ELI 081L - Oral Communication

(0 credit)

45 contact hours; considered 3 semester-hours for billing and scheduling purposes
Prerequisites: ELI 080L or ACCUPLACER-ESL score of 290-369.
This course offers high intermediate non-native English speakers practice in academic oral comprehension and classroom communication skills. The use of appropriate phrases for expressing disagreement, frustration, and interrupting a speaker is stressed. Students learn to listen actively, to take notes, to paraphrase and synthesize listening selections, and to respond appropriately. Students present orally, share personal and cultural perspectives and explain and support their opinions.