ELL 108 - Reading and Comm Accuracy

1. Evaluate active reading strategies to college-level texts
   1. Examine academic and non-academic works
   2. Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction
   3. Integrate annotation skills
   4. Produce summaries of texts by defining main ideas, details, and target vocabulary
   5. Interpret how various texts relate to each other and the larger world
   6. Develop a basic literary and academic vocabulary
2. Analyze colloquial language
   1. Identify idiomatic language
   2. Distinguish various written dialects
   3. Identify common English metaphors
3. Evaluate textual content
   1. Discuss authors’ credibility
   2. Identify major themes or thesis statements
   3. Examine supporting evidence
   4. Interpret intended audiences
4. Create summaries and analyses of course material
   1. Write academic summaries identifying materials’ main ideas
   2. Write academic analyses critiquing materials’ rhetorical or literary elements
5. Evaluate active listening strategies
   1. Predict before listening to excerpts
   2. Select specific information while listening
   3. Recall speakers’ main points after listening
6. Evaluate pronunciation skills
   1. Identify International Phonetic Alphabet symbols and sounds
   2. Demonstrate English vowel and consonant sounds
   3. Demonstrate correct word and sentence stress, intonation, and suprasegmental features
7. Construct English classroom conversations
   1. Discuss course material
   2. Choose appropriate English verbal skills for casual and academic classroom discussions
   3. Choose appropriate non-verbal communication skills for casual and academic classroom discussions
8. Demonstrate higher education academic integrity standards.
   1. Explain cultural definitions of intellectual property to avoid plagiarizing
   2. Identify cultural norms regarding collaborative work