ELL 026 - Elementary Listen/Speak

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Description:

This is a course for advanced beginners who have some basic knowledge of English and some functional communicative ability (e.g. simple questions and answers on topics of everyday interest). Class time is devoted to speaking for everyday and basic academic needs, grammar practice, pronunciation, critical thinking, intensive listening to short, simplified narratives and listening for specific information in extended narratives, conversations, and short lectures. It is recommended that students take this course with grammar, writing, and reading courses of similar levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Use a variety of speaking skills to hold short conversations (e; g; agreeing, disagreeing, describing, giving orders, asking for information, expressing an opinion) Demonstrate the use of courtesy expressions in various situations; Describe or narrate an event using two or more sentences; Identify and comprehensibly produce English sounds and intonation patterns within level appropriate sentences; Utilize listening strategies to understand information necessary for everyday life (eg, weather forecasts, classroom language); Show comprehension of simplified, extended narratives (eg, lectures and dialogues); Apply basic note-taking skills to take notes on short lectures; Make inferences about what speakers say; Give short structured talks with appropriate academic vocabulary of at least 1-2 minutes on areas of interest.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Appropriate Placement Test Scores

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 08/23/2024 

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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