Advanced Listening for Students of English as a Second Language (combined course)

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Course
EASL 0344
Discontinued
No
Course code
EASL 0344
Descriptive
Advanced Listening for Students of English as a Second Language (combined course)
Department
English as a Second Language
Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
No
Semester length
15
Max class size
20
Contact hours
4
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.

Course description
This course with its corequisite EASL 0354 is the third in a series of combined listening and speaking courses. This course is for students who wish to upgrade their listening skills in order to continue their education or improve their employment opportunities. This course is most appropriate for people who are intending to take college or university courses. Through listening to materials from a variety of sources on many subjects, students will improve their ability to understand and respond appropriately in increasingly complex or problem situations. Students will also improve their listening skills for academic study by following formal discussions, taking simple notes, and organizing and using these notes to complete simple academic assignments. Through these activities, students will continue to develop language skills.
Course content

Communicative Situations arising from themes and topics common to EASL 0344 and the corequisite 0354.

 

1.             a.   language functions, such as reporting and disagreeing, expressed in different ways in a

                    variety of settings, especially problem situations.

 

b.   conversational signals, such as interrupting, changing the subject, especially those used in

      problem situations, or formal discussions.

2    Presentation format, including rhetorical patterns and discourse markers.

3.   Simple notetaking techniques.

4.   Use of register (formal, informal language).

5.   Cultural appropriateness (responding in accordance with cultural expectations).

Learning outcomes

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

 

1. Understand and respond appropriately to what is being said in a variety of settings, especially in   

     problem situations.

2. Understand and respond to what is being said in formal discussions.

3.    a.  understand short presentations;

       b.  note main points, and important supporting points of short presentations;

       c.  use notes to complete simple academic assignments.

4. Recognize and understand formal and informal language.

5. Recognize and interpret cultural features of communication.

Means of assessment

The 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.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Materials will be supplied.

Students may be required to purchase a textbook and blank cassettes.

Prerequisites

EASL 0244 or 0245 or instructor permission

Corequisites

EASL 0354

Which prerequisite

EASL 0445