Description:

This course offers English Language Learning (ELL) students the opportunity to master speaking, pronunciation, and listening at an advanced level. Pronunciation performance will be enhanced for accent reduction and communication of precise meanings of standard American English. Students apply advanced strategies to process knowledge from specific fields of study and give presentations with idiomatic vocabulary from literature, media, and research sources. The course concludes with expansion of sociolinguistic and cultural competencies for group interactions and large audiences. Pre- and post-assessments measure progress in exit competencies. This course does not fulfill degree requirements. 3 hrs. lecture/wk.

Supplies: Refer to the instructor's course syllabus for details about any supplies that may be required.

Textbook(s): For information see - http://bookstore.jccc.net

Course Fees: NONE

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to:

1. Develop academic and career goals in the context of exit competencies
2. Demonstrate advanced listening/responding strategies to process knowledge from extensive discourse and other academic sources
3. Articulate patterns for accent reduction to communicate precise meanings
4. Apply advanced informal and formal communications to expanded academic and career interactions
5. Present informal and formal projects to include idiomatic expressions for general education, literature, media, field research, and other academic sources
6. Apply advanced communication patterns to discipline-specific debates and presentations about culturally-sensitive issues
7. Participate in formal pre- and post-assessments and report self-assessments

Content Outline & Competencies:

I. Orientation, Assessments, and Goal-Setting
   A. Identify course objectives as applied to individual academic
behaviors
   B. Participate in formal pre-assessments for speaking and understanding
standard American English
   C. Develop academic and career goals in the context of exit
competencies

II. Strategies for Advanced Listening, Note-Taking, and Responding
   A. Implement and adjust listening strategies for lecture information
and professional presentations
   B. Apply advanced listening and responding techniques to understand
communications in academic interactions
   C. Analyze lectures from specific disciplines to process knowledge from
extensive discourse

III. Pronunciation Performance
   A. Review components of advanced pronunciation strategies for accent
reduction
   B. Reproduce advanced pronunciation patterns to convey precise meanings


IV. Advanced Informal Speech Projects
   A. Demonstrate expanded academic interactions based on
culturally-sensitive contemporary communication patterns 
   B. Present media-based scenarios in a variety of career settings 

V. Strategies for Formal Spoken Interactions
   A. Apply advanced oral patterns for sequencing information derived from
specific fields of academic study 
   B. Create advanced interactions for targeted academic audiences

VI. Advanced Formal Speech Projects 
   A. Use idiomatic and inferential academic expressions in oral reports
based on general education curriculum topics
      1. Simulate academic communications for specific disciplines
      2. Synthesize formal speech strategies for classical oral
literature, mass media, and professional resentations 
   B. Present formal speeches based on Internet, field research, and other
research sources
   C. Evaluate professional and non-professional speeches

VII. Advanced Application of Communication Patterns in Groups and Large
Audiences
   A. Organize a group debate about a discipline-specific issue 
   B. Participate in a debate about political science, economics, and/or
the social sciences  
   C. Present a culturally-sensitive controversial issue
   D. Apply advanced group communication patterns to expand
sociolinguistic and cultural competencies 

VIII.  Review and Post-Assessments
   A. Review major exit competencies 
   B. Report self-assessments
   C. Participate in formal post-assessments

Methods of Evaluation of Competencies:

Evaluation of student mastery of course competencies will be accomplished using the following methods:

Class Participation              20 - 30 %  of grade
Reports, Projects, and Homework  40 - 50 %  of grade 
Quizzes and Assessments          20 - 30 %  of grade 
      Total                          100 % 

Grade Criteria:
      A  90 - 100   %
      B  80 -  89   %
      C  70 -  79   %
      D  60 -  69   %
      F  59 %  or lower

Caveats: NONE

Disabilities:

If you are a student with a disability, and if you will be requesting accommodations, it is your responsibility to contact Access Services. Access Services will recommend any appropriate accommodations to your professor and his/her director. The professor and director will identify for you which accommodations will be arranged.

JCCC provides a range of services to allow persons with disabilities to participate in educational programs and activities. If you desire support services, contact the office of Access Services for Students With Disabilities (913) 469-8500, ext. 3521 or TDD (913) 469-3885. The Access Services office is located in the Success Center on the second floor of the Student Center.