Listening and Speaking

Catalog description

A listening and speaking course to improve conversational English skills including: listening in academic contexts, practicing precise vocabulary, pronouncing clearly, and developing fluency. This course focuses on listening to native speakers, determining main ideas and supporting details of lectures, making inferences, and using cultural background information in order to understand a text. Students will improve speaking to prepare them to participate in classroom discussions and express their opinions confidently while practicing accurate and authentic language in a meaningful context.