CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
COURSE REVISION FORM
REVISED 9/13/11
We recommend that you begin the course revision process by engaging in meaningful conversations
with your departmental colleagues and those colleagues who use the course in question as a service
course.
The course revision initiator and/or the sponsoring department chair should attend and be
prepared to address questions at the appropriate department meeting, Curriculum
Committee meeting and Faculty Council meeting.
I. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
DATE: 10/03/2011
SPONSORING DEPARTMENT:
THE COURSE BEING REVISED
Humanities
IS NOT A TOPICS COURSE.
COURSE REVISION EFFECTIVE DATE:
spring 2012
DESCRIPTION OF ALL COURSE REVISIONS:
Change in course number from ESL 110 to ESL 120
JUSTIFICATION FOR EACH COURSE REVISION:
The ESL course numbers were created to align with our remedial ENG courses. As we develop
additional levels of writing, reading and speaking/listening skills courses, course numbers need to
indicate level sequence and skill area.
POSSIBLE IMPACT ON CURRENT CURRICULA:
There will be a positive impact on placement and advisement
II. MASTER COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE PREFIX AND NUMBER:
COMPLETE COURSE TITLE:
CREDIT HOURS:
ESL 120
Intermediate Listening/Speaking Skills
3
CONTACT HOURS:
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR CATALOG:
This course teaches non-native English speakers the basics of the pronunciation of American
English (the sounds, intonation, stress, and rhythm) at the intermediate level. The course is
designed to develop students’ clarity of speech and listening comprehension skills through a variety
of listening/speaking activities. To successfully complete this course, students must pass a final oral
interview and portfolio review.
COURSE PREREQUISITE(S): Placement into course based on CCC Placement test
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TOEFL exam scores
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MEASURABLE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Through participation in class activities, doing homework assignments, and completing
listening/speaking activities outside of class, students will:
1. identify and discuss the main ideas and major supporting points of audio and videotaped
presentations, lectures and movies.
2. use an effective process by which they can identify, prioritize, and outline a process of
improving their pronunciation and comprehension of spoken English to a high intermediate
level.
3. apply the concepts of intonation, rhythm and tone when listening to and speaking English.
4. exhibit the ability to think critically and analytically and to reason logically in their selfassessment profiles.
5. recognize the application of pronunciation/listening skills from this course to other situations.
COURSE OUTLINE:
ESL 120 Intermediate Listening/Speaking Skills
Week
1 -2
Assignment Topics
Sample COURSE OUTLINE
Due
Introduction to the ClassThe sounds of English and the IPA
The Cambridge Dictionary of American
English (CDAE)
Listening Skills Test
Assessment
Sounds: Clear Speech, p.1-15
Rhythm and the number of syllables
Linking and vowel length
Stops and Continuants
Set Goals
Identify and prioritize personal
pronunciation targets.
Quiz 1
(CDAE) review Units 1-9
Interview a native English
speaking student on a topic of
interest (activity 1)
CDAE Units 10-12
Quiz 2,3
Audio tape listening activities
(songs and dialogues)(2-3)
3 -5
Clear Speech, p. 16-53
The “Music of English”
Patterns of rhythm , intonation, voicing,
stress, and syllable length
Sibilants
Summarizing what you hear
6-8
Clear Speech, p. 54-71
Words and stress patterns
Navigational guides for the listener
Rhythm and intonation as grammar clues
9-11
Clear Speech, p. 72-94
Sentences: basic emphasis patterns
Relationship of Speaking and Listening
12-13
Clear Speech, p. 95-117
Intonation: pitch and thought groups
Listening Strategies
14-15
Oral Interview and Portfolio Review
Role play situations (telephone
call, etc.)(4-5)
Proverb Oral Report (6)
CDAE Units 13-15
Listen to a radio news reports
(7-8)
Quiz 3,4,5
Watch a television news report
/ Review a Movie (7-8)
CDAE Units 16-18
Quiz 6, 7
Attend a lecture / Review a
Movie(9-10)
CDAE Units 19-21
Quiz 8
Sign-up for an interview.
Organize portfolio.
III. APPROVAL
11/16/2011
X
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Diane E. Parmeter
Humanities Dept Chair
Curriculum Committee Chair
X
X
Faculty Council Chair
Vice President for Academic Affairs