ESL 045 — Introduction to English Listening - Credit
ESL 045 is an English language course that introduces spoken English to those who have had little or no exposure to the English language. This course utilizes the most frequent words in the English language in input-based, meaningful tasks that make language comprehensible through methods developed by the principles of Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling with slight adaptations suggested by the principles of Accelerated Language Learning as developed by the ESL Department at Cuyamaca College. Students interact with the language in meaningful and engaging ways, with communicatively embedded comprehensible input, acquiring the language at the Intermediate Low level target according to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines with no explicit grammar instruction. Students will engage with and respond to the language, but they are not required to produce spontaneous speech at this level. Students are encouraged to take ESL 045R concurrently and before taking ESL 050. Pass/No Pass only. Non-degree applicable.