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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
EDAC D312.
Course Title (CB02)
Basic English Skills for Students with Disabilities
Course Credit Status
Non-Credit
Effective Term
Fall 2021
Course Description
Basic reading and writing skills for students with disabilities. This course is to prepare students for college level reading and writing courses.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This is a non-credit course. This is a non-GE, nontransferable course. This stand-alone course will introduce students with disabilities basic English concepts.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
99

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Not transferable

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
0.0
Maximum Credit Units
0.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours2.04.0
Laboratory Hours0.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
24.0
Laboratory
0.0
Total
24.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
48.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
48.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

NONCREDIT: (This is a noncredit, stand-alone basic skills course.)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Discussion of assigned reading

Quiz and examination review performed in class

Collaborative learning and small group exercises

Assignments

  1. Regular weekly readings from text and other sources
  2. Writing assignments through journals, critiques, summaries, and responses to reading assignments

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Completion of weekly journals
  2. Quizzes testing reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar knowledge with passing score of 70% or higher.
  3. Portfolios of reading and writing assignments that shows student's progression in format, content, and usage of grammar.
  4. Written midterm and final exam evaluating reading and writing strategies based on scoring system.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
McDonald, Stephen; Salomone, William; Gutierrez, Sonia; Japtok, Martin. The Writer's Response: A Reading-Based Approach to Writing 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing: Belmont, CA, 2017.
Connelly, Mark. Get Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs. 3rd Edition. Bostom, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning 2013.

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
None.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Identify purpose of reading
  • Apply appropriate reading strategies to reading tasks
  • Identify paragraph elements
  • Demonstrate use of a dictionary
  • Create sentences free from grammatical errors to develop paragraph

CSLOs

  • Respond analytically and critically to readings.

  • Create a proper and organized paragraph.

Outline

  1. Identify purpose of reading
    1. Recreational reading
    2. Overview reading
    3. Thorough reading
    4. Comparative reading
    5. Active reading and listening
      1. Active
      2. Critical
      3. Empathic
      4. Appreciative
  2. Apply appropriate reading strategies to reading tasks
    1. Previewing
    2. Predicting
    3. Reviewing
  3. Identify paragraph elements
    1. Topic of paragraph
    2. Main idea of the paragraph
    3. Important details of the paragraph
  4. Demonstrate use of a dictionary
    1. Alphabetizing
    2. Syntax
    3. Decode
    4. Context
    5. Synonyms
  5. Create sentences free from grammatical errors to develop paragraph
    1. Function of words
    2. Capitalization and punctuation
    3. Sentence construction
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