Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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LS 200 - Academic Listening and Speaking II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits


Course Description
Academic Listening and Speaking II is the second in a four-course sequence designed to further develop needed skills in academic listening, speaking, vocabulary use, and critical thinking, as well as deliver academic strategies to prepare students to be successful in a university setting. Skills and strategies are delivered through content-based instruction with topics including business, biology, and U.S history. This course enhances students’ understanding of American culture and university life by engaging them in listening to everyday conversations on a college campus as well as authentic academic lectures.  They will work to uncover the “mechanics” of speaking and listening by analyzing pronunciation and intonation patterns, as well as common English phrases. Students will actively take place in various types of discourse in class, such as formal and informal small group discussions and presentations. They will also participate in events on campus and in the community where they will further develop their speaking and listening skills. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Academic Listening:

  • Get the main ideas from an introduction
  • Listen for supporting information
  • Listen for categories and definitions
  • Make inferences after listening
  • Include details in your notes

Academic Speaking:

  • Ask for and give directions
  • Change statements into questions
  • Give reasons and examples
  • Agree and disagree with others’ opinions
  • Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Coordinator
Katherine Vernezze



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