Department: English

Discipline: English As A Second Language

Subject Code: ENGLCourse #: 028

Course Title: English as a Second Language

HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FORM 335

Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]

1.Digital Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised digital description below):

Credit hours:6.0

Lecture hours: 5.0

Lab hours:2.25

Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:

[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [ ] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%

(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of in-class instruction.)

2.Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):

In-Class Instruction: 20

Lab Instruction:

(Note: It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for in-class instruction. Maximum enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of in-class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum Class Size):

3.Catalog Description [§335.2] (Insert the description in space below):

A skills-building sequence for non-native English speakers that teaches the grammatical structure, vocabulary, and sound system of American English. Integrated development of the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within each level. Focus on both fluency and accuracy. Students who must enroll in ESL courses are identified through the ESL portion of the College Testing and Placement Program.

Minimum Grade Required

4.Prerequisites [§335.2]: ENGL 027 C or higher

Co-requisites:

Other: Or, meeting the ENGL 027 exit criteria through the ESL portion of the College Testing and Placement Program.

5.Learning Outcomes [§335.2]

[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential

knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

I. Listening Component Outcomes

  • Use notes to retrieve oral information from lectures
  • Apply oral informationto produce spoken and written discourse

II. Reading Component Outcome

  • Utilize vocabulary strategies of word parts, dictionary strategies, and context clues
  • Apply comprehension strategies to topic, main idea, and supporting details
  • Respond to readings via comprehension quizzes, summaries, and reading logs

III. Speaking Component Outcome

  • Demonstrate proficiency in suprasegmentals through practice and a memorization activity
  • Discuss academic issues from lectures
  • Express and defend points in a sustained2-5 minute presentation

IV. Writing Component Outcome

  • Compose expository writing of 5 paragraphs and at least 250 words in length
  • Revise and edit writing for common grammatical errors
  • Use College technical resources to produce correctly formatted writing

6.Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]

[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

The course has been designed and the texts have been selected to integrate the five skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar with equal emphasis and time on each skill.

The texts provide the sequence and suggested activities in order to accomplish the following goals:

1.Structure additional opportunities for students to continue developing and

refining their oral communication skills, such as prepared discussions, oral reports, etc.:

Books: Well Said(Chapters 3-6 and Appendix B)

Listening and Notetaking Skills Level 2 (5 chapters- one from each unit)

Memorization Activity: “Annabel Lee”

Pronunciation focuses on consonant sounds (Appendix B), sound/spellings patterns, final consonant sound/ spellings, Syllables and word endings, and stress, rhythm, and intonation in words.

Listening comprehension concentrates on note-taking skills. One chapter from each unit is used. Through teacher directed and homework activities, students begin to develop their own system of taking notes. The lab teacher demonstrates different types of notes, abbreviations, and outlining techniques.

Memorization Activity:

“Annabel Lee” assigned at the mid-term point of the course. A recording of the poem is given to the students. Consonant sounds and stress and intonation are practiced using this poem. Students recite the poem during the final exam.

2.Present complex sentence structure, transformations to passive form and reported speech in the standard tenses, and the concept and structure of contrary-to-fact:

  • Present perfect tense
  • Present perfect continuous
  • Past perfect tense
  • Past continuous tense
  • Passive voice
  • Modals: present, past, hypothetical
  • Infinitives
  • Gerunds
  • Clauses: adverbial, noun

3.Continue reading development through informative reading selections and a novel:

4-5 readings – readings are chosen per instructor discretion.

One unabridged novel

4.Practice beginning expository writing related to giving instructions, narration, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, classification, and process analysis and grammatical structures and punctuation associated with each.

At least three typed compositions using different rhetorical modes such as description, narration, comparison/contrast, process analysis, and persuasion.

In addition to the rhetorical mode, topics are generated to reinforce a grammatical topic or coincide with a lab topic.

5.Introduce use of the word processing component of the computer lab as a tool for revision in writing.

7.Assessment of Student Learning [§335.44]

[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]

Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by the Shared Governance Policy – Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s assessment management system.

8.List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use) [§335.2]: C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

Full-time Faculty Textbooks

Broukal, M. Weaving It Together, Book 4, Latest Edition. Heinle Cengage.

Elbaum, Sandra. Grammar in Context Book, Book 3. Latest Edition. ITP.

Grant, Linda. Well Said, text and CD. Latest Edition. Heinle Cengage.

Lim, P. & Smalzer, W. Listening and Notetaking Skills Level 2. Latest Edition. Heinle

Cengage.

Smith, Lorraine and Nancy Mare. Issues for Today. (Latest edition) Heinle Cengage

One Unabridged Novel from the following list:

The Pearl (Latest Edition)

The Five People You Meet in Heaven. (Latest Edition)

Island of the Blue Dolphins. (Latest edition).

Dogsong. (Latest edition).

Adjunct Faculty Textbooks

Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Latest edition.

Broukal, M. Weaving It Together, Book 4, Latest Edition. ITP.

Elbaum, Sandra. Grammar in Context Book 3, Latest Edition. ITP.

Grant, Linda. Well Said, text and CD. Latest Edition. Heinle Cengage.

Lim, P. & Smalzer, W. Listening & Notetaking Skills Level 2. Latest Edition. Heinle Cengage.

The Pearl. (Latest Edition)

NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE
1. Discipline Faculty Proponent/s: Anne Kelliher / 11/4/15
2. Curriculum Manager & College Catalog Editor: Erika Steenland / 3/29/16
3. Department Chairperson (Discipline Approval): Lise-Pauline Barnett / 4/24/16

This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A/B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the College’s mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer accredited four-year colleges and universities.

NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE
4. Associate Provost: Kathleen T. Doherty / 4/28/16
5. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Cynthia Doherty, Ph.D. / 4/29/16

9.Original Date of course approval by the college: 198310

10.Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:

1998, 2000, 2001

Textbooks updated: April 2002

Textbooks revised none: April 2003

Reviewed 12/2003. Revisions made: Planned Sequence: ebr

Project Review: 12/2004: Revisions: Learning Activities. sy

Revisions: Reviewed March 2006

Revisions made: Learning Outcomes, Planned Sequence of Learning Activities. sy

Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Textbooks – 3/2008: August 2008 – sy

Form 335 Update: None 12/2009 – ko

Revisions: Textbook additions – 2/2010--ko

Revision: Learning Outcomes and Sequence of Learning Activities– 5/1/2012 -- ko

Revisions: Textbook Changes 5-12-2014 ck

9/16/14 – Minor corrections made & uploaded. No need for re-approval – ERS

Revisions: Textbook addition effective Fall 15 2/25/15 ck

Revisions: learning Outcomes 11/4/2015 – Fall 16 ck

12/1/04

Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12; 7/30/13; 8/26/13; 1/31/14; 8/18/14; 5/13/15; 7/7/15