2025-2026 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Jul 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Pierce College Catalog
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IE 033 Intensive English Listening & Speaking 3 (6 credits)



Course Description
Listening & Speaking 3 is an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course for students who need to develop high-intermediate English language skills. Students will study high-intermediate listening and speaking concepts. Students must reach 80% competency overall in order to pass to the next level.

Course Content
Conversation skills Intonation strategies Presentation skills Listening comprehension skills Grammar and usage Vocabulary

Student Outcomes
 

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to perform the following outcomes at a high-intermediate language level: 

  1. Give speeches and presentations on familiar and academic topics.

  2. Use social and academic vocabulary for different audiences.

  3. Respond personally and critically to information and ideas.

  4. Summarize main points and details of course materials.

  5. Identify the topic, specific details and organizational cues of listening material to support comprehension.

  6. Interpret figurative language and idiomatic expressions.



Degree Outcomes
 

Program Outcome 1: apply college-ready English language skills and abilities for a U.S. higher education environment.   

Program Outcome 2: use academic skills integral to success in a U. S. higher education environment.   

Program Outcome 3: navigate diverse social, cultural and linguistic spaces in a U. S. higher education environment.   

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation. 



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

Potential Methods
A. Presentations B. Individual/Group project C. Tests, quizzes, and exams D. Class discussion E. Self-assessment F. Peer assessment G. Instructor observation



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