ESL 1010 - Academic ESL Through Psychology

ESL 1010 is a content-based ESL course that focuses on integrating language, content, and learning strategies in the acquisition of academic English. ESL 1010 will use content about psychology as the basis for developing academic language skills. The course will provide opportunities for students to be exposed to topics in psychology in a variety of ways - working with introductory psychology text and materials, attending Psychology 1010 lectures, viewing video tapes of actual lectures in Psychology 1010, listening to guest speakers on topics in Psychology, viewing lectures and listening to audio tapes on topics in psychology from commercially available materials, participating in discussions on topics in psychology with their classroom peers and ESL instructor, and completing written assignments in repsonse to the text.