1. Oral Practice Weekend Program Senior Class ( 進修學院二技四甲 ) Instructor: Inga Koehler Time: Sunday, 15:00~17:30 Required Textbook: Interactions 2, Speaking & Listening by Judith Tanka & Lida R. Baker

2. 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

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. 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.

5. Week 1  Course Introduction  Warm-up activities

6. Week 2 U 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

7. Week 3 U 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

8. Week 4 U 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

9. Week 5 U 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

10. Week 6 U 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

11. Week 7 U 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

12. Week 8  Review

13. Week 9  Midterm exam

14. Week 10 U 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

15. Week 11 U 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

16. Week 12 U 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

17. Week 13 U 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

18. Week 14 U 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

19. Week 15 U 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

20. Week 16  Review I

21. Week 17  Review II

22. Week 18  Final exam