Listening and Speaking 8000 - ESLS 8000

CLB 8. Identify stated and unspecified details about mood, attitude, situation, and formality in discourse containing expressions of and responses to formal welcomes, farewells, toasts, congratulations on achievements and awards, sympathy, and condolences. Follow extended sets of multi-step instructions on technical and non-technical tasks for familiar processes or procedures. Identify stated and unspecified meanings in extended warnings, threats, suggestions, and recommendations. Evaluate the validity of a suggestion or solution. Identify facts, opinions, and attitudes in conversations about abstract and complex topics. Use strategies to keep conversations going, speak to large unfamiliar groups, express sympathy formally, and respond to minor conflict by acknowledging a problem and suggesting a solution. Give instructions about a familiar technical or non-technical process or procedure, established by an expert or authority other than the learner. Students successfully completing this course meet the English language proficiency requirement in listening and speaking at Olds College and Lakeland College.

Note: Restricted to English as a Second/Additional Language.


This course is delivered in a classroom setting with face-to-face instruction at regularly scheduled times.
Term Duration Schedule Class Section Open Studies

Edmonton
Spring May 6 - Aug. 8, 2025 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 20938 A01 No
Fall Sep. 3 - Dec. 5, 2025 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 41705 A01 No
Fall Sep. 3 - Dec. 5, 2025 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 41707 A02 No
Winter Jan. 6 - Apr. 10, 2026 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 11757 A01 No
Winter Jan. 6 - Apr. 10, 2026 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 11759 A02 No
Spring May 5 - Aug. 7, 2026 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 21000 A01 No
Spring May 5 - Aug. 7, 2026 Mon: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tue: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wed, Fri: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 21002 A02 No

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