TEL 7215 Academic Listening & Speaking

This course emphasizes the skills and strategies needed to teach English language listening and speaking skills to students planning to pursue post-secondary studies in an English environment. The course will focus on the differences between general English language teaching and English language teaching for academic studies.  Students in the course will learn about the challenges of listening and speaking in an academic setting and will develop appropriate lesson plans, materials, and assessments to address these challenges. Students may complete a field experience as part of the course requirements.