Listening & Speaking IV (Adv)

Catalog description

This noncredit course is designed to develop advanced listening and speaking skills for academic purposes. The course includes practice in listening, note-taking, and responding to academic lectures and other presentations (e.g., Ted Talks) through group discussions, debates, oral presentations, and impromptu speeches. Attention is paid to aural/oral fluency, vocabulary development, and strategies for successful interaction in an academic or professional context. This is the fourth and highest level of the ESL listening/speaking sequence. Not applicable to associate degree.