ELAP-120 English for Academic Purposes-Advanced

Credits 6 / 6 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 090, ACRD 091 or ACRD 092, completion of ELAP 110 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or successful completion of ACRD 080.
This course is designed for degree seeking students who speak English as a second language and have received intermediate level training in the English language. The course provides an intensive integrated approach for learning advanced English for academic purposes. Students develop speaking and listening skills using more advanced complex topics, improve reading fluency using authentic high-level academic texts across disciplines, and acquire the vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structures needed for college level writing for multiple academic disciplines.

Course Outcomes
Vocabulary: Identify new meanings of words from context; apply new words in academic contexts for speaking and writing; match words with definitions; identify classifications and uses of words within academic disciplines.
Reading: Interpret infographics and interpret charts and maps; read and understand multi-page selections from a variety of academic disciplines; skim to make predictions and identify main ideas; scan, identify, and summarize key details; identify reasons and solutions; identify sequencing of events, recognize tone and point of view; make comparisons and contrasts; identify literary elements.
Writing: Write using more complex sentence structures; Compose short and longer essays for a variety of purposes; take notes on material communicated orally and materials for research; incorporate organizational structures for writing effective essays and research papers for college writing; employ the writing process for producing and publishing written communication; reference resources for quoting and paraphrasing and avoid plagiarism.

Speaking and Listening: Produce statements, questions, and commands; ask and answer questions using more complex sentence structures; express opinions and suggestions by explaining significance and evidence using critical thinking; provide factual information and explanations; use appropriate language in both formal and informal situations; listen for general understanding and specific information; follow instructions and explanations.
Grammar: Use models for obligation and possibilities; understand and apply the use of appositives, adjective clauses, parallel structure, and verbal phrases for adding information.
Critical Thinking: Analyze text to identify its functions, analyze information for similarities, interpret evidence, infer attitudes, relate ideas to personal experience, synthesize information from multiple sources, and consider arguments and counter-arguments.
Global Awareness and Citizenship: Collaborate with other students at MCC and/or other campuses for class project to increase intercultural awareness for effective cross-cultural communication.