ESL 157 — Pronunciation of American English 54.0
Subtotal 54.0 Total Hours Required 216.0 Certificate of Competency, High Intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL) This Certificate of Competency focuses on refining fundamental language and communication skills in English. Program emphasis is on independent reading, strengthening reading comprehension, analysis of main ideas and significant details, response to facts and opinions, vocabulary enrichment, writing process, paragraph development and organization, purpose, audience, and sentence types. Students also continue to build fluency in small and whole group discussions, give short informal and formal speeches, begin note taking, and refine listening comprehension This program takes a content-based approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of health and/or learning to earn and planning for success in present and future goals. Program Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion, the student will be able to: • Actively engage in extended discussions and deliver prepared, informal and basic formal presentations of 3-5 minutes on personal, social, cultural, vocational, and/ or abridged academic topics that offer comprehensible topics, main ideas, and relevant details. • Employ effective reading strategies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate assigned texts in regards to background knowledge, main ideas, significant details, possible inferences, and facts versus opinions. • Refine steps in the writing process to compose clearly u