EAP 1500 - Speech/Listening Level 5
Course Competencies:

Course Description:   Students develop communication, organization, and pronunciation skills necessary for effective academic presentation and discussion with an introduction to lecture note taking.

3 credits

Prerequisites: EAP 0400 or equivalent proficiency                     
Corequisites:  EAP 1501L

PRODUCTION

Competency 1: 
The student will use grammatical structures consistent with levels 1-5.                                   

Competency 2: 
The student will speak with sufficient accuracy and fluency to ensure comprehension in many social, professional and academic situations.

Competency 3: 
The student will speak with intelligible pronunciation, stress and intonation.

 Competency 4: 
The student will demonstrate the ability to deliver presentations and explain and support opinions.           

Competency 5: 
The student will speak extemporaneously on diverse topics.
 

COMPREHENSION

Competency 6:  
The student will paraphrase basic information or opinion from original sources and credit the source.

Competency 7: 
The student will take notes during oral presentations and summarize the content.

Competency 8: 
The student will edit and correct his/her own and other    speakers’ mistakes.

Competency 9: 
The student will adjust his/her listening strategies to the task at hand.

Competency 10:
The student will demonstrate analytical listening skills:

a.       Distinguish fact from opinions.
b.      Make inferences.
c.       Identify speaker’s purpose, point of view and tone.
d.      Comprehend use of figurative language.