Oral PracticeWeekend Program Senior Class( 進修學院二技四甲 )

Instructor: Inga KoehlerTime: Sunday, 15:00~17:30Required Textbook:Interactions 2, Speaking & Listening by Judith Tanka & Lida R. Baker

Course Objectives

Build on the students’ knowledge of English

Broaden their vocabulary Deepen their understanding of

grammar Equip them with the tools to have

meaningful discussions on a wide range of topics

Course Teaching Methods

The students will engage in pair and small group work. When suitable they will do role-play to demonstrate their mastery of studied items and topics.

Course Evaluation

Homework and active participation: 30%, midterm exam: 30%, final exam: 40%.

Unexcused absences result in deductions of the semester final grade. Students must take leave in writing a week in advance. Failure to do so will result in being marked as “unexcused absence.” Being more then 15 minutes late for class counts as absent.

There will only be make-up exams for very good reasons (e.g. accidents, sudden illness) and only if they are documented.

Week 1

Course Introduction Warm-up activities

Week 2U 1 ~ Education and Student Life

Listening for main ideas/details Making inferences Getting meaning from intonation Showing interest Comparing university systems in

different countries Talking about cheating

Week 3U 1 cont.d

Recognizing compass directions Understanding expressions and

statements of locations Using the prepositions in, on, at in

addresses and locations Using expressions of locations Describing map locations

Week 4U 1 cont.d

Using a lecture introduction to predict content

Writing effective lecture notes Using a Venn diagram to compare

and contrast Terms for academic life Terms used at an academic

orientation

Week 5U 2 ~ City Life

Listening for main ideas/details Listening for clues to relationships

between people Using the phrase by the way Opening and closing phone

conversations Talking about crime

Week 6U 2 cont.d

Predicting questions speakers will ask

Getting meaning from context Taking notes on statistics Using transitions as cues for note-

taking Taking notes on an informal talk

Week 7U 2 cont.d

Expressions for opening and closing conversations

Names of professions Terms for expressing lack of

understanding Identifying and practicing stressed

words Identifying and practicing reduced

pronunciation

Week 8

Review

Week 9

Midterm exam

Week 10U 3 ~ Business and Money

Listening for main ideas/details Distinguishing between can and

can’t Distinguishing between teens and

tens Recognizing expressions of advice Talking about managing money Talking about entrepreneurs

Week 11U 3 cont.d

Outline a lecture Getting meaning from context Taking notes on a process Borrow vs lend Terms for talking about entrepreneurs

and the entrepreneurial process Term related to banking

Week 12U 3 cont.d

Identifying and practicing stressed words

Identifying and practicing reduced pronunciation

Pronouncing can and can’t Pronouncing teens and tens Using context clues to identify

banking services

Week 13U 4 ~ Jobs and Professions

Listening for main ideas/details Recognizing the intonation of tag

questions Recognizing a sequence of events Talking about jobs and careers Apologizing and reconciling Role playing a job interview

Week 14U 4 cont.d

Taking notes on causes and effects Creating abbreviations Taking notes on statistics Learning idioms related to

housework Talking about “men’s” and

“women’s” jobs Interviewing a person about his/her

job

Week 15U 4 cont.d

Interpreting information in a table Getting meaning from context Taking notes on a lecture Predicting the order of a set of

pictures Using a matrix diagram to organize

ideas

Week 16

Review I

Week 17

Review II

Week 18

Final exam