TransfermaticESL at Barstow Community College

    ESL 186 - Bridge to Academic Oral Communication

    Recent Professors
    Jill Murphy
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    40–45 students
    Credits
    0
    Prerequisite
    ESL 126 or ESL 176.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 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