ESL Intensive Listening/Speaking III

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students gain confidence in their listening and speaking skills in academic settings as well as in conversation. Focus will be on developing academic vocabulary, critical thinking skills and honing research and organization skills necessary for delivering formal presentations. Attention will be given to analyzing the audience and tailoring a speech for a specific purpose. In addition, this course highlights strategies for successful listening techniques such as predicting, evaluating information and recognizing organizational cues. Seven-week course. Repeatable for credit - maximum eight. Prerequisite: non-native speakers of English and appropriate score on ESL placement test and/or successful completion of ESL 117 . (Transcript credit only. Does not count toward graduation. Performance at 80% is required for a grade of pass.) Pass/Fail grading. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.