. Learn and reproduce the English alphabet.
B. Reproduce name, address, and telephone number.
C. Tell time.
D. Demonstrate use and knowledge of the calendar.
E. Demonstrate knowledge of money by counting and making change.
F. Use vocabulary relating to school and demonstrate by answering, orally and in writing, questions.
G. Learn and reproduce vocabulary relating to family.
H. Demonstrate knowledge of foods by identifying pictures and producing shopping and other lists.
I. Identify health related issues by naming body parts, medicine and basic emergency terms.
J. Demonstrate an understanding of work related words and topics by writing sentences about work.
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III. Course Content
A. Introduction
1. School expectations-attendance, work, etc.
2. Study requirements
3. Good study practices
4. Daily lesson preparation
B. The alphabet
1. Name
2. Address
C. Numbers
1. Telephone numbers
2. Other important numbers
D. Time
1. Various ways to speak about time
2. Time of the day and night generally
E. The calendar
1. Month
2. Weeks
3. Days of the week
4. Holidays
F. Money
1. Basic units of currency
2. Making change
G. School
1. Terms associated with school
2. School time
3. Classes, schedules, educational plans
H. The family
1. Relatives
2. Immediate and extended family
I. Food
1. Names of common foods
2. Preparing shopping lists
3. Restaurants
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J. Health
1. Common ailments
2. Parts of the body
3. Emergency services
a. When to use
b. How to use
K. Work
1. Work-related vocabulary
2. Work issues
3. Work expectations
IV. Methods of Presentation
A. All assignments will consist of a reading, speaking, and writing component
B. Lecture
C. Practice exercise
D. Magazine and newspaper articles
V. Assignments and Methods of Evaluation
A. Tests
B. Daily practice
C. Quizzes
VI. Textbook(s)