INTL 50 High Intermediate ELL

15 credits

Read

• Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words by breaking words into parts and using contextual clues           
• Monitor and enhance comprehension by recognizing key words and posing and answering questions 
• Organize information using some strategies, such as recall, restatement, simple sequencing and simple categorization

Write

• Develop a writing process to brainstorm, organize, and revise compositions
• Write essays that include a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details
• Identify and use fundamental grammar, correct sentence structure, and punctuation principles
• Develop proofreading skills

Listen

• Respond appropriately to extended explanations and narratives, detailed instructions and complex conversations
• Use a wide range of strategies effectively to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback
• Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies to understand the intent of the speaker

Speak

• Use basic grammar and a variety of sentence types in a range of somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks
• Elaborate with some detail and examples and select the most important information to relay
• Recall and use sufficient oral vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities and some idioms