Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Eff Term	Fall 2026
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	12/03/2025
Top Code	493086 - English as a Second Language - Speaking/Listening
Units	0 Total Units
Hours	36 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 36)
Total Outside of Class Hours	0
Total Student Learning Hours	36
Course Credit Status	Noncredit (N)
Material Fee	No
Basic Skills	Basic Skills (B)
Repeatable	Yes; Repeat Limit 99
Open Entry/Open Exit	Yes
Grading Policy	P/NP/SP Non-Credit (D)

Course Description

This course is the first in a series of three designed to help English learners improve their ability to communicate orally. In this beginning pronunciation course, students will study and practice producing and recognizing basic elements of English pronunciation including individual sounds, syllabification, word stress, and basic sentence intonation patterns. This is an open-entry course. ADVISORY: ELL A016N. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE. Not Transferable.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Students will be able to identify and produce the vowel phonemes of American English
2. Students will be able to identify and produce the consonant phonemes of American English

Course Objectives

• 1. Students will be able to distinguish and produce the vowels of the American English phoneme inventory.
• 2. Students will be able to distinguish and produce commonly confused consonants of the American English phoneme inventory.
• 3. Students will expand their vocabulary of high-frequency and common words with relation to pronunciation.
• 4. Students will expand their metalinguistic awareness of concepts regarding phonology and sound production.
• 5. Students will show a basic understanding of vocabulary words and correctly pronounce them in short paragraphs and monologues.

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Lecture Content

• Front vowels: /iʸ/ and /ɪ/, /eʸ/ and /ɛ/, /æ/
• The mid-central vowel: /ə/
• Back vowels: /uʷ/ and /ʊ/, /oʷ/ and /ɑ/
• Diphthongs: /ay/ /oy/ and /aw/
• Labials: /b/ /p/ /f/ /v/ /w/
• Interdentals: /θ/ /ð/
• Fricatives: /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/
• Affricates: /tʃ/ /dʒ/
• Liquids: /r/ /l/

Method(s) of Instruction

• Enhanced NC Lect (NC1)
• Live Online Enhanced NC Lect (NC9)
• Online Enhanced NC Lect (NC5)

Instructional Techniques

Modeling of sound production. Explanation of articulation of target sounds. Self-evaluation of listening discrimination with audio recordings.

Reading Assignments

Students will read descriptions of the rules governing intonation and stress patterns and the articulation of target English sounds from a variety of sources including textbook, teacher-generated materials, and online sources. (approximately 1 hour per week)

Writing Assignments

Students will draft role plays about everyday topics to present to the class. (approximately 1/2 hour per week)

Out-of-class Assignments

Students will practice producing target sounds and reviewing notes and memorizing their vocabulary words. Students will practice listening discrimination through at-home online quizzes (approximately 1 hour per week)

Methods of Student Evaluation

• Short Quizzes
• Oral Presentations
• Skills Demonstration

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Students will reflect on their own pronunciation during feedback sessions and cross-linguistic analyses of their native languages and English.

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Upon given questions about phoneme production (tongue placement, voicing, etc) students will provide a response demonstrating correct understanding of linguistic concepts. Students will evaluate words in a paragraph of monologue and determine the correct pronunciation.

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Eligible Discipline(s)

• English as a Second Language (ESL): Master’s degree in TESL, TESOL, applied linguistics with a TESL emphasis, linguistics with a TESL emphasis, English with a TESL emphasis, or education with a TESL emphasis OR bachelor’s degree in TESL, TESOL, English with a TESL certificate, linguistics with a TESL certificate, applied linguistics with a TESL certificate, or any foreign language with a TESL certificate AND master’s degree in linguistics, applied linguistics, English, composition, bilingual/bicultural studies, reading, speech, or any foreign language OR the equivalent. Master's degree required.