Oral PracticeWeekend Program Senior Class( 進修學院二技四甲 )

Course Code: EC1171Instructor: Inga KoehlerRequired 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.