ESL 166Intermediate ESL Oral Communication

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This high-intermediate ESL course focuses on the continued development of oral communication skills. Course emphasis is on building fluency in conversations, small and whole group discussions, short informal and formal speeches, beginning note taking, and listening comprehension. This course takes a content-based approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of health and/or learning to earn and planning for success in present and future goals. This is a noncredit course mirroring ESL 116 (credit). Prerequisite: ESL 106 or ESL 156.