ELA 081 — Oral Communication for Beginning English Literacy Acquisition (ELA) Learners
Introduces beginning English language oral communication skills for effective participation in the community and workplace. Adult Education NRS (National Reporting System) Beginning ESL learners will use structured dialogue and scaffolded practice to become more comfortable with listening and speaking skills necessary for daily life, classroom and entry into the workforce. Speech production techniques will be taught throughout to improve intelligibility. Topics may include life skills, community resources, classroom communications and workforce preparation. This is the firs in a sequence of four courses for students of English who may have limited native language literacy skills. Students must take a language proficience test before enrolling. Carries no transfer credit. May be repeated three times.