Oral English Skills: Wisconsin and Its People

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With a focus on developing academic oral language skills (listening and speaking), students learn about Indigenous peoples and historical and present-day migration to Wisconsin through authentic texts, such as the Hear, Here project in La Crosse. Students practice note taking skills and practice listening to lectures and conversational English, including skills such as guessing meaning from context, stressed words, and understanding fast English. Students practice speaking skills in whole-class and small group formats as they develop skills in managing their own learning. Students develop critical thinking skills around displacement and migration. Seven week course. Repeatable for credit - maximum six. Prerequisite: non-native speakers of English and appropriate score on ESL placement test and/or successful completion of ESL 110 . (Transcript credit only. Does not count toward graduation. Performance at the C-level is required for a grade of pass.) Pass/Fail grading. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.