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2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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LS 210 - Online Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits


Course Description
Online Listening and Speaking I is the first of a four-course-sequence that develops the academic skills necessary for listening comprehension and speaking in both formal and informal settings. Students will practice listening to conversations and lectures about a variety of every day topics such as friends, family, and health. They will also be introduced to a variety of American cultural tips in order to better understand the context of the topics. Students will apply their comprehension of the topics, pertinent vocabulary, and modeled phrases in recorded speaking activities. Students will be assessed on their ability to accurately answer questions about listening, their understanding and use of the targeted vocabulary and phrases, and their pronunciation. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Academic Speaking

  • Ask for and give contact information
  • Give directions and talk about places on a map
  • Use phrases for shopping
  • Describe people
  • Discuss solutions to health problems; give health advice; discuss complaints; talk about the body
  • Make small talk; discuss invitations and celebrations
  • Agee and disagree; discuss a lecture
  • Talk about jobs; make polite complaints; discuss goals
  • Order in a restaurant; give opinions on food
  • Discuss vacation plans; talk about abilities; talk about weather; express likes and dislikes
  • Pronounce can vs. can’t
  • Use count and non-count nouns in questions; compare eating habits
  • Talk about finding somewhere to live; ask information about an apartment
  • Pronounce past tense -ed endings
  • Compare customs

Academic Listening

  • Listen for main ideas and specific information
  • Use context clues to guess the meaning of vocabulary words
  • Listen for directions, prices, reasons, descriptions, advice, instructions, messages, complaints, invitations, and opinions
  • Take notes while listening to lecture
  • Prepare for a listening by predicting its contents and learning new vocabulary

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Coordinator
Katherine Vernezze



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