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NCEL 422: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE II

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Fall 2026
Units: 0
Hours: 10 lecture per week (120 total per quarter)
Degree & Credit Status: Non-Degree-Applicable Non-Credit Course
Basic Skills, 5 Levels Below Transfer
Foothill GE: Non-GE
Transferable: None
Grade Type: Non-Credit Course (Receives no Grade)
Repeatability: Unlimited Repeatability
Formerly: ESLL 210B

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Apply new vocabulary words in speaking and writing.
  • Use modals of ability, permission, requests, and advice in speaking and writing.

Description

This is a continuation of the intermediate level integrated skills course for learners of English as an additional language who already have a basic level of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The focus of this course is to help learners advance in their development of grammar and vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of spoken English at the intermediate II level (described in section 6 of Course Content)
  2. Communicate using intermediate II level English
  3. Read sentences and paragraphs at intermediate II level English
  4. Use a learner's dictionary of English
  5. Write sentences and short passages at the intermediate II level English
  6. Demonstrate knowledge of the intermediate II level English grammar

Course Content

  1. Demonstrate understanding of spoken English at the intermediate II level
    1. Complete listening tasks involving target language
      1. Comprehend questions and follow directions from the instructor or other students
      2. Respond to listening tasks on CD
      3. Answer questions based on listening material used in class, e.g., internet sources, newscasts, movies, songs
  2. Communicate using intermediate II level English
    1. Speak comprehensibly
      1. Pronounce words with appropriate stress and reduction
        1. Unstressed can, stressed can't
        2. Dropping unstressed vowels (hist'ry)
        3. Stressing contrasting or new information
        4. Reductions of "you" in requests ("couldja")
        5. Reductions of "ought to" and "had better" ("oughta")
        6. Reductions of "as" and "than"
      2. Pronounce phrases with appropriate linking in comparative and superlative adverbs (as...as)
    2. Ask and answer questions comprehensibly
    3. Talk about present, past and future experiences comprehensibly (including the combination of the past and present using the present perfect)
    4. Participate in conversations and small group discussions
    5. Use modal verbs of ability, permission, requests, and advice
  3. Read sentences and paragraphs at the intermediate II level
    1. Demonstrate the ability to read for meaning
      1. Use context clues to guess meaning
      2. Use a learner's dictionary to find the meaning of words
      3. Use knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to access meaning
      4. Look for main ideas
      5. Look for supporting ideas
    2. Demonstrate the ability to read critically
      1. Express opinions about the reading
      2. Make inferences about the reading
      3. Relate readings to personal experiences
  4. Use a learner's dictionary of English
    1. Determine a word's part of speech from its context
    2. Find the meanings of a word based on the part of speech
    3. Select the appropriate definition of a word
  5. Write sentences and short passages at the intermediate II level of English
    1. Develop a written passage with examples
    2. Use descriptive adjectives
    3. Write short passages about personal experiences within the intermediate II level
  6. Demonstrate knowledge of the intermediate II level English grammar
    1. Modals
      1. Ability
      2. Permission
      3. Requests
      4. Advice
    2. Nouns and quantifiers
    3. Articles: indefinite and definite
    4. Adjectives: comparatives, superlatives
    5. Adverbs: comparatives, superlatives

Lab Content

Not applicable.

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

When taught online/hybrid, ongoing access to computer with current internet browser, email software and capabilities, and current email address.

Method(s) of Evaluation

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

In-class exercises
Homework exercises
Dictations
Speaking/pronunciation activities
Listening activities
Reading activities
Short passage writing

Method(s) of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:

Lecture
Discussion
Oral presentations
Demonstration

Representative Text(s) and Other Materials

Fuchs, Marjorie, Margaret Bonner, and Miriam Westheimer. Focus on Grammar 3: An Integrated Skills Approach, 5th ed. (Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22). 2017.

Haugnes, Natasha, and Beth Maher. NorthStar Reading and Writing: Basic/Low Intermediate (Level 2), 5th ed.. 2019.

Fuchs, Marjorie. Focus on Grammar 3 workbook, 5th ed.. 2017.

. Longman Dictionary of American English, 6th ed.. 2015.

Although the texts listed are older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, they remain seminal texts in this area of study.

Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments

  1. Reading to learn reading skills and develop vocabulary
    1. Read multi-paragraph texts of about 500 words
      1. Identify main ideas and details, write reactions to readings, do vocabulary exercises
  2. Guided writing
    1. Personal narratives in the present and the past
    2. Letters
    3. Journal entries
    4. Dialogues

Discipline(s)

English as a Second Language (ESL): Noncredit