ESL 2420

Lecture Comprehension and Note Taking II

4 Credits

Prerequisite: ESL 2410 or appropriate MTELP/MTAC scores.

(Enrollment limited to students whose first language is not English.)

General Education Attributes: 1, 6

This course emphasizes listening strategies for the purpose of applying information from academic lectures and texts to assigned tasks such as objective and essay exams. Students will listen to lectures presented by speakers at various speech rates and with various accents. Strategies for utilizing resources in preparation for academic lectures will be presented. Students will develop study plans which include chapter summaries and visual organizers to promote learning for academic courses. Students will analyze various situations to develop problem solving skills in addressing cultural conflicts. Advanced grammatical features will be reviewed. Course/lab fees.