New and Updated Course Descriptions

ESL 125 - English for Speakers of Other Languages: Multi-Skills I

This course has been deactivated and no longer offered at MCC

3 Credits

This course at the upper intermediate level aims to develop fluency in all skills through extensive reading, writing, and discussion. Internet resources will be used.

Prerequisite: Placement at high intermediate level on proficiency tests.

Course Learning Outcomes
1.Explain main ideas from various narratives.
2.Explain main ideas in nonfiction articles.
3.Discuss personal connections to a text.
4.Summarize nonfiction articles.
5.Identify specific English grammar structures in a text.
6.Use English grammar structures in writing.
7.Write an extended personal narrative essay.
8.Revise an extended personal narrative essay.
9.Correct errors that contribute to a lack of fluency.
10.Use select academic vocabulary words appropriately.
11.Employ appropriate strategies for handling unfamiliar academic vocabulary.
12.Use a computer for word processing, email, or multi-media presentations.

Course Offered Spring