EMLS 095 — Intermediate Listening and Speaking Review
This course will provide a review for basic listening and speaking skills in English. Students are placed into EMLS classes based upon Accuplacer scores or other equivalent scores in Listening. Those who place at the Basic level will be placed in this course and EMLS 125 simultaneously. Topics will include some, but not all, of the following, depending on student need: listening for the main idea, managing conversations, presenting via compare/contrast, listening for purpose, conducting interviews, inferring meaning, using verb tenses, using appropriate register and tone, developing teamwork skills, paraphrasing and summarizing, using non-verbal communication, using thesis statements, distinguishing between fact and opinion, constructing an argument, and avoiding plagiarism.