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75-861-986 ELL OPEN LAB... English Language Learners Levels 1-6 will use online learning platforms to develop academic, workplace, or everyday English skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar); computer literacy skills (Microsoft Word, emailing, typing, etc.); and/or citizenship knowledge (civics, interview practice, and steps to becoming a U.S. citizen). Students will learn in a self-paced environment with the support of an instructor. Instruction for each student will vary depending on each student’s unique needs.

Course Typically Offered

  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Identify meaning from text.
  2. Communicate various social, workplace, and academic contexts at a basic level.
  3. Express an opinion about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
  4. Use basic elements of research with support.
  5. Recognize the point and/or the argument of an author/speaker.
  6. Select appropriate words, phrases, and simple sentences to communicate about personal, social, academic and/or workplace information.
  7. Recognize basic standard English conventions in writing and speech.
  8. Recognize frequently occurring vocabulary in personal, academic, social, content-specific, and workplace settings.
  9. Examine meaning from text.
  10. Participate in exchanges in various social, workplace, and academic contexts.
  11. Provide evidence to support a claim about familiar topics, experiences, or events.
  12. Use fundamental research procedures to answer a question or solve a problem.
  13. Restate the main argument(s) and supporting reason(s) from text.
  14. Use sentence-level skills in speaking and writing.
  15. Use basic standard English conventions to produce comprehensible writing and speech.
  16. Develop vocabulary for frequently occurring words, phrases, or expressions.
  17. Perform basic file management techniques.
  18. Use the internet.
  19. Use a keyboard effectively.
  20. Explore social media.
  21. Manage personal data.
  22. Use computing devices
  23. Navigate an operating system
  24. Demonstrate basic email functions
  25. Determine meaning from text using developing strategies
  26. Communicate in various social, workplace, and academic contexts
  27. Construct oral and written claims about familiar topics supported with reasons or facts
  28. Collaborate on a simple research project to answer a question or solve a problem
  29. Explain information, evidence, and/or arguments
  30. Use a process-oriented approach in speaking and writing
  31. Expand the use of standard English in writing and speech
  32. Use strategies to expand academic and workplace-specific vocabulary
  33. Perform basic file management techniques.
  34. Use the internet.
  35. Use a keyboard effectively.
  36. Explore social media.
  37. Manage personal data.
  38. Use computing devices
  39. Navigate an operating system
  40. Demonstrate basic email functions

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