TransfermaticESL at Barstow Community College

    ESL 136 - Bridge to Academic Oral Communication

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ESL 126 or ESL 176.
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This high-advanced ESL course focuses on the expansion of oral communication skills in academic and professional settings. Students listen and respond to lectures, presentations, and discussions on advanced academic and professional topics. Course emphasis is on logical, argumentative presentations, identification of research as support, critical discussion, strengthening of comprehension and fluency, evaluation of presented ideas, analysis of bias, expanding effective note-taking strategies, and vocabulary enrichment. This course takes a content-based approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of U.S. history, religion, and/or politics. Designed to prepare students for degree-applicable courses. Prerequisite: ESL 126 or ESL 176.