This course provides the knowledge and practice necessary to further improve student's listening, speaking and pronunciation skills in English in order to help a non-native English speaker be more successful in future academic courses. They will work on these skills through activities such as listening to lectures, tapes, and video, taking notes in English, taking dictations, participating in discussions, doing interviews, giving presentations and doing exercises in the language lab. Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or instructor approval. (4 Cr - 4 lect, 0 lab)