Intensive English Courses for Graduates

Course Goals

• Writing correct and effective sentences
• Writing effective paragraphs including introductory and concluding paragraphs
• Writing a four to five paragraph expository academic essay (for ELIN 0302 only)

Course Objectives

• Use pre-writing strategies to plan writing
• Give critical peer-feedback 
• Use peer and teacher feedback to edit writing 
• Comprehend the overall and internal organizations of the four to five-paragraph essay
• Identify and create effective thesis statements and topic sentences
• Increase academic vocabulary volume and accuracy
• Improve accuracy of sentence structure in academic writing
• Improve accuracy of grammar within sentences
• Increase proficiency in formatting and punctuating type-written texts

Student Learning Outcomes

• Write a 4-5 paragraph essay addressing a given prompt appropriately(ELIN 0302 only)
• Write unified paragraphs with clear topic sentences, supporting sentences, and a conclusion
• Write an effective thesis statement based on a prompt
• Write a well-organized, well-developed introduction paragraph for an essay
• Write a well-organized, well-developed concluding paragraph for an essay
• Incorporate ideas from a reading into a written response using formulaic academic phrases
• Write a summary of a reading    
• Use learned content and academic words effectively in writing
• Combine sentences
• Demonstrate correct usage of English mechanics
• Revise and edit sentence grammar and structure

Course Goals

• Developing academic reading strategies and skills
• Reading critically
• Discussing orally or in writing issues raised by a text

Course Objectives

• Use pre-reading strategies
• Identify reading skills and strategies
• Vary reading strategy depending on purpose
• Develop metacognitive awareness of reading skills and strategies
• Paraphrase information from a text orally or in writing
• Understand information in written texts
• Discuss the main concepts within a reading
• Engage in extensive personal reading

Student Learning Outcomes - ELIN 0301

• Use appropriate reading strategies for various reading tasks with support
• Engage in extensive personal reading with support
• Develop appropriate reading speeds for various tasks while improving comprehension
• Organize textual information by completing partially filled graphic organizers or notes
• Identify explicit main points and major details using text wording
• Identify the author’s point of view
• Interpret graphs and other diagrams
• Make plausible predictions
• Express an opinion about the reading
• Use context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
• Use knowledge of word parts and forms to determine meaning of unknown words

Student Learning Outcomes – ELIN 0302

• Implement appropriate reading strategies for various reading tasks
• Engage in extensive personal reading
• Increase reading speed for various tasks while maintaining comprehension accuracy
• Identify explicit and implicit main ideas and details
• Organize textual information by completing graphic organizers or by taking notes
• Summarize/outline main points and major details by paraphrasing
• Relate information from graphs and other diagrams to the text
• Identify authors’ purpose, audience and viewpoint
• Make plausible inferences
• Critically analyze readings
• Use context clues to determine meaning of unknown words and phrases
• Use knowledge of word parts and forms to determine meaning of unknown words

Course Goals

• Build a passive academic vocabulary
• Build an active academic vocabulary
• Develop the skill of determining the meaning of unknown words

Course Objectives

• Use new vocabulary correctly orally and in writing
• Distinguish between academic and informal vocabulary
• Understand the concept of word forms and their use
• Use online resources to enhance vocabulary acquisition

Student Learning Outcomes

• Use a dictionary to find a word and select the meaning appropriate to the context
• Use new vocabulary correctly orally and in writing                            
• Distinguish between formal and informal vocabulary and use both appropriately
• Use academic vocabulary in writing                                            
• Spell words correctly in writing                                            
• Use correct word forms in speaking and writing                            
• Identify correct word forms based on the context                            
• Use contextual clues to infer the meanings of unknown words            
• Apply knowledge of prefixes, roots and suffixes to infer the meanings of unknown words 

Course Goals

• Understand academic lectures

Course Objectives

• Identify listening and speaking skills and strategies
• Develop metacognitive awareness of listening and speaking skills and strategies
• Distinguish between fact and opinion, relevant and irrelevant information
• Listen to and take notes on a variety of comprehension passages
• Use notes as a basis for class discussions and activities
• Paraphrase, synthesize and organize information

Student Learning Outcomes

• Identify topic, main ideas, and details of a listening passage            
• Develop inferencing skills while listening                            
• Identify speakers’ point of view (ELIN 0301), purpose, opinion    
• Use context clues to determine meaning of unknown words            
• Develop (ELIN 0301) or improve (ELIN 0302) note taking skills     
• Use notes for academic performance and success

Course Goals

• Speak in an academic context
• Give effective oral presentations based on Internet research

Course Objectives

• Identify listening and speaking skills and strategies
• Develop metacognitive awareness of listening and speaking skills and strategies
• Participate in discussions based on academic topics, videos and lectures
• Use notes as a basis for class discussions and activities
• Participate effectively in class discussions and debates
• Improve pronunciation, fluency, and grammatical accuracy of speech
• Improve academic research skills
• Paraphrase, synthesize and organize information
• Give an effective oral presentation on an academic topic

Student Learning Outcomes for both levels:

• Speak fluently and intelligibly
• Use content and academic words effectively in speaking
• Use grammatically correct words and phrases in speech
• Prepare well-researched, content-specific academic oral presentations
• Deliver technology-supported academic oral presentations

Student Learning Outcomes – ELIN 0301

• Participate orally in class discussions, group work, and partner activities
• Speak for 3-7 minutes on a given topic or prompt
• Summarize a short text orally by speaking for 1-2 minutes

Student Learning Outcomes – ELIN 0302 

• Engage effectively in class discussions, group work, and partner oral activities
• Speak for 3 -12 minutes on a given topic or prompt
• Summarize an extended text orally