Faculty Syllabus
ESOL-0311 Reading and Vocabulary 1
Jamie Carroll
Credit Spring 2026
Section(s)
ESOL-0311-004 (27648)
LEC MW 6:00pm - 7:20pm RRC RRC1 1211.00
Course Requirements
Course Description
In this course, students develop the reading and vocabulary skills necessary for personal, academic, and professional purposes using materials based on high interest topics. The course includes practice in reading and comprehending multi-paragraph descriptive and narrative articles, stories, reports, and dictionary entries. Focus is on literal comprehension, word analysis, vocabulary expansion, dictionary skills, and the use of library resources. This course may be repeated for up to six hours of credit. Upon completion of this course, students should register for ESOL 0312: Reading 2.
Course Prerequisites
To enroll in Reading and Vocabulary 1 (ESOL 0311), students must have tested into ESOL 0311 on the ESOL Assessment test.
Course Subjects
Course Syllabus
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Week |
Dates |
In Class |
Homework |
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Week 1 |
January 21 |
Introductions, syllabus, calendar, diagnostics, |
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Week 2 |
January 26 & 28 |
Unit 1: Life in a Day |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 1 |
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Week 3 |
February 2 & 4 |
Unit 2: Keep Going! Vocabulary Quiz 1: Units 1 & 2 |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 2 |
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Week 4 |
February 9 & 11 |
Unit 3: Why We Buy |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 3 |
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Week 5 |
February 16 & 18 |
Unit 4: Green Living Vocabulary Quiz 2: Units 3 & 4 |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 4 |
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Week 6 |
February 23 & 25 |
Unit 5: Food Journeys |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 5 |
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Week 7 |
March 2 & 4 |
Unit 6: Future Living Vocabulary Quiz 3: Units 5 & 6 |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 6 |
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Week 8 |
March 9 & 11 |
Review Midterm Exam: Units 1-6 |
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March 16-20 |
Spring Break |
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Week 9 |
March 23 & 25 |
Unit 7: Staying Healthy |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 7 |
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Week 10 |
March 30 & April 1 |
Unit 8: Music with a Message Vocabulary Quiz 4: Units 7 & 8 |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 8 |
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Week 11 |
April 6-8 |
Unit 9: Animal Behaviors |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 9 |
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Week 12 |
April 13 & 15 |
Unit 10: The Power of Images Vocabulary Quiz 5: Units 9 & 10 |
Spark Online Assignment Unit 10 |
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Week 13 |
April 20 & 22 |
Test 4: Units 10-12 |
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Week 14 |
April 27 & 29 |
Short Stories |
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Week 15 |
May 4 & 6 |
Short Stories |
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Week 16 |
May 11 & 13 |
Review Final Exam |
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Please note that schedule changes may occur during the semester. Any changes will be announced in class and posted as a Blackboard Announcement.
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
- apply a variety of pre-reading strategies such as previewing, skimming, scanning, and predicting to set a purpose for reading and to increase reading comprehension.
- apply reading skills to identify the stated main idea and locate supporting details in a paragraph or simple multi-paragraph text.
- recognize patterns of organization at paragraph level (process, description, comparison/contrast, etc.).
- extract literal information from charts, graphs, photographs, and other illustrations.
- determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases using context and word form clues.
- identify noun referents for personal pronouns.
- briefly define and identify elements of character, plot, and setting in a literary work.
- use a monolingual ESOL learner’s dictionary to identify correct spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and part of speech of new vocabulary items.
Office Hours
M W 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM TBD
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