English as a
Second Language 104
Listening and Speaking III
Catalog Description: This is an advanced level
course designed to improve students’ fluency and accuracy in spoken
English and listening comprehension. Emphasis is on developing the
learning strategies and language functions needed in academic and
professional settings, such as summarizing and paraphrasing, problem
solving, agreeing and disagreeing, analyzing, and classifying.
Content will focus on a variety of professional and academic themes
as well as current events.
Course Prerequisites: There are no
prerequisites, but students should have completed ESL 101 or have
placed in ESL 103 or 106 on the ESL Placement Test.
Semester Units: 3
Credit: ESL 104 counts toward a Grossmont
College A.A./A.S. degree and transfers to SDSU as elective credit.
Requirements: 3 hours in class and 6 hours of
homework per week.
Description of an ESL 104 Student: Many of the
following statements describe an ESL 104 student:
- I can make conversation on most topics, which relate to work
or everyday life.
- I can use and understand intermediate vocabulary, but I
still have trouble understanding idioms and slang.
- I can understand the main points of a short speech or story
on most everyday topics, but I have trouble catching the main
idea in an academic lecture.
- I can understand my ESL teachers, but teachers in other
academic college classes speak too quickly for me and use
vocabulary that I don’t know.
- People usually understand me, except for a few grammar and
pronunciation mistakes I make.
- I can make small talk well in social settings, but I’m not
sure how or when to discuss more controversial issues in this
culture.
- I can participate in classroom discussion, but I don’t
always know when or how much to speak, or how to give my opinion
or disagree with someone else in a polite way.
- I’m sometimes confused about the roles of teachers and
students in college classes and discussion; I sometimes
participate too much or too little in the classroom.
Texts: The following textbooks may be used in
this class. These are examples only, so see your instructor before
you buy the books.
Mosaic I: A Listening/Speaking Skills Book,
Third Edition
Speaking Effectively, Strategies for Academic
Interaction
Other Courses: If you placed at the ESL
103 or 106 level, the following are other courses that we recommend
for students at your skill level:
ESL 103 or 106
– English as a Second Language III or IV (5 units). You should take
the level that you placed in on your ESL placement test. This is the
most important ESL course for you to take. We recommend that you
take other courses if you have time.
ESL 102 – Reading & Vocabulary
Development II (3 units):
English 051 – College Writing Skills (.5
unit)
English 052 – College Writing Skills (1
unit)
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