Adult Basic Education: College and Career Readiness

Adult Basic Education:  English / Language Arts                                                                          

Course Description

Adult Basic Education (ABE) English Language Arts is a college and career preparatory course demonstrating the 21st Century skills of communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and computer literacy.  ABE is designed for English-speaking adults who wish to improve their basic skills in the areas, with an eye towards preparing to participate in classes in higher education. Basic computer literacy gives students the fundamentals of computer use by creating digital projects (group and individual) and presenting the work to the class.  

Through daily writing assignments and frequent presentations, adult students will improve writing skills and learn to:

• Identify the features of good writing
• Build better sentences: 
• Make sentences pop: use active verbs, eliminate weak words (seems, just, feel, think…), eliminate redundancy, use plain language
• Use the writing process to create effective and impactful paragraphs with a topic sentence (topic and controlling idea), supporting details and transitions
• Create paragraphs with purpose, clarity, unity and coherence
• Write for a variety of purposes and audiences
• Proofread for clarity
• Edit other students’ work
• Deliver engaging presentations with confidence