ELL 65 Advanced ELL

9-15 credits

In this course, students continue improving communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to prepare them for transitioning into college programs.

Prerequisites: ELL 50 or INTL 50 (or placement into ELL 65)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

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

Total Hours: 150 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 150