Course Syllabus

Course: ESL 0211

Division: Humanities
Department: English/Second Language
Title: Level 1 Listening

Semester Approved: Spring 2021
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2025
End Semester: Fall 2026

Catalog Description: This eight-week course is designed to give students a basic foundation in listening comprehension skills. Students will listen for letters, spelling, numbers, directions, and respond in a workbook. Each unit will also include short problem solving listening tasks.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 1; Lab: 4

Prerequisites: Placement in ESL 0211 through the department

Corequisites: None


Justification: The ESL Department at Snow College houses the intensive ESL program which is accredited through the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP). The four-level program provides instruction for students at Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 (elementary through exiting levels). This course is a core course for Level 1. It introduces students to the type of listening they must do in Level 2 of ESL.


Student Learning Outcomes:
Successful ESL 0211 students will be able to accurately listen to basic listening passages using key listening skills namely, listening for gist, details, and inferencing. Students will demonstrate the mastery of the above skills through completing listening homework assignments, taking weekly quizzes, and a final exam. Students will be able to demonstrate their listening comprehension skills by accurately identifying letters, numbers, spelling, and responding to directions.  


Content:
Through a series of active listening comprehension tasks, the course will focus on the following areas: Introduction and intensive practice of letters of the alphabet, initials, acronyms, and abbreviations;

Introduction and intensive practice of numbers, ordinals, tens, hundreds, thousands, basic mathematical operations, as well as giving students the vocabulary to talk about the tasks;

Introduction using maps and following directions and spatial relations including reading charts and columns;

Introduction and intensive practice on dates, addresses, time and temporal sequence.


Key Performance Indicators:
In order to pass the course, students must demonstrate a B mastery of course materials. Students who earn a grade below B will be required to repeat the course.

attendance 10 to 15%

note-taking practices 10 to 15%

extensive listening tasks 15 to 25%

quizzes 10 to 20%

tests 30 to 35%


Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Materials taken and updated from Improving Aural Comprehension by Joan Morley (text out of print). No textbook required for students.


Pedagogy Statement:
ESL courses consist of students representing diverse cultural, linguistic, and background knowledge which serves as a resource, strength, and benefit. All students are welcomed to share their unique backgrounds and experiences while giving presentations, working in small groups or pairs, contributing to class discussions, or reacting to listening passage content-based conversations with personal insights. Moreover, various learning needs of all students, regardless of their age, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, nationality, race, religion, sexuality, and socioeconomic status are acknowledged and accommodated through uses of various types of teaching methods, learning activities, and modes of evaluation.

Instructional Mediums:
Lecture/Lab

Lecture

Online

Hybrid

Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 10