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GISELLE MUÑOZ , RESEARCH ASSISTANTDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UPR-
MAYAGÜEZ
CATHERINE M. MAZAK, P. I .ROSITA L . RIVERA RODRIGUEZ, CO -P. I .
JUDY CASEY, CO -P. I .
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS:KIMBERLY SANTIAGO
CLAUDIA HERBASANGEL MATOS
English for Academic and Career Success in Agriculture: A Needs-based Curriculum
Problem
Agriculture majors…
are over-represented in low-level English as a Second Language basic track courses
have the longest time to degree completion, 6.41 years
have a high rate of dissatisfaction with English courses (2006 English department survey)
have the worst retention rates of all the faculties at the UPRM
http://oiip.uprm.edu
Placement into Basic Track 2007
College Board English score
469 or lowerPrebasic
470-569Basic
570 -800Intermediate and Advanced
All Majors 15% 22% 63%
Agriculture Majors
38% 22% 39%
Engineering 8% 20% 73%
Biology 9% 22% 69%
http://oiip.uprm.edu
Situation Priorities
Required English courses are not designed to meet agriculture students’ academic and career needs
Understand student English language needs and create courses designed to meet them
Solution
Inputs
Research assistants
Research equipment
Participant support
Outputs
What we do (activities): data-based needs analysis create curriculum publish curriculum on website evaluate curriculum
Who we reach (participation) 60% of all agriculture majors at the UPRM with low
English proficiency
Outcomes-Impact
Short term/learning: Curricular revision cooperation between faculties train student researchers
Medium term/action disseminate results about content learning for ESL
studentsLong term/impact
more Hispanics represented in agriculture and other science careers
improved models for content-based instruction
Program Development Planning – Implementation – Evaluation
Required English courses are not designed to meet agriculture students’ academic and career needs
Understand student English language needs and create courses designed to meet them
-Research assistants
-research equipment
-money for participant support
-data-based needs analysis
-create curriculum
-publish curriculum on website
-evaluate curriculum
60% of all agriculture majors at the UPRM with low English proficiency
-Curricular revision
-cooperation between faculties
-train student researchers
-disseminate results about content learning for ESL students
-more Hispanics represented in agriculture and other science careers
-improved models for content-based instruction
Required English courses are not designed to meet agriculture students’ academic and career needs
