Focused Listening for International Students

Catalog description

Focused Listening for International Students: This course develops the aural and oral fluency and skills of non-native English speakers who are not yet ready for full-time university coursework in their major fields of study through extensive listening and speaking exercises, an introduction to the types of academic English listening and speaking tasks they will encounter at any university, an exploration of the pragmatics of English and how they differ from their own language pragmatics, and activities related to the different ways that English is pronounced in the many places it is spoken. Placement is determined by diagnostic listening and speaking tests. The course does not count towards the degree. A minimum grade of C is required.