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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ESL 320CP | Title:
ESL ADV COMMUNICATION |
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| Full Title:
ESL Advanced 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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An advanced-level oral communication course designed to improve speaking, listening, and pronunciation skills necessary for critical thinking in academic, professional and social environments. Recommended for non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ESL 315CP or Eligibility for ESL 316 or higher
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An advanced oral communication course designed to improve speaking, listening and pronunciation skills necessary for critical thinking in academic, professional and social environments. Recommended for non-native speakers of English. (Grade or P/NP)
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ESL 315CP or Eligibility for ESL 316 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 an advanced ability to use English for discussion, inference, and problem solving.
2. Follow the organization of an academic lecture, take notes, and respond to questions.
3. Prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, panel discussions, and debates of 5-8 minutes.
4. Research viable job opportunities and demonstrate understanding of appropriate job behaviors through mock interviews and work-related role plays.
5. Utilize native-like rhythm, intonation and stress patterns in words and sentences.
Topics and Scope
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A. Sociolinguistic and cultural content
1. Discussion of cross-cultural traditions, controversial issues, current events
2. Roles for discussion and debate participants
3. Non-verbal communication skills
4. Advanced level clarification strategies
B. Academic content
1. Comprehension of authentic lectures, presentations and audio/visual materials through note-taking, outlining, and summarizing
2. Topic selection and delivery techniques for moderate-length oral presentations
3. Debate structure including topic selection, roles, and delivery techniques
4. Evaluation of peers' group discussions, paired activities, and oral presentations
5. Practice and analysis of oral arguments
C. Vocational content
1. Research of representative jobs and career, basic qualifications and experience, available training opportunities
2. Situations and issues arising in job-related experiences (work schedules, absence, salary, and promotion)
3. Workplace culture, values and expectations (working in teams, absence, salary, and promotion)
D. Pronunciation Skills
1. Stress, intonation and rhythm patterns in speeches, debates, role-plays, and oral presentations
2. Self-monitoring of pronunciation and accent reduction through the use of CDs, software, and the Internet
3. Utilization of the dictionary as a pronunciation tool
Assignments:
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Representative assignments:
1. Panel discussions and debates on controversial issues
2. Mock job interviews and work-related role-playing
3. Job and career research for presentations
4. Note-taking, outlining, and summarizing of academic lectures
5. Presentation of an excerpt of a work of literary merit, including personifying a character
6. Individual and group presentations on current events/issues
7. Evaluation of peers' oral presentation skills
8. Practice of pronunciation including stress, intonation, and rhythm patterns
9. Textbook-based exercises and other homework assignments
10. Textbook-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 (e.g., surveys) | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
30 - 40% |
| Note-taking, In-class presentations, role-playing, 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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Advanced Listening Comprehension 3, by Dunkel and Lim, Heinle Cengage, 2006
Key Concepts 2: Listening, Note Taking and Speaking Across the Disciplines by Vestri Solomon and Shelley, Houghton-Mifflin, 2006
Northstar - Advanced Listening and Speaking 4 by Ferree & Sanabria, 3rd Edition, Pearson-Longman, 2009
Noteworthy 2, 3rd Edition, by Lim & Smalzer, Heinle Cengage, 2005
Real Talk 2 - Authentic English in Context by Baker & Tanka, Pearson-Longman, 2007
Raise the Issues by Numrich, 3rd Edition, Pearson-Longman, 2006
Instructor-prepared materials
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