HIGH BEGINNING ESL COMPETENCY OVERVIEW

CASAS Range: 191-200

By the end of this level, learners will…

1. Communication

   1. Identify orally, read, and write self and personal information.

2. Consumer Economics

   1. Recognize US currency, symbols relating to money, and read prices.

   2. Identify basic foods, food groups, and healthy eating habits,

   3. Use vocabulary for home furnishings and reporting household repairs.

   4. Recognize concepts and vocabulary for cleaning and hygiene.

   5. Name common items of clothing.

   6. Follow directions of location.

   7. Follow directions of maintenance and care.

3. Community Resources

   1. Use a residential telephone; call to request appointments; call 911.

   2. Tell time using analog and digital clocks.

   3. Identify signs using sight words and symbols.

   4. Use vocabulary to ask for and give simple directions.

   5. Know basic American holidays.

   6. Read a restaurant menu.

   7. Know basic principles of safe driving.

   8. Use a simple street or road map.

4. Health

   1. Recognize and identify basic body parts.

   2. Recognize basic vocabulary relating to illness and accidents.

   3. Recognize basic health care vocabulary.

   4. Read an appointment card.

   5. Interpret for simple first aid.

   6. Interpret medication and prescription labels.

   7. Interpret basic nutritional information on food labels.

5. Employment

   1. Identify entry level jobs and associated vocabulary.

   2. Request a job application.

   3. Complete a simplified job application with assistance.

   4. Respond to basic job interview questions.

   5. Produce identification forms required for employment.

   6. Ask for assistance and clarification on the job.

   7. Understand basic work safety phrases.

   8. Read a simple work schedule.

   9. Recognize pay stubs and deductions.

6. Government and the Law

   1. Recognize basic traffic signs.

   2. Communicate with safety personnel.

7. Computation

   1. Read, write, and say numbers.

   2. Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

   3. Count backwards and forwards up to 30.

   4. Recognize odd and even numbers.

   5. Know basic math concepts.

   6. Add single digit numbers with totals up to 10.

   7. Subtract single digits numbers from numbers up to 20.

   8. Multiply single-digit numbers.

   9. Multiply with double-digit numbers up to 10.

   10. Identify the patterns in a multiplication table.

   11. Divide even numbers in half up to 20.

   12. Identify and write fractions representing a part.

   13. Read and write simple common fractions.

   14. Compare and order simple fractions.

   15. Divide an object in fractional pieces.

   16. Calculate money amounts.

   17. Know basic measurement concepts.

   18. Solve narrative math problems using basic math concepts and simple numbers.

   19. Recognize, identify, and describe common two-dimensional shapes.

   20. Identify, count, and extra data from simple tables and charts.

   21. Collect, label, and organize information for simple tables and charts.

8. Learning to Learn (Reading)

   1. Recognize phonological patterns.

   2. Read and interpret vocabulary.

   3. Read and comprehend simple texts on familiar topics.

   4. Read and comprehend text using conventions of written English.

   5. Use reference materials.

   6. Apply reading strategies.

   7. Practice reading skills.

9. Writing and Grammar

   1. Write dictation based on life skill topics.

   2. Demonstrate use of capitalization.

   3. Write a simple note and address an envelope including the return address.

   4. Use subject pronouns.

   5. Use demonstrative pronouns.

   6. Use common verbs.

   7. Use adverbs.

   8. Use adjectives.

   9. Use prepositions of location.

   10. Use common and proper nouns.

10. Listening

    1. Distinguish words and sounds in English.

    2. Comprehend basic vocabulary.

    3. Utilize grammar structures to construct meaning.

    4. Understand and participate in conversations in a variety of situations.

    5. Comprehend and responded to non-face-to-face communication.

    6. Comprehend instructions and messages.

    7. Comprehend oral information.