Course

Lower Intermediate Conversation for students of English as a Second Language (Combined Section)

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
English as a Second Language
Course Code
EASL 0154
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
20
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course with its corequisite EASL 0144 is the first in a series of combined listening and speaking courses. This course is for students who wish to upgrade their conversational skills in order to continue their education or improve their employment opportunities. Exercises will help students initiate and respond appropriately to communication in a variety of routine settings. The conversation practice will also provide an opportunity for language skill development, including grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary, as well as for pronunciation improvement.
Course Content

Communicative situations arising from themes and topics common to EASL 0154 and the corequisite EASL 0144.

 

        1     a.    Language functions, such as identifying, reporting, clarifying, requesting, disagreeing, expressed

                       in different ways in a variety of routine settings.

                 b.    conversation signals, such as initiating conversation, changing the subject, interrupting, closing a

                        conversation.

 

        2.    Use register (formal, informal language)

 

        3.    Cultural appropriateness (communicating in accordance with cultural expectations).

 

        4.    Language skills (grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, pronunciation).

Learning Activities

The instructor will facilitate, observe and evaluate students' participation in communicative activities.  Whole and small group instruction will be combined with individual assistance and student directed learning.  Students will participate in the setting of goals by identifying their communicative and language development needs, and will participate in the selection of learning activities.

Means of Assessment

This course is a college preparatory course and students will be marked on a MASTERY basis.  Mastery will

be granted to students who achieve over 70% on a series of in-class and out-of-class assessments.

Learning Outcomes

Within relevant educational, employment, personal and social contexts, students will:

 

        l.      communicate in a variety of routine settings

        2.    use formal and informal language appropriately

        3.    communicate in culturally appropriate ways

        4.    express themselves comprehensibly

Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Materials to be supplied.

 

Students may be required to purchase a text and blank cassette tapes.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Instructor Permission

Corequisites

EASL 0144

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer Details for EASL 0154
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025