American Culture E (15 weeks: 270 hours) – Level 5
Course requirement | CaMLA EPT | CaMLA Speaking | CaMLA Writing | Total Range for Placement |
Placement Test | 62-68 | 16-20 | 25-30 | 103-118 |
Course Description | This course offers students an introduction about American cultures and behavior patterns and different aspects of American culture, so the students can be more sensitive to cultural differences and more accepting of them. | |||
Course Goal | Develop students’ understanding of life in the United States with particular attention to linguistic nuances, and cultural events. | |||
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) | At the end of the course: Students will be able to identify main ideas, supporting ideas, details and inferred meaning in a wide variety of texts, conversation, and short lectures related to North American culture. Students will be able to utilize note-taking and outline strategies for summarizing ideas in listening, writing, and text, maintaining original tone. Students will be able to identify implied meaning, through the identification of colloquial language, figurative language and idiomatic speech. Students will be able to differentiate between figurative and literal meanings in spoken and written language. Students will be able to evaluate historical events and describe conclusions, in writing and orally. Students will be able to restate ideas in a text and formulate opinions in writing and orally. Students will be able to compose, compare and contrast essays with cohesive devices. | |||
Current Events E (15 weeks: 270 hours) – Level 5
Course requirement | CaMLA EPT | CaMLA Speaking | CaMLA Writing | Total Range for Placement |
Placement Test | 62-68 | 16-20 | 25-30 | 103-118 |
Course Description | This course offers students an integrated approach to developing critical thinking skills by exploring controversial issues of international appeal. Also, by using material designed for the native speaker, the selections provide authentic content that is interesting, relevant, and educational, through which students can gain an understanding of American values and attitudes, while developing speaking and writing skills by integrating new information and concepts with previously held opinions. | |||
Course Goal | Develop students’ understanding of linguistic structures common in news and media sources. | |||
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) | At the end of the course: Students will be able to identify colloquial language, its figurative and literal meaning. Students will be able to summarize a news article, identifying main ideas, with attention to tone. Students will be able to differentiate between facts and opinions in a written text, and spoken discussion. Students will be able to utilize turn taking, interrupting strategies when participating in a discussion. Students will be able to justify his or her opinion, by expressing agreement and disagreement with others. | |||
English For Digital Marketing E (15 weeks: 270 hours) – Level 5
Course requirement | CaMLA EPT | CaMLA Speaking | CaMLA Writing | Total Range for Placement |
Placement Test | 62-68 | 16-20 | 25-30 | 103-118 |
Course Description | This course is designed for students who pursue to develop skills in effectively utilizing digital marketing business and workplace terminology to communicate, orally and in written form, with a wide range of structures and purposes, in a business setting. In this course, students can extract information, ideas and opinions from highly specialized sources within their field. Also, students can identify logical flaws in a presentation or lecture, present a technically complex process in digital marketing, and write a detailed critical review. | |||
Course Goal | English for Digital Marketing continues to improve the use of English in the workplace and business environment for advanced students through extensive digital marketing vocabulary development, negotiations and discussions, case study readings, and business correspondence. | |||
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) | At the end of the course: Students will be able to identify main ideas and details in a wide variety of sources within their specialized field. Students will be able to distinguish between facts and opinions in both written and spoken narratives. Students will be able to identify arguments in a presentation or discussion, and construct evaluations and criticisms, orally and in writing. Students will be able to compose a critical review of a marketing campaign, justifying their evaluation with support. | |||
English For American Literature E (15 weeks: 270 hours) – Level 5
Course requirement | CaMLA EPT | CaMLA Speaking | CaMLA Writing | Total Range for Placement |
Placement Test | 62-68 | 16-20 | 25-30 | 103-118 |
Course Description | This course is designed to sharpen students’ reading, speaking, vocabulary, writing and critical thinking skills via stories in the anthology in a variety of themes, literary styles, cultures, and time periods. Students will explore literacy elements such as setting, imagery, and irony with a wide variety of stimulating discussion and writing topics. | |||
Course Goal | Develop students’ understanding of American literature with particular attention to a variety of themes, literary styles, cultural settings to sharpen their reading, speaking, vocabulary, and writing skills. | |||
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) | At the end of the course: Students will be able to identify main ideas, supporting ideas, details, and inferred meaning in a wide variety of texts with particular cultural settings in American literature. Students will be able to identify implied meaning, through the identification of colloquial language, figurative language and idiomatic speech. Students will be able to differentiate between figurative and literal meanings in spoken and written language. Students will be able to analyze the author’s tones, themes, and literary devices used in a variety of texts related to American Fiction. Students will be able to summarize ideas in writing, maintaining original tone. Students will be able to articulate ideas in a text and formulate opinions in writing and orally. | |||
English For Medicine E (15 weeks: 270 hours) – Level 5
Course requirement | CaMLA EPT | CaMLA Speaking | CaMLA Writing | Total Range for Placement |
Placement Test | 62-68 | 16-20 | 25-30 | 103-118 |
Course Description | This course is designed for advanced ESL or medical candidates to improve their communication skills with patients in English. This course focuses on the language and communication skills that medical field experts need to make consultations more effective through good communications, active listening, voice management, non-verbal communication and cultural awareness. | |||
Course Goal | English for Medicine continues to improve the use of English in the medical field for advanced students through extensive case study readings, vocabulary development, discussions, and writings on analysis of authentic clinical scenarios and interviews . | |||
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) | At the end of the course: Students will be able to identify main ideas, supporting ideas, details and inferred meaning in a wide variety of texts related to the medical field. Students will be able to summarize ideas related to the medical field orally and in writing, maintaining original tone. Students will be able to articulate ideas in a text and formulate opinions in writing and orally. Students will be able to distinguish between facts and opinions in both written and spoken narratives. Students will be able to identify communication skills for discussion and evaluations and construct evaluations, orally and in writing. Students will be able to compose a medical note and report, justifying their evaluation with support. | |||
