ENL 031L Intermediate Listening 1

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Develops listening skills and strategies for everyday situations, the workplace and introduces listening in the academic environment.

Prerequisite: Placement according to established criteria based on standardized test scores.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Use a range of strategies to understand some complex information and ideas.
Follow multi-step oral instructions and directions.
Comprehend and respond to questions about selected topics.
Recognize stress, intonation, rhythm and thought groups as they are used in common spoken English, in face to face interactions and from diverse media and how they affect meaning.
Take simple notes from a short informative talk to indicate comprehension and for later recall.
Use prior knowledge about language, culture and context to anticipate and prepare for interactions.
Use technology to accomplish required tasks.

Content Outline

Listening Strategies
- Identifying the main idea
- Using verbal and non-verbal cues
- Taking notes, including unfamiliar words
- Drawing on prior knowledge
Following Multi-Step Instructions
Pronunciation
- Intonation of questions and statements
- Word stress
- Rhythm
- Thought groups
- Phonemes
Listening to Dialogues and Discourse
- Main idea
- Gist
- Factual details
- Note taking
- Paraphrasing and summarizing
Learning to Learn
- Independent language learning resources
  - Language learning and computer labs
  - Community involvement
  - Workplace conversation
Vocabulary for Listening
- Idioms
- Selected topics from the text