Communication Skills (and Listening) - Student Learning Outcomes Listening Skills Language Skills Presentation Skills Conversation/Discussion skills

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1 Communication Skills (and Listening) - Student Learning Outcomes Listening Skills Language Skills resentation Skills Conversation/Discussion skills There is limited fluency, Limited understanding of Limited knowledge of vocabulary and grammar English organization or speech functions and their knowledge and usage. There coherence patterns. accompanying pragmatic can also be incomprehensible features. pronunciation. CEFR I A2 Limited in distinguishing or recognizing sounds, words or phrases in English. E A2/ / You can distinguish individual sounds, word stress and identify parts of speech. You can identify main ideas, major details and organizational cues in a 2-3-minute simple spoken text. You can distinguish words and phrases and interpret select sentence stress and innation patterns. on and comprehend a 5- minute simple spoken text. You can interpret sentence stress and innation patterns. on and comprehend a 10- minute spoken text. You can identify rherical patterns and make simple inferences while listening. You can use a wider range of basic vocabulary and speak with some fluency and intelligibility. You can produce simple statements and questions with the simple present, past and future. wider range of frequently-used vocabulary and basic academic vocabulary. You can produce simple and complex statements and questions using basic tenses and modals. wider range of frequently-used vocabulary and academic vocabulary. You can demonstrate some knowledge of collocates. You can produce simple and complex statements and questions in a variety of tenses. 1-2 minute presentation. 3-4 minute presentation. and well-supported 5-6 minute presentation. You can use visual aids in the presentation with appropriate verbal and non-verbal citations. You can demonstrate an ability with several speech functions including initiating, maintaining, ending conventions for conversations as well as asking for clarification. You can demonstrate an ability with the above as well as other speech functions including turntaking and giving opinions with basic support. above as well as appropriate language and politeness conventions for speech functions like giving and responding advice as well as making, accepting and declining requests.

2 /C1 You can understand reduced speech and elliptical forms of grammatical structures. on and comprehend a 15- minute spoken academic text. You can identify rherical patterns and make inferences while listening. You can recognize figurative language on and comprehend a 20- minute spoken academic text. You can synthesize materials from two or more texts. wider range of frequently-used vocabulary, phrasal verbs and academic vocabulary. You can demonstrate some usage of collocates. You can recognize connotations of words. You can use reported speech. wider range of vocabulary with appropriate collocates. You can demonstrate awareness and appropriate usage of connotations. You can self-monir for grammatical accuracy. and well-developed 7-8 minute presentation with appropriate verbal and non-verbal citations for outside sources. You can speak in an impromptu manner. You can ask for and answer questions from the audience appropriately. and well-developed 9-10 minute presentation with appropriate citations for outside sources. You can debate effectively, demonstrating the ability respond questions and counterarguments with appropriate politeness. above as well as summarize and make predictions. You can select vocabulary appropriate for the formality of the occasion. above as well as hedging in appropriate contexts.

3 Grammar - Student Learning Outcomes CEFR arts of Speech Sentence Structure I A2 You have limited understanding of basic parts of speech. You have limited understanding of different sentence structures. E A2/ You can identify and use basic parts of speech including basic modals. You can produce simple and compound statements and questions in the simple present, simple past and future. +/ +/C1 You can identify and use the above parts of speech as well as others including modals, comparatives and superlatives. You can identify and use the above parts of speech as well as others including gerunds and infinitives. In Writing, you can use a variety of the above parts of speech with increasing accuracy. In Communication Skills, you can use a variety of the above parts of speech, including phrasal verbs with increasing accuracy. In Writing, you can use and self-edit for a variety of the above parts of speech as well as nominalizations with increasing accuracy. In Communication Skills, you can use and self-monir for a variety of parts of speech as well as perfective infinitives with increasing accuracy. You can produce simple, compound and some complex statements and questions in a variety of verb tenses. You can produce simple, compound and complex statements and questions in a variety of tenses and verb forms like the passive voice. In Writing, you can combine sentences appropriately using coordinating conjunctions, full and some reduced dependent clauses, transitions and other phrases. In Communication Skills, you can produce simple, compound and complex statements and questions in a variety of tenses. You can also use reported speech. In Writing, you can produce and self-edit for sentence combinations using coordinating conjunctions, full and reduced dependent clauses, transitions and other phrases. In Communication Skills, you can produce and self-monir for simple, compound and complex statements and questions in a variety of tenses. You can also use reported speech and subjunctives.

4 Reading - Student Learning Outcomes CEFR Vocabulary and Grammar Reading comprehension and fluency I A2 You have a limited range of vocabulary. You have limited understanding of paragraph organization and transitions. You have limited reading comprehension levels. E A2/ You know the meaning and spelling of frequently-used general English words. You can identify parts of speech and understand the meaning of basic prefixes and suffixes. You can also use at least 1 basic strategy for guessing You can identify the pic and support as well as understand the organization and transitions in a short text with basic vocabulary / /C1 vocabulary meaning from context. You know the meaning and spelling of frequently used English words. You can identify parts of speech and understand the meaning of prefixes and suffixes for lowerlevel words. You can use 1-2 basic strategies for guessing vocabulary meaning from context. You know the meaning and spelling of English words in general and basic academic contexts. You can identify parts of speech and understand the meaning of prefixes and suffixes for words at an intermediate level. You can use 1-2 strategies for guessing vocabulary meaning from context. You know the meaning and spelling of English words in general and academic contexts. You can identify parts of speech and understand the meaning of prefixes and suffixes for high intermediate words. You can use a combination of strategies for guessing vocabulary meaning from context. You can recognize literary devices in a text at this level. You know the meaning, connotations, and spelling of English words in general and academic contexts. You can identify parts of speech and understand the meaning of prefixes and suffixes for advanced words. You can use a combination of strategies for guessing vocabulary meaning from context. You can interpret literary devices in a text at this level. You can annotate a reading using 1 or 2 strategies. You can identify the main idea, distinguish between major and minor details, understand the organization and transition, and make simple inferences and predictions for simple texts with lower-level vocabulary. Also, you can read more fluently and use a wider range of annotating strategies. You can read medium-length texts with intermediate-level vocabulary critically by reflecting and asking questions. You can state the main idea, distinguish between major and minor details, understand a greater variety of organization and transitions, and as well as make inferences, make predictions and draw conclusions. Also, you can read more fluently while using a several annotating strategies. You can read longer texts with high intermediate-level vocabulary critically by analyzing and making connections between world knowledge and/or other texts. do this, you can identify an author s opinion in a text at this level and formally summarize a text. You can read a variety of academic texts with advanced-level vocabulary critically by reflecting, analyzing and synthesizing. do this, you can identify an author s opinion in a text at this level and formally summarize and paraphrase (portions of) text.

5 CEFR I A2 Your ability edit for grammar is limited. E A2/ / Writing - Student Learning Outcomes Writing rocess Content and Organization Style and Formatting Other skills for paragraphs. You can edit for grammar at your level using the instrucr s correction symbols. for paragraphs and short essays. You can revise a draft and edit for grammar at your level using the instrucr s correction symbols. for short essays. You can outline your text before writing a draft. You can revise a draft and edit for grammar at your level using the instrucr s correction symbols. Your ability write a paragraph is limited. You can write a paragraph with a pic sentence and supporting details. You can write paragraphs with a pic and supporting details using different organization patterns. You can write a 3- or 4- paragraph essay with an introduction and conclusion. You can write 3-5- paragraph essays using different organization patterns. You can use quotes from outside sources appropriately support your ideas. Your ability write simple and compound sentences is limited. You can use a variety of simple and compound sentences with appropriate punctuation, capitalization and spelling. You can use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences with appropriate punctuation, capitalization and spelling. skills above as well as use a greater range of vocabulary explain ideas. Your ability provide peer feedback is limited. You can give peer feedback using a set of questions from the instrucr. You can give peer feedback using a set of questions from the instrucr. You can understand the style and format for a polite . You understand what academic honesty is, including plagiarism. skills above as well as document sources within a text and in a reference page. You can write texts of various lengths under time constraints.

6 for longer essays and outline your texts. You can write 5- (or more) paragraph essays using a variety of organization patterns. skills above as well as use a greater range of academic vocabulary explain ideas. skills above as well as evaluate the usefulness of peer feedback /C1 You can evaluate your own writing in order revise. You can edit for grammar at your level using the instrucr s correction symbols. techniques for longer essays and research papers generate ideas, outline your texts, and evaluate your own drafts revise. You can edit your own drafts for grammar, mechanics and vocabulary choice. You can use quotes and summaries of outside sources appropriately support your ideas. You can write multiparagraph essays that combine two or more organization patterns and use research from multiple sources. You can use quotes, summaries and paraphrases of outside sources appropriately support your ideas. You can use a variety of techniques including transitions, summary phrases and dependent clauses improve coherence. skills above as well as use a greater range of academic vocabulary make your exact meaning known. You can make choices about language write for a specific audience and purpose. skills above as well as use ideas from peer writing revise your own writing. Note: In the, new student placement and achievement are not based on past, present, or future test scores from outside entities (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS). For those who would like see the correlation between the CEFR proficiency scale ( upon which the curriculum is approximately based) and standardized test scores such as the TOEFL or IELTS, go the following websites: CEFR & IELTS correlation: CEFR & TOEFL correlation: