This course is designed to introduce ESL students to listening skills which are needed for aural comprehension in an academic setting. The course is a directed program which gives students practice in listening to short lectures, taking notes and developing vocabulary. Students are introduced to several English language speech patterns and the words and phrases which let the student know that a particular pattern is being used. When students recognize the context of the information they are hearing, their English listening skills improve.
The ESL Department at Snow College houses the intensive ESL program. The four-level program provides instruction for students at Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 (elementary through exiting levels). This course is a core course for Level 2. It introduces students to the type of listening they must do at Levels 3 and 4. It is a prerequisite for entry into Levels 3 and 4 at Snow College.
This course guides students in what to listen for and how to listen in areas using different rhetorical patterns: process, classification, chronology, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and definition.The lessons will give practice with vocabulary and facts involving peoples, places, history, science, and global languages.