TransfermaticESL at Diablo Valley College

    ESL 085 - High-Intermediate Oral Communication Skills

    Recent Professors
    Kathleen Letellier, DVC Staff, Sandra Gardiner, Carrie Simkin-England, Toluwalope Ladeinde
    Recent Semesters
    2027SP, 2026SU, 2026SP, 2026FA
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.5Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    2
    2027SP Sections
    View 2027SP sections of ESL 085
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This oral communication course focuses on the needs of multilingual students at the high-intermediate level. Building on ESL-075, the course offers strategies for both understanding and being understood in real-life, academic situations. Exploring a variety of topics, students will work on oral comprehension of lectures and presentations, note-taking, and academic discussion. Students will also practice the norms of the American college classroom. The course will also present strategies for developing an awareness of their own strengths and challenges of communicating in English. Students may wish to take ESL-085 with the ESL reading and writing course ESL-087, at the same level.
    Usually Held
    Wed 1:15pm–2:35pm, Wed 12:45pm–1:15pm, Tue Thu 6:00pm–8:00pm