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Course Syllabus

ESL 0411 Level 2 Listening

  • Division: Humanities
  • Department: English/Second Language
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 1; Lab: 4
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of ESL 0211 or placement in ESL 0411 through the department
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2021
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2025
  • End Semester: Fall 2026
  • Optimum Class Size: 10
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

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.

Justification

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.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Successful students will be able to listen effectively to academic topics, demonstrate their ability to use notetaking skills and strategies (such as: abbreviations, symbols, outline), and use academic vocabulary.

Course Content

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.