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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
This course introduces English as a Second Language students to American culture and society (with an emphasis on Utah and the Western United States) and develops basic language skills needed to interact with the community. Students will become familiar with American customs and cultural life in areas such as family life, holidays, beliefs, sports, entertainment, and the education system. Students will be encouraged to compare American culture with their home culture and come to a deeper understanding of both. The course will include activities which have students interact with the community through special projects and field trips. This course is designated as an Active Learning Cultural Immersion (ALCI) course. Students have a unique opportunity to learn another culture as part of the learning objectives of this course. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Compare US cultural constructs with that of their own culture through readings, discussions, and participation in activities inside and outside of the classroom leading to informal and formal presentations about cultural contrasts. 2. Develop and apply general speaking, reading, writing and grammar language skills in English through classroom activities and discussions about a variety of social issues, preparing students to perform a variety of volunteer activities in the community, including multiple interviews of community members. 3. Apply language skills in informal and formal presentations summarizing cultural contrasts between international and US customs and cultural life based on required out-of-class activities and at least two volunteering activities. Course fee required. Prerequisites: Combined CaMLA score of 27 or higher; B or higher grade in any of the following courses: ESL111, ESL140, ESL150, ESL160.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to help students gain basic writing skills in academic contexts. It will help students develop coherency and fluency in writing by focusing on short writing assignments, responses to readings, vocabulary development, style and development, and technical accuracy. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Compose academic paragraphs with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence by following the 4-step writing process. 2. Differentiate between various sentence structure patterns in written English. 3. Construct grammatically accurate simple, compound, and complex sentences. 4. Apply correct capitalization and punctuation rules in written English. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Grammar score 7-10, or ESL 0150 (Grade B or higher).
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3.00 Credits
Designed to help ESL students develop basic skills in English usage, correct speech and writing forms and patterns, basic verb tenses and their related structures, and simple use of parts of speech. The course will focus on Standard American English usage and conventions. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Produce written and verbal English that is grammatically accurate at the basic level. 2. Assess the accuracy of written English that uses various aspects of basic grammar. 3. Develop increased fluency in written and verbal English. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Grammar score 7-10, or ESL 0160 (Grade B or higher).
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1.00 Credits
Designed to help students improve their English skills using up-to-date technology. Focuses strongly on speaking, pronunciation, listening, and developing fluency, as well as grammatical accuracy and reading comprehension. Offered based on sufficient student need. Repeatable for a maximum of 3 credits. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop increased fluency in reading, writing, listening to and speaking English. 2. Report new conversational and academic vocabulary through individualized computer-assisted language learning by submitting weekly written reports of new vocabulary. 3. Produce grammatically correct and comprehensible written and verbal English at the basic level. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT combined score 27-40, or ESL 0165 (Grade B or higher).
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1.00 Credits
Designed to help students improve their English skills using up-to-date technology. Focuses strongly on speaking, pronunciation, listening, and developing fluency, as well as grammatical accuracy and reading comprehension. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop increased fluency in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking English. 2. Report new intermediate-level academic vocabulary learned through individualized computer-assisted language learning by submitting weekly written reports of new vocabulary. 3. Produce grammatically correct written and verbal English at the intermediate level. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT combined score 41-61, or ESL 0365 (Grade B or higher). FA, SP
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1.00 Credits
Designed to help students improve their English skills using up-to-date technology. Focuses strongly on speaking, pronunciation, listening, and developing fluency, as well as grammatical accuracy and reading comprehension. Offered based on sufficient student need. Repeatable for a maximum of 3 credits. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop increased fluency in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking English. 2. Report new advanced-level academic vocabulary learned through individualized computer-assisted language learning by submitting weekly written reports of new vocabulary. 3. Produce grammatically correct written and verbal English at the advanced level. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT combined score of 62-69, or ESL 0565 (Grade B or higher).
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2.00 Credits
For international students. This course provides international students with the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and awareness needed to adapt to college life at Utah Tech University. Topics include: US immigration compliance, cross-cultural adjustment, campus services, academic advisement, safety and emergency issues, academic success, and academic integrity. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify with US Immigration F1 Visa requirements. 2. Recognize the stages of cross-cultural adjustment and how to work through them. 3. Know and utilize appropriate Campus Services. 4. Successfully interact with Academic Advisors. 5. Understand the role of Campus Security and deal with emergency situations. 6. Practice academic success skills and strategies in the US academic environment. 7. Maintain academic integrity as defined by American values and standards. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. FA, SP
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4.00 Credits
Fulfills General Education Foreign Language requirement. Focuses on the continued development of reading skills within academic content areas. Students use a variety of methods and materials to learn intermediate reading strategies and to improve comprehension, expand students' vocabularies, improve dictionary skills, and increase skills in reading for information. The course will focus on the skills students need to be successful in college-level reading intensive courses as well as the skills needed to read for entertainment and general information. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Evaluate and identify statements of fact, opinion, and inferences. 2. Apply higher level thinking skills in reading such as summarizing, drawing conclusions, and identifying cause and effect. 3. Comprehend reading materials at the ACTFL level of Intermediate Mid. 4. Demonstrate comprehension of a minimum of an additional 400 commonly found words in written English. 5. Use the English dictionary for pronunciation, multiple meanings, countable nouns, and parts of speech. 6. Recognize and use intermediate word forms of prefixes and suffixes. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Reading score 18-27, or ESL 0300 (Grade B or higher).
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4.00 Credits
Fulfills General Education Foreign Language requirement. Designed to help students gain intermediate writing skills in academic contexts, this course will focus on writing well-developed short paragraphs with sentence variety, fluency, intermediate vocabulary, and standard conventions of English. Students will be exposed to the writing process and will be expected to produce pre-writing activities, drafts, revisions, in addition to final drafts of academic writing. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Generate ideas in a series of logically connected and grammatically effective sentences. 2. Restate events of something experienced or read. 3. Apply basic standard organizational patterns to write focused paragraphs with topic sentences and effective supporting sentences and transition words to give directions, definitions causes and effects and comparisons and contrasts or discuss ideas. 4. Appraise and proofread simple texts of sample and peer paragraphs. 5. Summarize and paraphrase simple texts from a variety of sources. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Grammar score 11-15, or ESL 0350 (Grade B or higher).
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4.00 Credits
Fulfills General Education Foreign Language requirement. Designed to help ESL students develop basic skills in English usage, correct speech and writing forms and patterns, basic verb tenses and their related structures, and simple use of parts of speech. The course will focus on Standard American English usage and conventions. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Produce written and verbal English that is grammatically accurate at the intermediate level. 2. Analyze the usage of aspects of intermediate grammar in written and verbal English. 3. Assess the accuracy of written English that uses various aspects of intermediate grammar. 4. Develop increased fluency in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking English. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Grammar score 11-15, or ESL 0360 (Grade B or higher).
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