Speaking and Understanding for Academic Purposes II

Catalog description

Nonnative English-speaking students practice to improve their oral and aural skills. They prepare to participate in everyday social conversations, classroom interactions, listening effectively to lectures and being involved in basic discussions. Students are expected to prepare and give short speeches and will be tested weekly on a list of idiomatic expressions. Students develop intermediate level skills, including grammar, to participate in everyday social conversations, classroom interaction, and intermediate-level discussions. Students will also increase their listening and note-taking skills to be able to comprehend short lectures on general topics. Prerequisite: IE 073 , or appropriate listening and speaking English proficiency test scores, or IEP coordinator permission.