IELI 2330 Spoken Discourse & Cross-Cultural Communication

Course Description

This course emphasizes interpersonal communication and academic tasks with American undergraduate students. It focuses on the dynamics of assuming various roles in small group discussions and presentations.

Course Goals

• Become familiar with American verbal and nonverbal communication
• Improve pronunciation
• Prepare for group work in an academic environment
• Learn communication skills needed to live in academic and social settings at USU
• Develop vocabulary (conversation, slang, idioms)
• Develop skills and strategies for successful communication with native English speakers
• Increase awareness of cross-cultural differences and similarities
• Collect, analyze, and organize information for group presentation
• Use technology relevant to course goals