ADS 305 - ESOL Level 4 – EL Civics

6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn to continue developing English language skills and build on civics concepts. Topics to be covered include more complex reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, and pronunciation along with civics concepts.

Course Objectives

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

1. demonstrate the ability to participate in conversations on less familiar topics,
2. use conversation strategies,
3. demonstrate the ability to listen/read for meaning and author tone,
4. identify focus and emphasis in speaking in writing,
5. demonstrate the ability to read and understand multi-paragraph selections in different genre,
6. use brainstorming, drafting, revising strategies in writing,
7. write a multi-paragraph essay on a topic,
8. demonstrate the ability to begin to appropriately use conditionals and understand conditional sentences,
9. demonstrate the ability to build on understanding of U.S. civics concepts, and
10. identify most important differences between U.S. and home country civics concepts.