EASL 016 Low Beginning ESL

1-12 credits

• Listening:
  • Understand and respond to simple requests and to ask for repetition and clarification
  • Differentiate statements from questions based on grammar and intonation
  • Use sentences and appropriate non-verbal and visual clues to express needs

• Speaking:
  • Use basic vocabulary and simple sentence structure to describe people or objects
  • Use a limited set of learned words, phrases, and short sentences related to basic personal information
  • Initiate and maintain simple conversations by applying such strategies as gestures, eye contact, and simple, repeated requests

• Reading:
  • Read and understand schedules, calendars, and other data sources
  • Use context clues to decode and recognize familiar words in short, simple text by breaking words into parts
  • Read and understand U.S. measurement for weight, volume, distance, and temperature
  • Read short passages and identify the main idea and some details

• Writing:
  • Fill out personal information and other forms accurately and neatly
  • Use everyday vocabulary to write a few related sentences on a single topic
  • Make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation based on review and feedback from others