1. Are Your Students Ready to Start the BC Program? EAP/ESL & Testing
Maria Bernal
Broward College
June 9, 2015

2. EAP@ Broward College 1. Philosophy 2. Course Sequence
3. Testing and Placement

3. ESL@BC=English for Academic Purposes
Integrated Approach
Grammar
Reading
Writing
EAP Courses
Speaking
Listening

4. Reading Comprehension
Course Sequencing
Listening &
Speaking (3 credits)
Grammar & Composition
(6 credits)
Reading Comprehension
(3 credits)
EAP 0185C
EAP 0285C
EAP 0385C
EAP 0485C
EAP 0120C
EAP 0220C
EAP 0320C
EAP 0420C
EAP 0100C
EAP 0200C
EAP 0300C
EAP 0400C

5. College-Elective Credit Courses
EAP 1540C (3 cr.)
Paragraph structure
Rhetorical modes
Introduction to the multi-paragraph essay
EAP 1640C (3 cr.)
Multi-paragraph essay
Mini-research paper

6. EAP ADVISEMENT TOOLS
BC Procedure Manual for Placement Testing and Skills Remediation
EAP at BC:
The EAP Manual (to be available towards the end of 2015)

7. EAP Course Sequence

8. Testing & Placement Process
ESL PLACEMENT
READERS
ESSAY
ADVISEMENT
*LOEP
STUDENT
SUCCESS
CENTERS
INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORS
ESSAY
TOPIC
BANK
TWO
CHOICES
THREE
READERS
TWO COLLEGE-
WIDE NORMING
SESSIONS
PER YEAR
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
READING
*Levels Of English Proficiency: ACCUPLACER (E.T.S.)

9. LOEP Placement Cut-Off Scores
LISTENING
READING
EAP 0100C
Under 50
0-59
EAP 0200C
51-70
60-74
EAP 0300C
71-85
75-89
EAP 0400C
86-100
90-113
EXEMPT*
101+
114+
*Students scoring 101 or higher on LOEP LISTENING need no further coursework.
EAP 0120C
EAP 0220C
EAP 0320C
EAP 0420C
PERT READING

10. LOEP Placement Cut-Off Scores
GRAMMAR / COMPOSITION
EAP 0185C
ESL Placement Writing Sample
EAP 0285C
EAP 0385C
EAP 0485C
EAP 1540C
EAP 1640C

11. Accuplacer: The College Board
College Placement Tests in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
Computerized
Immediate Results
For use by International Affiliates prior to becoming an International Center
Accuplacer Information:
Cut-off Scores:

12. Postsecondary Education Readiness Test: P.E.R.T.
Common Placement Testing in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
Computerized
Immediate Results and Automatically Entered into CID
Used by Broward College and all International Centers
P.E.R.T. INFO: ed/fl-college-system/common-placement-testing.stml
BC INFO: ting_table.aspx

13. Feel free to contact maria bernal at: mbernald@broward.edu
Questions & Comments
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