Outcomes schedule

1. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week 1
1
Work
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Ask follow-up questions and express interest
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Make small talk by starting and ending a conversation
~Ask follow-up questions
~Use nonverbal to show interest and active listening
~Describe personal information with simple language
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks
~Use target structures with some accuracy (descriptive
adjectives)
~Sustain 1-2 minutes of speech on familiar topics
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Identify topic, main ideas, and details of short audio texts
~Demonstrate comprehension by answering simple
questions
~Infer meanings of words from context
~Identify word stress of familiar vocabulary words
~Use images, titles, and subtitles to guide understanding
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Connect statements to specific speakers
~Recognize connectors that compare and contrast ideas
~Express opinions
~Ask and answer questions about jobs, interests, and
skills
~Express interest
~Express agreement and disagreement
~Identify humor from a speaker’s choice of words and
tone
~Recognize syllable stress
~Infer word meaning from context
~Recognize and use descriptive adjectives
~Listening & speaking
diagnostic tests
~Unit 1 Vocabulary quiz
~Informal introduction
presentations
Week 2
1
Work
~Unit 1 listening test
Vocabulary
concentrate, factory, insurance policy, creative, income, taste, professional, flavor, generation, tongue, career, quit, relaxing, stressful, tiring,
workaholic, good with numbers, good with my hands, problem solver, good people skills, good communication skills, hardworking , team players,
trustworthy, outdoors, dangerous, offbeat, high-paying

2. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week 3
2
Student Life
~Participate in 5-minute pair/small group discussions
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Use nonverbals to show interest and active listening
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks
~Use target structures with some accuracy (simple present
tense)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (simple present tense)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Sustain 1-2 minutes of speech on familiar topics
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Plan and present relevant, level -appropriate, and engaging
content on familiar and simple academic topi cs in 1-3
minute individual presentations
~Support ideas with personal experience and examples
~Use basic phrases to introduce a topic and conclude
~Use yes/no questions to hook audience
~Use basic phrases to transition
~Use notes and simple pictures to communicate ideas
~Demonstrate effective non-verbal behavior
~Use appropriate voice volume
~Use appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Connect statements to specific speakers
~Recognize phrases that signal agreement and
disagreement
~Connect information from two listenings
~Express opinions
~Express various levels of agreement and disagreement
~Support opinions with examples
~Report on a survey about student life
~Infer a speaker’s intention based on questions the
speaker asks
~Recognize emphasis through intonation and stress
~Infer word meaning from context
~Use familiar words to form collocations
~Recognize and use the present simple tense
~Survey Presentations
~Unit 2 Vocabulary quiz
Week 4
2
Student Life
~Unit 2 listening test
Vocabulary ta sks, put off, factors, manage, negative, research studies, procrastination, avoid, s trategies, goals, distractions, reward, achieve, focus, positive attitude, pressure,
was te, hit the books, aced, cut class, hang out, fell behind, the last minute, pull an all-nighter, bombed, figure out, cram

3. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week 5
3
Money
~Participate in 5-minute pair/small group discussions
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Use nonverbals to show interest and active listening
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks
~Use target structures with some accuracy (comparative
adjectives)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (simple present tense &
comparative adjectives)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Sustain 1-2 minutes of speech on familiar topics
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Identify topic, main ideas, and details of short audio texts
~Demonstrate comprehension by answering simple
questions
~Infer meanings of words from context
~Identify word stress of familiar vocabulary words
~Use images, titles, and subti tles to guide understanding
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Interpret a timeline
~Recognize emphasis from intonation and s tress
~Categorize information from two listenings
~Expres s agreement and disagreement
~Compare products and services
~Make and respond to suggestions
~Infe r a speaker’s a ttitude from intonation a nd s tress
~Recognize word s tress in numbers and prices
~Infer word meaning from context
~Recognize and use comparative adjectives
~Recorded speaking
as signment #1
~Uni t 3 Vocabulary quiz
Week 6
3
Money
~Uni t 3 l istening test
~Midterm oral interviews
Vocabulary Be interested in, borrow, designing, earn, equal, exchange, I bet, item, member, necessities, network, provides, service, spend, stuff, that’s i t, used, va luable, to pay
an arm and a leg, to afford, a bargain, to get a good deal, to cost, to be worth, to be worth it

4. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week 7
4
Etiquette
~Participate in 5-minute pair/small group discussions
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Use accurate basic language to ask for repetition and
clarification
~Use nonverbals to show interest and active listening
~Use functional language to make and respond to polite
requests
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks
~Use target structures with some accuracy (modals for
polite requests)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (modals for polite requests)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Identify sentence final intonation, wh- and yes/no question
intonation and use with some accuracy
~Identify topic, main ideas, and details of short audio texts
~Demonstrate comprehension by answering simple
questions
~Infer meanings of words from context
~Identify word stress of familiar vocabulary words
~Use images, titles, and subtitles to guide understanding
~Identify different intonation patterns of wh-, yes/no
questions and sentence final intonation
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Recognize summary s tatements
~Categorize reasons from two listenings
~Expres s opinions
~Summarize key information
~Support reasons with examples
~Make and respond to requests and invitations
~Infer contrasting ideas in statements from intonation and
s tress
~Recognize ri sing and falling intonation in questions and
s tatements
~Infer word meaning from context
~Recognize and use idioms
~Recognize and use can, could, and would in polite requests
~Recorded speaking
as signment #2
~Uni t 4 vocabulary quiz
Week 8
4
Etiquette
~Uni t 4 l istening test

5. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week 9
5
Food
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Use accurate basic language to ask for repetition and
clarification
~Use functional language to make and respond to polite
requests
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks , show understanding, ask
for clarification, negotiate turn-taking
~Use target structures with some accuracy (modals of
possibility)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (modals of possibility)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Use strategies to limit excessive fillers, pauses and false
starts
~Use fillers appropriately in prepared and impromptu
speaking
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Identify sentence final intonation, wh- and yes/no question
intonation and use with some accuracy
~Identify different intonation patterns of wh-, yes/no
questions and sentence final intonation
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Recognize language and intonation that signal clarification
~Expres s opinions and support them with reasons
~Ask for and give advice
~Ask for and provide clarification for repetition
~Infer meaning by recognizing phrases that signal hedging
~Recognize intonation in questions requesting clarification or
repetition
~Infer word meaning from context
~Recognize and use words for healthy foods
~Recognize and use modals of possibility (may, might, could)
~Recorded speaking
as signment #3
~Uni t 5 vocabulary quiz
Week
10
5
Food
~Uni t 5 l istening test

6. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week
11
6
Heroes
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Ask follow-up questions
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks , show understanding, ask
for clarification, negotiate turn-taking
~Use target structures with some accuracy (-ed endings in
regular past tense)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (simple past tense)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Use strategies to limit excessive fillers, pauses and false
starts
~Use fillers appropriately in prepared and impromptu
speaking
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Identify sentence final intonation, wh- and yes/no question
intonation and use with some accuracy
~Identify different intonation patterns of wh-, yes/no
questions and sentence final intonation
~Recognize organizational cues to signal examples, shift
topics, and to conclude
~Employ different methods for taking notes
~Review, correct, and restructure notes
~Use notes to discuss and answer questions about the material
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Take notes on a lecture
~Recognize phrases that signal the organization and ideas in a
lecture
~Support general ideas in one listening with specific examples
from a second listening
~Expres s opinions
~Ask follow-up questions
~Recognize and use signal phrases in presentations
~Infe r a speaker’s fe elings or emotion from tone of voice and
word choice
~Recognize and pronounce the three –ed endings in the
regular past tense
~Recognize and use the simple past tense
~Oral interviews
~Uni t 6 vocabulary quiz
Week
12
6
Heroes
~Individual presentations
~Uni t 6 l istening test

7. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
Week
13
7
Health
~Use accurate basic language to ask for and give opinions
~Support opinions with simple personal examples in simple
complete sentences
~Use basic phrases with accuracy to agree and disagree
politely
~Use appropriate language to communicate with peers and
instructors about classroom tasks , show understanding, ask
for clarification, negotiate turn-taking
~Use target structures with some accuracy (modals of advice
and necessity)
~Use target structures with some accuracy in discussion and
prepared presentations (modals of advice and necessity)
~Monitor appropriate use of vocabulary and grammar in
recorded assignments and presentations
~Identify and use syllable stress of familiar vocabulary
accurately
~Recognize organizational cues to signal examples, shift
topics, and to conclude
~Employ different methods for taking notes
~Review, correct, and restructure notes
~Use notes to discuss and answer questions about the material
~Make and confirm predictions
~Identify main ideas and details
~Recognize phrases and intonation that express doubt
~Analyze advantages and disadvantages
~Expres s opinions
~Give and respond to advice
~Expres s concern
~Infe r a speaker’s i ntended meaning from persuasive
language
~Recognize and produce reductions of modals
~Infer word meaning from context
~Recognize and use modals of advice and necessity (should,
ought to, have to)
~Recorded speaking
as signment #4
~Uni t 7 vocabulary quiz
Week
14
7
Health
~Uni t 7 l istening test

8. Rose
ESL 130 F14
Learning Outcomes Schedule
Textbook Unit
& Theme
Week
15
Review all outcomes through integrated project & presentations n/a Integrated project &
Target outcomes every week:
MELP Target Learning Outcomes Textbook Learning Outcomes Major Assessments
 Use high-frequency target vocabulary accurately in prepared presentations and controlled speaking assignments
 Use level-appropriate vocabulary to communicate ideas in discussions
 Identify topic, main ideas, and details of short audio texts
 Demonstrate comprehension by answering simple questions
 Infer meanings of words from context
 Identify word stress of familiar vocabulary words
 Use images, titles, and subtitles to guide understanding
 Sustain 1-2 minutes of speech on familiar topics
 Participate in 5-minute pair/small group discussions
 Use nonverbals to show interest and active listening
presentations