This course is designed to develop listening and speaking skills for English conversation by providing critical thinking opportunities which enable students to practice using an open-ended lecture format. Knowledge of English vocabulary, expressions and grammar is applied to real life situations. Composition and comprehension activities are also utilized in order to continue developing conversation fluency.
Outline:
This course focuses on listening and speaking skills for Basic English conversation. Critical thinking opportunities aid students in processing new information and the application of that knowledge is related to real life situations through dialogue practice. Composition and comprehension activities are also utilized.
Style:
1. Develop listening skills and communication strategies using native English conversation.
2. Gain confidence in speaking and listening and perfect composition writing and critical reading skills.
3. Improve communication skills in order to smoothly engage in conversations with foreign people.
4. Engage in cultural awareness and open-mindedness to others using cultural comparisons.
Notice:
Students will come to class prepared.
Students using a cellphone in class equals one tardiness on the first warning.
Students will not sleep in the class.
Students will be enthusiastic and enjoy themselves.
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Course and student introductions |
Note-taking skills, writing key words and main ideas
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| 2nd |
Formal self-introduction to peers in a professional setting; politeness |
Job Hunting exercise; It's + adj. + infinite; asking for repetition / clarification
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| 3rd |
Paced and timed reading diagnostic |
Forms of present tense / review of past tenses
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| 4th |
Reading skills: Previewing; main idea; etc. |
Distinguishing between words with similar meanings
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| 5th |
Vocabulary quiz, exercises to be arranged |
Vocabulary Word list review
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| 6th |
Cultural Identity vs. Ethnic Fashions |
Purpose of international studies / communication
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| 7th |
International Advertising exercise |
Listening for main ideas and more nuanced details
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| 8th |
Mid-Term Exam |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
The World's Most Visited Attractions comprehension |
Understanding numbers and dates; discussion question
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| 10th |
Metric versus Non-Metric measurements |
How to convert large numbers or decimal numbers
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| 11th |
Village is More Global, Language is More Vital |
Modals, prepositions, discussion topics
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| 12th |
Sociology; Presentation on international tourism |
Suffixes; Reduction of "be going to" into "gonna"
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| 13th |
Vocabulary Quiz; The Science of Smiling Discussion and activity |
Making notes using a word web; synonyms
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| 14th |
Simple present for informal narratives; Participle forms |
Simple present-tense third person -s/-es; using the dictionary
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| 15th |
Sports in our lives Grammar activity |
Relative clauses, Gerunds as subjects or objects / Infinitives
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| 16th |
Final Exam |
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| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
Review of course expectations |
Using an outline, comprehension check
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| 2nd |
Cross-Cultural Research using Direct/Indirect Speech |
Conjunctions "and" and "but"; linking consonants to vowels
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| 3rd |
Making inferences and eliminating lies |
Develop self-editing strategies
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| 4th |
Writing in a Variety of Rhetorical Modes |
Improve reading speed; Recognizing new vocabulary
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| 5th |
What's the Right Thing to Do; Philosophical morality. |
Identify references in a text (pronouns/nouns)
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| 6th |
Listening for different opinions; speech analysis |
Using eye contact, tone of voice and pauses
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| 7th |
Vocabulary quiz; Verb-noun collocations; Content word stress |
Predict development and anticipate ideas; active reading
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| 8th |
Mid-Term Exam |
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Relationships between ideas, comparisons and contrasts, cause and effect, persuasion, etc. |
Context clues (grammatical, semantic, organizational) to deduce meaning
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| 10th |
Presentation of information from lecture notes |
Distinguish between the presentation of fact and opinion
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| 11th |
Vocabulary Quiz; Express and justify an opinion about an important issue or personal experience |
Give and seek constructive feedback through peer review
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| 12th |
Reading skills: scanning; patterns of organization; Verb tense for generalizations and hedging |
Recognize accurate paraphrases of information from text
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| 13th |
Paced reading: “Plagiarism Lines Blur”
Reading skills: Expanding fixations; critical thinking |
Use of agreement / counterargument and refutation; use of "should / shouldn't"
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| 14th |
dioms and expressions in cultures throughout the world |
"So" and "Such" with adjectives; linking vowel sounds
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| 15th |
The Science of Fear; Psychology related to Identity |
Emotional expression; Tell a personal story
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| 16th |
Final Exam |
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