Course Syllabus
Course: ESL 0411
Division: Humanities
Department: English/Second Language
Title: Level 2 Listening
Semester Approved: Spring 2021
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2025
End Semester: Fall 2026
Catalog Description: This course is designed to introduce ESL students to listening skills which are needed for aural comprehension in an academic setting. The course is a directed program which gives students practice in listening to short lectures, taking notes and developing vocabulary. Students are introduced to several English language speech patterns and the words and phrases which let the student know that a particular pattern is being used. When students recognize the context of the information they are hearing, their English listening skills improve.
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 1; Lab: 4
Prerequisites: Successful completion of ESL 0211 or placement in ESL 0411 through the department
Justification: The ESL Department at Snow College houses the intensive ESL program. 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 2. It introduces students to the type of listening they must do at Levels 3 and 4. It is a prerequisite for entry into Levels 3 and 4 at Snow College.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Successful students will be able to listen effectively to academic topics, demonstrate their ability to use notetaking skills and strategies (such as: abbreviations, symbols, outline), and use academic vocabulary. Students will demonstrate the mastery of the above skills through class participation, completing homework, quizzes, and tests.
Content:
This course guides students in what to listen for and how to listen in areas using different rhetorical patterns: process, classification, chronology, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and definition.The lessons will give practice with vocabulary and facts involving diverse peoples, places, history, science, and global languages.
Key Performance Indicators:
The following ranges will be used for the purpose of assessment. In order to pass the course, students must demonstrate a B mastery of course materials. Students who earn a grade below B (85%) will be required to repeat the course.
Attendance and Participation 10 to 15%
Homework 20 to 30%
Quizzes 15 to 25%
Tests 30 to 35%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Dunkel and Lim, Listening and Notetaking Skills, current edition, Heinle and Heinle Cencage Learning Publishers.
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
Online
Hybrid
Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 10
