ELL 65 Advanced ELL

• Reading
  • Locate important information, read identified sections for detail and determine missing information
  • Monitor and enhance comprehension using skimming and scanning and question formation techniques
  • Organize and analyze information and reflect upon its meaning using classification, categorization and comparison/contrast
• Writing
  • Employ a writing process for drafting and revising essays
  • Write organized, cohesive essays that demonstrate a purpose and include a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details
  • Write summaries of one-page texts with basic author acknowledgement
  • Demonstrate ability to write clear sentences with limited errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation
  • Identify common mechanical errors and correct them
• Listening
  • Identify main ideas in conversations, short lectures, and extended explanations
  • Ask questions for further understanding and to give feedback appropriate to the situation
  • Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies to fully understand the intent of the speaker
• Speaking
  • Use a variety of complex sentence structures in a range of unfamiliar, unpredictable and uncomfortable interactions
  • Employ appropriate strategies to select, organize and relay information
  • Recall and use vocabulary related to daily activities, school, work and social situations