ELL0055 - Academic Vocabulary

Credits
2 (2/0/0)
Description
This vocabulary course is for non-native learners of English. Students will learn the vocabulary most frequently used in college-level coursework, as well as the strategies necessary to acquire this vocabulary quickly and efficiently.
Competencies
  1. Effectively utilize dictionaries.
  2. Identify the word types of vocabulary used in context.
  3. Associate new vocabulary with other words in the same word family.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to use multiple strategies to learn and recall new vocabulary words.
  5. Demonstrate proper spelling and pronunciation of learned vocabulary.
  6. Identify the meanings of the most frequent prefixes, suffixes and roots used in the English language.