ELL 036 - Intermediate Listen/Speak I

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Description:

This course is a speaking and listening course for developing intermediate ELL students. Students entering the course should be able to answer questions about their own lives and expand a spontaneous narrative to three or four sentences. Class time is devoted to speaking for academic needs and various social situations, as well as the practice of grammar, pronunciation, critical thinking, and listening for information in conversations, extended narratives, and short lectures. It is recommended that students take this course with ELL grammar, reading, and writing courses of similar levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Use a variety of speaking skills appropriate for this level to participate in dialogue or group discussions (e; g; , asking questions, expressing opinions, signaling reasons); Demonstrate the use of politeness and formality expressions in various social and academic situations; Research and give short presentations with appropriate academic vocabulary of 4 minutes on areas of interest; Identify and comprehensibly produce English sounds, reductions, and intonation patterns within level appropriate sentences; Show comprehension of simplified lectures of 3-10 minutes on academic topics; Identify information in conversations and narratives; Apply basic note-taking skills to take notes on short lectures; Make inferences about what speakers say.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ELL 026 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

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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