Subject code
ESL
Course Number
060
Credit Hours Min
3
Course Long Title
Intro to ESL Acad Discussion
Course Description
Introduction to ESL Academic Discussion is taught in conjunction with Introduction to ESL Reading. It is the listening and speaking component of a four-course program designed for those students whose placement scores indicate limited or no ability to understand spoken English. Phonics and pronunciation, vocabulary, reading strategies, and skills such as comprehension, drawing inferences , identifying main ideas and supporting details are taught and practiced in the context of thematically related readings.