2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ELL 95 - Advanced Speaking and Listening

4 CR
Students will develop the listening, note-taking and speaking skills needed for success in American college classrooms. Instructional activities will include a variety of formal speech acts, such as introducing, announcing and negotiating. In addition to mastering English Phonemes and suprasegmentals, students will focus on the correct pronunciation of high-level vocabulary from the academic word list in the context of formal speaking. Students will develop the listening, note-taking and speaking skills needed for success in American college classrooms. Instructional activities will include a variety of formal speech acts, such as introducing, announcing and negotiating. In addition to mastering English Phonemes and suprasegmentals, students will focus on the correct pronunciation of high-level vocabulary from the academic word list in the context of formal speaking.

Requisites: (1) ACCUPLACER® ESL listening score of 86 (OR) (2) ELL 85  with at least a grade of C.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Communicate with and comprehend English speakers.
  2. Participate in small group discussions in academic situations.
  3. Participate in whole-class discussions and activities.
  4. Give oral presentations appropriate for academic situations.
  5. Take comprehensible notes.