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Feb 04, 2025
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ESL 265 - English As a Second Language
Course Department: Communications
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2009
4 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course focuses on reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills for non-native English speakers. Students will learn strategies for improving in each of these four skill areas. Topics covered include the following: campus culture, how to communicate in a professional manner, and how to best utilize online and campus resources. This course helps students build confidence in their English language skills so that they can effectively express themselves, which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): Students will complete a minimum of four (4) major assignments. Each assignment will demonstrate competency in one of the four major areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Demonstrate improvement in reading skills.
- Use a variety of reading strategies.
- Demonstrate effective note-taking skills.
- Demonstrate effective study strategies.
- Demonstrate effective test-taking strategies.
- Demonstrate improvement in writing skills.
- Use a variety of writing strategies.
- Compose complete sentences.
- Compose paragraphs that include a topic sentence and supporting details.
- Compose professional emails.
- Demonstrate improvement in listening skills.
- Use a variety of listening strategies.
- Understand differences in communication across cultures.
- Recognize key words in academic lectures and classroom settings.
- Practice listener responsibility by eliminating distractions and focusing on the speaker.
- Demonstrate improvement in speaking skills.
- Use a variety of speaking strategies.
- Practice appropriate turn-taking in conversation settings.
- Utilize resources to improve pronunciation.
- Demonstrate respect for the audience’s time, culture, values, and dignity.
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