ESL 186 - Bridge to Academic Oral Communication

Recent Professors: Gabriella Paleo, Jill Murphy
Recent Semesters: Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
Class Size: 24–45 students
Difficulty: 5.9Demandingout of 10
Credits: 0
Prerequisite: ESL 126 or ESL 176.
Spring 2027 Sections: View Spring 2027 sections of ESL 186
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. This is a ESL 186 noncredit course mirroring ESL 136 (credit). Prerequisite: ESL 126 or ESL 176.
Usually Held: Tue Thu 9:00am–10:30am, Thu 5:30pm–6:45pm