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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ESL 311CP | Title:
ESL HIGH-BEG COMM |
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| Full Title:
ESL High Beginning Conversation/Pronunciation |
| Last Reviewed:3/14/2011 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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A high-beginning oral communication course designed to improve those listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills necessary for successful interaction in social, academic and workplace environments. Recommended for non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ESL 309CP OR Eligibility for ESL 310 or higher
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A high-beginning oral communication course designed to improve those listening, speaking and pronunciation skills necessary for successful interaction in social, academic and workplace environments. Recommended for non-native speakers of English.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ESL 309CP OR Eligibility for ESL 310 or higher
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a high-beginning ability to comprehend presentations and ask questions in an academic setting.
2. Demonstrate a high-beginning ability to discuss social/cultural issues.
3. Follow the organization of an adapted oral presentation.
4. Prepare effective oral presentations of 2-4 minutes.
5. Demonstrate high-beginning level understanding of job interview skills and the workplace environment.
6. Demonstrate a high-beginning ability to use rhythms, intonation and stress patterns in words and sentences.
Topics and Scope
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A. Sociolinguistic and cultural content
1. Discussion of cultural traditions and current events
2. Non-verbal communication skills
3. High-beginning level clarification strategies
B. Academic content
1. Comprehension of adapted presentations and audio/visual materials through note-taking and creating and responding to questions
2. Topic selection and delivery techniques for oral presentations
3. Basic evaluation of peers' oral presentations
C. Vocational content
1. Basic interview strategies and practice through role-playing
2. Discussion of jobs and careers, including qualifications and experience
3. Basic communicative strategies for succeeding in the workplace
D. Pronunciation Skills
1. Stress, intonation and rhythm patterns in role-playing and oral presentations
2. Recognition and pronunciation of consonant and vowel sounds
3. Introduction to the dictionary as a pronunciation tool
Assignments:
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Representative assignments:
1. Small group and paired discussions on content-based themes
2. High-beginning level job interview skills and work-related role-playing
3. High-beginning level note-taking and cloze exercises from adapted academic lectures and other listening activities
4. Vocabulary development through content-based reading, listening and speaking exercises
5. Individual and group presentations on topics such as the following: cultural themes, family, future goals, giving directions, campus sites, the steps in a process, personifying a character, poems, and role models
6. Evaluation of peers' oral presentation skills
7. Text-based exercises and other homework assignments
8. Text-based exams and quizzes
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 20% |
| Written homework: cloze exercises, sentences and paragraphs | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 20% |
| Homework problems and field work | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
30 - 40% |
| In class presentations, role-playing, and speeches | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 30% |
| Objective quizzes and exams, midterm and final | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Class attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Northstar 2: Listening and Speaking, 3rd ed., by Frazier & Mills, Pearson-Longman, 2009
Speaking of Values, Schoenberg, Pearson-Longman, 2004.
Talktime 3, by Stempleski, Oxford University Press, 2006
Interactions 2: Listening and Speaking, Tanka & Baker, McGraw-Hill, 2008
Touchstone 2, by McCarthey, M., McCarten, J. & Sandiford, H., Cambridge University Press, 2008
Instructor-prepared materials
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