Imperial Community College District

IMPERIAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE

COURSE OUTLINE-OF-RECORD

DIVISION: English DATE: 1/28/2009

COURSE TITLE: Speaking and Listening for ESL 4 COURSE NO.: ESL 014 UNITS: 5

LEC HRS. 5 LAB HRS. HRS. TBA

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I. COURSE/CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

ESL 014 is a grammar-based speaking class in an English-only Environment, for the high-intermediate ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will demonstrate greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production.

II. A. PREREQUISITES, if any:

“C” or higher in ESL 013, or appropriate placement.

B. COREQUISITES, if any:

C. RECOMMENDED PREPARATION, if any:

D. RECOMMENDED COMPANION COURSES:

ESL 004, ESL 043, ESL 044, ESL 045, ESL 053, ESL 054, ESL and 055

III. GRADING CRITERIA:

X Course must be taken on a "letter-grade" basis only.

Course may be taken on a "credit" basis or for a letter grade.

Course must be taken on a "credit" basis only.

IV. MEASURABLE COURSE OBJECTIVES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GRADE OF "C":

ESL 014 Exit Skills/ ESL 015 Entrance Skills

Student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate mastery in using and recognizing the past progressive and future to express plans, certainty, or willingness (be going to, will, and simple present); demonstrate competency in recognizing and using the present perfect.

2.  Demonstrate competency in using, recognizing, and producing gerunds and infinitives in aural and oral exercises.

3.  Demonstrate mastery in using and recognizing the modal auxiliary verbs for ability, permission, requests, advice, suggestions, preferences, necessity, expectations, possibility, and deductions in oral and aural exercises; demonstrate competency with modal auxiliary verbs in the past tense forms.

4.  Demonstrate mastery in using, recognizing, and producing comparative, superlative, and equative forms; demonstrate the ability to use and produce adverbial, adjectival, and relative clauses.

5.  Demonstrate competency in using nouns clauses, tag questions, and reported speech in oral and aural exercises.

6.  Demonstrate competency in using, recognizing, and producing object pronouns and two-word (phrasal) verbs in oral and aural exercises.

7.  Demonstrate competency in recognizing and producing vowel and consonant contrasts in minimal pairs, /t/ and /th/, /b/ and /v/, /j/ and /y/, /ch/ and /sh/, long and short vowel sounds, the third person singular, possessive, and plural (/s/, /z/, /iz/), the past tense (/tid/, /did/ /d/, or /t/), and /s/+ consonant combinations.

8.  Create and participate in a variety of speech acts including short dialogs, oral reports, and role plays, both scripted and unscripted.

9.  Demonstrate ability to take accurate notes on information presented in academic lectures, movies, and other audio material in order to show understanding; use academic listening skills and strategies including inferring meaning from context clues, listening for comparisons and contrasts, identifying pronoun reference, and the ability to paraphrase.

10.  Demonstrate the ability to use, produce, and recognize level appropriate vocabulary in a variety of oral, aural, and written exercises [with specific focus on vocabulary used in academic content areas (life science, earth science, health, art, business, psychology, history, etc.)].

V. CORE CONTENT TO BE COVERED IN ALL SECTIONS:

CORE CONTENT / APPROX. %
OF COURSE
1. Development of knowledge and use of verb tenses. / 10
2. Development of knowledge and use of gerunds and infinitives. / 10
3. Development of modal auxiliary verbs. / 15
4. Development of comparative, superlative, and equative forms, as well as adverbial, adjectival, and relative clauses. / 5
5. Demonstrate knowledge and use of noun clauses, tag questions, and reported speech. / 5
6. Development of knowledge and use of object pronouns and two-word (phrasal) verbs. / 10
7. Development of correct pronunciation of vowels and consonants and corresponding receptive skills. / 5
8. Development of ability to communicate in oral English in a variety of circumstances and in a variety of manners. / 20
9. Development of receptive listening skills with a focus on academic content and usage. / 10
10. Development of knowledge and use of vocabulary. / 10
TOTAL / 100

VI. Methods of Evaluation

Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of course objectives by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

Mark if Used / METHOD
Essay
X / Class Activity
·  Dictations to improve listening and spelling skills.
·  Oral/aural discrimination exercises.
·  Creating original dialogues using guided models.
X / Written Assignments
·  Written exercises focusing on course topics and aspects.
Problem Solving Exercises
X / Final Exam
·  Midterm and final examinations.
X / Oral Assignment
·  Oral reports designed to demonstrate increased fluency and confidence.
·  Oral/aural discrimination exercises.
·  Oral activities in which new vocabulary is used in grammatically correct statements and questions.
X / Skill Demonstration
·  Presentation of notes taken from presented audio materials.
Objective
X / Quizzes
·  Quizzes/tests designed to test all aspects of the course: vocabulary, functions, comprehension, pronunciation, etc.
X / Other
·  Daily interaction with the teacher and other students to develop and evaluate their ability to open, maintain, and close conversations, general fluency, appropriateness of conversational strategies, pronunciation, and grammatical accuracy.
·  Evaluation checklists for pair and individual projects conducted both in and out of class.

VII. Methods of Instruction

Instructional Methodology used to achieve course objectives may include, but are not limited to:

Mark if Used / METHOD
X / Lecture
·  Lecturing on grammatical points necessary to discuss topics presented.
X / Discussion
·  Conducting discussions, drills, and pattern practice exercises.
·  Conducting discussions on differences in sounds and patterns in English as it affects communication (word stress, pronunciation, etc.).
X / Demonstration
·  Demonstrating correct sounds and patterns of the English language.
·  Selecting and guiding pronunciation activities.
·  Demonstrating methods for active listening (note taking, etc).
X / Audio Visual
·  Presenting audio-video materials for instruction and discussion.
·  Using audio tapes to provide models.
X / Group Activity
·  Developing language games, problem solving and cooperative learning tasks
·  Creating and assigning pair and small group activities such as oral/aural/communicative activities, short dialogues, impromptu conversations, and role plays in order to have students practice target vocabulary, pronunciation, grammatical forms, and to increase fluency.
Lab Activity
X / Computer Assisted Instruction
·  Instructing and aiding students with computer-based language instruction programs.
X / Individual Assistance
·  Conducting individual conferences.
·  Evaluating oral presentations.
·  Checking comprehension, both orally and in writing
·  Meeting with students individually for phonetic error analyses.
Simulation/Case Study
X / Online
·  Using sources online (including website and teacher designed activities) for independent practice in order to reinforce and review key concepts presented in course material.
Other
X / Two (2) hours of independent work done out of class per each hour of lecture or class work, or 3 hours lab, practicum, or the equivalent per unit.

VIII. TEXTBOOK(S) AND SUPPLEMENT(S):

Benz, C., & Dworak, K., Tapestry Speaking and Listening 4, 3rd edition, Heinle, 2000.

Irene E. Schoenberg, I., & Maurer J., True Colors 4, Pearson, 1998.

Molinksy, S., & Bliss, B., Side by Side 4, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2008.

Molinksy, S., & Bliss, B., Side by Side Workbook 4, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2008.

Merdinger, P., & Barton, L., North Star 4: Listening and Speaking, Pearson, 2003.

Solorzano, H., & Frazier, L., Contemporary Topics: Listening and Note-Taking Skills 1, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2009.