ESL - Listening Course Descriptions
ESLL 20
Novice Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This course will provide an introduction to English at the Novice level. It is characterized by an emerging ability to understand and produce appropriate responses in high-frequency situations utilizing learned materials, standardized messages, phrases and expressions including certain content required for basic communication, such as dates, time, weather, food, family etc. Students will learn all the sounds of English and be introduced to the intonation patterns of American English. Communication will be comprehensible to a sympathetic listener accustomed to interacting with non-native speakers.
ESLL 30
Novice-High Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: Completion of ESLL 20 with a grade of "C" or better; or placement through the assessment process.
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This is a course in listening comprehension and speaking at the novice-high level characterized by common contexts, and high frequency vocabulary and expressions. Students will recognize and produce sounds and patterns in American English, and will understand and be understood by sympathetic listeners and speakers. This course may be taken two times for credit.
ESLL 40
Intermediate-Low Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: Completion of ESLL 30 with a grade of "C" or better; or placement through the assessment process.
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This is a course in listening comprehension and practical conversation for non-native English speakers who plan to take college courses. Students will learn to recognize and use the sound of American English, stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns. This course may be taken two times for credit.
ESLL 50
Intermediate-Mid Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: Completion of ESLL 40 with a grade of "C" or better; or placement through the assessment process.
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This is a course designed for non-native speakers who wish to develop their communication skills for the academic and/or workplace environment. Students will learn to understand and be understood in both familiar and unfamiliar situations. This course is designed to introduce students to academic listening and speaking activities. Students will continue to develop pronunciation skills and complex pronunciation strategies. Students will expand their abilities to communicate in both familiar and unfamiliar situations as they continue to refine their pronunciation skills. This course may be taken two times for credit.
ESLL 299
Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language - Listening
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
ESLL 310
Intermediate-High Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: Completion of ESLL 50 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This course focuses on pronunciation skills within the context of meaningful communication in an academic and employment setting. The emphasis is on understanding and producing stress, rhythm and intonation patterns of English so meaning will not be distorted.
ESLL 320
Advanced-Low Listening and Speaking
4 Units
Prerequisite: Completion of ESLL 310 with a grade of "C" or better; or placement through the assessment process.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
This is a course with intensive practice in listening and active participation strategies that are appropriate for American college courses. Students will listen to extended lectures from various subject areas, refine note-taking skills, be able to participate in in-depth discussions, and give oral presentations. Students will continue to improve pronunciation skills.