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ESL 220 / IEP Speaking & Listening · CC BY 4.0 OPEN MODULE
B1–C2 ESL / EAP Conversational Pragmatics & Idiomatic Listening
Target courses: Adult ESL programs, university Intensive English Programs (IEPs), and international student orientation.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize 25 high-frequency American, British, and Irish informal expressions in spoken and written dialogue.
- Identify when an expression is safe for workplace/academic use versus strictly casual peer conversation.
Assigned Open-Access Readings (Harvard Dataverse & CERN Zenodo)
- SlangLane Classroom & ESL Teacher Kit (100% SFW OER + Worksheet) ↗ — DataCite DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.23541449 - British & Irish Conversational English Slang Corpus (Vol. 1) ↗ — DataCite DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.23544765
Seminar Discussion & Lab Prompts
- Practice the Campus Study Group dialogue in the SlangLane Group-Chat Simulator (/text-lab?scene=classroom) and rewrite each line in formal academic English.
Fieldwork & Assessment Assignment
Complete the 12-item Printable Worksheet (/esl/worksheet) and the 5-question Daily Slang Sprint (/daily), then record a 60-second audio reflection using 3 target idioms.
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COURSE MODULE: B1–C2 ESL / EAP Conversational Pragmatics & Idiomatic Listening (ESL 220 / IEP Speaking & Listening) Open Educational Resource (CC BY 4.0) · Archived in Harvard Dataverse (doi:10.7910/DVN/IOIADB) & CERN Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23541347) LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Recognize 25 high-frequency American, British, and Irish informal expressions in spoken and written dialogue. 2. Identify when an expression is safe for workplace/academic use versus strictly casual peer conversation. ASSIGNED OPEN-ACCESS READINGS (ZERO COST / NO LOGIN): • SlangLane Classroom & ESL Teacher Kit (100% SFW OER + Worksheet): https://slanglane.com/esl (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23541449) • British & Irish Conversational English Slang Corpus (Vol. 1): https://slanglane.com/papers/SlangLane-British-and-Irish-Slang-Corpus.pdf (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23544765) SEMINAR DISCUSSION PROMPTS: • Practice the Campus Study Group dialogue in the SlangLane Group-Chat Simulator (/text-lab?scene=classroom) and rewrite each line in formal academic English. GRADED FIELDWORK ASSIGNMENT: Complete the 12-item Printable Worksheet (/esl/worksheet) and the 5-question Daily Slang Sprint (/daily), then record a 60-second audio reflection using 3 target idioms.
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