ESOL0720

This course will focus on basic vocabulary building and reading fluency for academic purposes. The course will emphasize academic vocabulary and word formation. Students will develop cultural knowledge related to Minnesota and the United States to understand context-based written materials. Students will explore reading through a variety of materials including novels, newspapers, textbooks, and the internet. Students will develop strategies for continuous language development. To maximize student learning, this course has been developed to be taken with ESOL 0710 and ESOL 0730. This course provides an equitable opportunity for non-native speakers of English to improve the skills necessary to succeed in college-level classes.Student Learning Outcomes

• Recognize common roots, suffixes, and prefixes.
• Memorize academic vocabulary.
• Use cultural context clues to comprehend written material.
• Create level-appropriate oral and written responses to readings.
• Use level-appropriate vocabulary at both the receptive and productive levels.
• Apply strategies for increasing vocabulary knowledge.
• Identify topic sentences and main ideas of a variety of written material.
• Recognize major details.
• Summarize short passages to demonstrate understanding.