MCCCD Program Description

English as a Second Language I

Course: ESL101

First Term: 2023 Fall

Lecture 6.0 Credit(s) 6.0 Period(s) 6.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S- Standard

Description: Beginning language skills for English language learners to develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Emphasizes integrated reading and writing skills.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Use beginning-level language examples as a guide to produce multimodal, oral, and written activities. (I-VII) 2. Use basic attributive language to reference beginning-level source materials in multimodal, oral, and written activities. (I-VII) 3. Demonstrate comprehension of beginning-level, student-relevant multimodal, oral, and written texts about familiar topics with peer and instructor support. (I-VII) 4. Recognize familiar everyday expressions and phrases and use them with appropriate degree of fluency to allow for constructive interactions. (I-VII) 5. Produce language, including level-appropriate grammatical structures and vocabulary, within the context of multimodal, oral, and written activities. (I-VII) 6. Use a recursive writing process to compose paragraph-length texts on familiar topics using appropriate technology. (I-VII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Written and oral text comprehension A. Strategies 1. Activating background knowledge 2. Predicting content 3. Recognizing visual cues 4. Creating a vocabulary journal B. Peer and instructor support 1. Repetition 2. Cooperative work 3. Guided graphic organizers 4. Other C. Comprehension check II. Guided reading and listening A. Relevant reading texts 1. News 2. Narrative(s) 3. Textbook 4. Other B. Relevant listening texts 1. Dialogue 2. News brief 3. Podcast 4. Video 5. Other III. Information literacy A. Academic Integrity B. Basic attribution IV. Relevant grammar A. Sentence patterns B. Grammatical structures V. Relevant vocabulary A. Expressions B. Concrete subjects C. Personal and familiar topics D. General knowledge VI. Relevant conversations A. Introductions B. Everyday interactions C. Basic questions D. Other VII. Written projects A. Preparatory activities B. Relevant writing strategies C. Appropriate technologies

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 28, 2023

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