Intro to ESL Acad Discussion

ESL-060 : Intro to ESL Acad Discussion

Academic Level:
Undergraduate
Department:
ESL
Subject:
English As a Second Language
Prerequisites:
None
Corequisites:
Take ESL-040
Credits:
3

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.