ESL 1 - College Listening/Speaking Skills

  • Prerequisite: ICE 6 OR placement in ESL 1
  • Corequisite: ESL 3 & 4 & 7

This is the first-level listening/speaking course that is required of all students. It will include the teaching and practice of listening/speaking skills that students will need in academic and workplace settings.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of ESL 1, the student will be able to:

  • Comfortably use basic conversational styles, forms, and sounds of English.
  • Make and respond to requests and follow and give directions.
  • Initiate and sustain a general conversation in most social situations in a range of circumstances.
  • Speak about general differences between American culture and other cultures.
  • Understand news stories and conversations about current, past, and future events.
  • Comprehend lectures on a range of academic and technical subjects.
  • Organize and present a short talk on a simple process, that is, how to do something.
  • Work in groups, sharing and reporting information.