ESL 127 - Listening and Note-taking

Credits: 3

Description
The goal of this course is to improve students’ listening comprehension, speaking, and note-taking skills in preparation of lecture-based courses.

Student Learning Outcomes

Analyze and interpret a variety of listening texts, identify main ideas, details, conclusions, intonation, and specific expressions, and interpret speakers’ tone, attitude, and stress.
Prepare short presentations to a small group using visuals, posture, speaking volume and speed, and enthusiasm, produce word endings, key word stress, reduced function words, and linking sounds using correct pronunciation.
Record notes on lectures to produce written or oral summaries/reports or responses to questions about the listening text.

Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test; or ESL 90 with a grade of C- or higher; or Instructor approval