Level 6 Academic Communication

Catalog description

Presents oral communication as a process that involves determination of purpose, selection and adjustment of strategies, comprehension checks, and integration of prior with new knowledge to address the purpose. Covers listening comprehension, note-taking, and discussion of academic topics at the high intermediate level. Includes public speaking, such as prepared speeches on academic topics with written outlines. Reviews English consonants and vowels, word endings, intonation, phrasing, linking, reductions and stress patterns. Prerequisites: ESOL placement test OR successful completion of ESOL 154 /154N; AND concurrent placement in ESOL 150 /150N and ESOL 152 /152N or higher. Audit available.