Seminar 2

A)Listening B) Reading C) Speaking

 Seminar 3  LIRA 1  Listening Quiz  Seminar 4  LIRA 2  6 groups of speaking test (role plays)  Seminar 5  LIRA 3  Listening Test  4 groups of speaking test (role plays)

i) Recalling and taking down notes ii) Predicting meanings iii) Using contextual clues to infer meanings

 Select important information according to speaker and prior knowledge of subject  Identify key points and relevant supporting details  Interpret relationship between ideas and link ideas

 Note taking (Track 5):  Close contact w dolphins – gd 4 _depression____  Study- 30 ppl  ½ spent time with dolphins for 2 wks  ½ spent quality time in d sun n sea –w/o dolphins  Results – symptoms of depress decrease 4 all - dolphin grp experiencd _2 x effect_____ - after 3 mths, patients still felt bettr

 Predict vocabulary from context  Predict the speaker's communicative purpose or the key points of aural discourse  I think + an opinion  I’m afraid that +bad news  Next + another topic/point  Finally + a last topic/point  But +disagreement

 Predicting information (Track 14):  Listen to the excerpts and predict what each speaker is probably going to talk about next. ▪ 1. ▪ 2. ▪ 3. ▪ 4. ▪ 5. ▪ 6

 Identify contextual clues and sentence level clues  Use schemata to infer the contextual information from the aural discourse

 Understanding something that is NOT directly stated  Track 11

 Choice of words  Tone of voice, pace of speech, stressed words  Track 15  Track 16

i) Recognizing the mechanics used in reading texts ii) Analysing reading texts to paraphrase information iii) Analysing reading texts to summarize information iv) Arranging information to follow order/sequence of events

 Identify referents  Identify transitions  Identify cohesive devices

 Identifying referents:

 Restate content by applying different word form/using synonyms

 Paraphrasing:  Paraphrase the following sentence  At present, students are poor writers, because they lack ideas and have poor writing skills

 Compare and contrast information in text  Summarize main ideas and supporting details in short passages  Paraphrase essential ideas

 Describe charts and diagrams  Transfer information from linear to non-linear forms.

 Transferring from linear to non-linear texts:  The total cost of the house renovation is RM The anterior part would cost RM and this would include building a porch, tiling the floor and fixing new gates. The cost of building a retaining wall for the rear part of the house is RM This includes a wire-fence that is to be fixed after the retaining wall has been completed. Works to refurbish three bathrooms cost RM 7800 per bathroom. This totals up to RM The cost for electrical wiring and also plumbing stands at RM Lastly, the cost for the floor work that includes hacking the present floor and restoring the laminated flooring is RM

i) Using conversation strategies in social interactions ii) Using appropriate language functions  To introduce oneself  To inform  To request  To persuade  To greet  etc

 Express information to introduce oneself to others  Greetings. – Hi. Hello. Salam.  Introducing oneself – I am …, My name is…  Topic- weather, meals, transportation  Apply WH questions to initiate conversations  What, why, when, where, which, who, whom, how

 One pair.  Situation: ▪ You are waiting for your lecture to begin. You start a conversation with a student sitting next to you.

 Use WH questions and other appropriate expressions to begin and end conversations in social interactions  Ending a conversation: ▪ Goodbye. I’m sorry, but I have to go. I have to leave now. I will see you later. I must be getting along, it is getting late. Good night. ▪ Ok. All right. Hope to see you again soon. See you. Goodbye. Good night.  Use WH questions and other appropriate expressions to sustain conversations

 One pair  Situation: ▪ In a cafeteria, buying and eating. asking for information about food.