Oral English VIII Daytime Senior Class Instructor: Inga Koehler Required Textbook: English Conversation in Taiwan Upper Intermediate Level

2 Course Objectives To teach students at an upper intermediate level to have meaningful conversations on a wide variety of topics and to broaden their vocabulary. At the end of the course, the students will be able to speak with greater fluency and confidence.

3 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.

4 Week 1 – Unit 8 School Days School-related vocabulary

5 Week 2 – Unit 8 (cont.d) Classroom discussion Giving excuses Believing or disbelieving excuses

6 Week 3 – Unit 9 Do you believe in ghosts? Story re-telling Classroom discussion (Activity 4) Make up your own ghost story

7 Week 4 – Unit 10 Money Money and banking words Classroom discussion (Activity 11)

8 Week 5 – Unit 11 The Weather Weather, geological and natural disaster terms Speculating about future possibilities

9 Week 6 – Unit 12 Injuries Grammar Focus: Passive voice, Past Possibility Dealing with emergencies

10 Week 7 Midterm (May 12) Role play (pairs) The topic will be announced two weeks in advance.

11 Week 8 – Unit 13 Doctor and Dentist Grammar Focus: Present perfect continuous Making suggestions

12 Week 9 – Unit 14 Describing People Grammar Focus: Relative clauses Describing, identifying people

13 Week 10 – Unit 15 A Job Interview Intonation, Cover letter, r ésumé

14 Week 11 Unit 15 continued

15 Week 12 – Unit 16 Studying Overseas

16 Week 13 Unit 16 continued

17 Week 14 Final Exam (May 24) Topic will be announced two weeks in advance.