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May 04, 2024
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Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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INTL 040 Low Intermediate ELL15 credits
In this course, students continue improving their communication skills with an emphasis on reading and writing to enhance their participation in the community and on the job.New and returning international students will learn the necessary skills to be successful in an American academic environment. Course topics include maintaining immigration status, campus resources, academic success strategies, and cross-cultural understanding.
Prerequisites: INTL 030 or equivalent placement score
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Read
- Locate important information in short to medium-length texts; skim and scan for main ideas and details
- Infer meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by drawing on content knowledge and using contextual clues
- Read and interpret charts, graphs, or maps
Write
- Make edits of basic grammar, spelling, and sentence structure
- Use appropriate punctuation and capitalization
- Organize and write 2-paragraph texts with proper format and structure using various verb tenses
- Write various types of paragraphs; such as descriptive, compare/contrast, problem/solution, informational, and cause/effect
Speak
- Discuss and exchange opinions
- Discuss personal/employment background
- Use high-frequency vocabulary, knowledge of basic grammar, and sentence structure in familiar communicative tasks and short presentations
Listen
- Respond to conversations, explanations, instructions, and short narratives of a somewhat complex nature, but related to familiar tasks and situations
- Apply linguistic and background knowledge and strategies (be able to take notes and summarize main points to understand the main intent and details communicated by the speaker)
Total Hours: 150 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 150
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