2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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IE 023 Intensive English Listening & Speaking 2 (6 credits)



Course Description
Listening/Speaking 2 is for students with intermediate second language abilities. Students will study intermediate Listening/speaking concepts in a sheltered classroom setting. Students must reach 80% competency overall in order to pass to the next level.

Course Content
A. Conversation Skills
B. Presentation Skills
C. Listening Comprehension Skills
D. Notetaking skills
E. Grammar and Usage
F. Vocabulary

Student Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to perform the following outcomes at an intermediate language level:

1. Demonstrate skills required in order to engage and maintain a group discussion using expressions of agreement, disagreement, opinion, and interruptions in appropriate situations.

2. Ask follow-up and clarification questions using appropriate intermediate grammar.

3. Express personal opinions about topics discussed in class using appropriate intermediate grammar.

4. Summarize a lecture, story or video.

5. Present speeches expressing an opinion about a topic.

6. Use an effective visual aid during a presentation or speech.

7. Identify stressed syllables in words.

8. Identify how changes in sentence stress patterns change the meaning of a sentence.

9. Indicate the topic and some major details of intermediate listening material.

10. Use notes taken while listening in order to complete a task.

11. Demonstrate a strategy for learning and remembering vocabulary.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome 1: Upon completion of the IEP, students will be able to demonstrate the academic skills integral to success in a U. S. higher education environment.

Program Outcome 2: Upon completion of the IEP, students will be able to demonstrate an Advanced Language Acquisition Level of academic English language skills and abilities.

Program Outcome 3: Upon completion of the IEP, students will be able to communicate with social and cultural competence in a U. S. higher education classroom. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 60
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60



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