XEBW 0516F ESL Bridge Reading and Writing Level F

This college transition English as a Second Language course supports academic success in Writing 121. The content of this 4-credit college course combined with ESL support allows students to work on skill development in the areas of reading, writing (including sentence structure), listening, speaking, and academic study skills. This course is designed for non-native speakers of English.

Credits

7 hours

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be better able to read academic texts with understanding, listen actively in academic settings, communicate accurately, fluently, and intelligibly in writing and speaking in college transition contexts. They will develop the vocabulary and reading skills necessary to comprehend complex academic texts, the writing skills necessary to produce evidence-based college transition level essays and other college writing requirements, the active listening skills to comprehend entry-level college lectures with specialized vocabulary and topic-related classroom discussion, and the speaking skills to create and present evidence based academic presentations and participate in academic discussion groups.