Oral Practice Weekend Program Senior Class ( 進修學院二技四甲 ) Course Code: EC1171 Instructor: Inga Koehler Required 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.
Week 1 Course Introduction Warm-up activities U 1, Education and Student Life (Connecting to the topic: What do you know about student life in the US?)
Week 2 U 1, Education and Student Life Listening: Listening for Main Ideas Speaking Showing Interest Critical Thinking: Interpreting a Photo Vocabulary: Terms for Academic Life
Week 3 U 1, Education and Student Life Listening: Making Inferences, Getting Meaning from Intonation Speaking: Making, accepting and refusing invitations Critical thinking: Using a lecture introduction to predict content Vocabulary: Expression for making, accepting and refusing invitations
Week 4 U 2, City Life Listening: Listening for Main Ideas Speaking: Opening and Closing Phone Conversations Critical Thinking: Predicting Questions Speakers Will Ask Vocabulary: Terms for Opening and Closing Phone Conversations
Week 5 U2 continued Listening: Listening for Clues to Relationships Between People Speaking: Learning Names of Professions Critical Thinking: Speculating about Hypothetical Situations Vocabulary: Expressions for Expressing Frustration
Week 6 U 3, Business and Money Listening: Listening for Main Ideas Speaking: Talking about Managing Money Vocabulary: Terms for Talking about Money; borrow vs. lend Pronunciation: Identifying and Practicing Stressed Words
Week 7 U 3 continued Listening: Making Inferences; Distinguishing between can and can’t Speaking: Asking for, Giving, and Refusing Advice Vocabulary: Expressions for Asking for, Accepting, and Rejecting Advice
Week 8 Review Units 1~3
Week 9 Midterm Exam (Role play in pairs or small groups no larger than four students.) The topic will be related to the units covered prior to the exam.
Week 10 Unit 7 cont.d
Week 11 U 4, Jobs and Professions Listening: Listening for Main Ideas Speaking: Talking About Jobs and Careers Critical Thinking: Interpreting Information in a Table Vocabulary: Terms Related to Jobs and Careers
Week 12 U 4 continued Listening: Making Inferences; Recognizing the Intonation of Tag Questions Speaking: Apologizing and Reconciling; Role playing a Job Interview Vocabulary: Expressions for Apologizing and Reconciling
Week 13 U 4 continued Speaking: Learning Idioms Related to Housework; Talking about “Men’s” and “Women’s’ Jobs Vocabulary: Idioms Related To Housework
Week 14 U 5, Lifestyles Around the World Listening: Listening for Main Ideas Speaking: Talking about Single Parents; Talking about Changes in the American Family Vocabulary: Terms Used to Talk about Changes in the American Family
Week 15 U 5 continued Listening: Making Inferences Speaking: Asking for Help and Favors Vocabulary: Expressions Used to Ask for Help and Favors
Week 16 U 5 continued Listening: Recognizing Stress in Two- and Three-Word Verbs Speaking: Comparing Lifestyles Around the World Vocabulary: Two- and Three-Word verbs Used in a Conversation Between Neighbors; Terms Used for Discussing Lifestyles
Week 17 Comprehensive Review
Week 18 Final Exam (2-on-1 interviews) Exam questions will be selected from a pool of discussion questions covered in the course of the semester.