Spring 2023 - ESL 192 Syllabus
ESL 192: Advanced Academic Reading & Writing 3 - Open For Antiracism (OFAR)
Overview
This is an activity for Advanced ESL students that allows them to incorporate grammar and writing skills with a song, giving them an opportunity to use their voices to describe an authentic situation. This was created as a Canvas Discussion Board Assignment, but it can easily be adapted for various other formats.
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.
Action Plan
OER and open pedagogy help this class to be antiracist by providing students with the opportunities to work collaboratively, share their stories and experiences, learn how to use their voices, easily access all course materials no matter what their background, and learn about many different perspectives.
Course Description
This course is the third in a series of advanced integrated ESL skills courses designed to improve critical thinking and analytical academic reading, leading to essay and research paper writing, focusing on synthesis of sources and correct grammar structure. Readings from culturally diverse sources provide exposure to a range of genres and a broader cultural understanding of the world.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will be able to produce a well-developed in-class 5 paragraph essay with a clear thesis statement and appropriate support in response to a college-level reading on a cultural component, demonstrating the ability to evaluate, analyze, summarize, and synthesize information.
2. Students will be able to identify, explain, and determine the strength of an author’s claim or argument in a reading selection using critical thinking skills, cultural knowledge, a knowledge of genre, and academic vocabulary.
Antiracist Assignment
This is a Discussion Board Assignment that can be adapted to highlight any writing or grammar point.
This assignment uses the song "Use My Voice" by Evanescence.