Practical English - Communcation A and B 4101-1SKUO
Oral Communication A
(C1 course)
Aims and objectives
• Understand the requirements of receptive and production skills for both academic purposes and more general use
• Enable students to comprehend and produce a variety of spoken texts
• Enrich and organise students' functional vocabulary
• Develop conciseness and cohesion in speaking through use of discourse markers and linking devices
• Pay close attention to the importance of pronunciation, stress and intonation
Course content:
Semester 1
The following areas will be covered
• Asking questions in the classroom
• Expressing and ranking preferences, likes and dislikes
• Asking for and giving information
• Identifying, stating and reacting to opinion
• Agreeing, disagreeing and giving reasons
• Stating degrees of certainty
• Making, accepting and refusing an offer
• Exposition in oral communication (description, narrative, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, classification)
• Giving a short presentation on a particular subject
• Semester overview/examination practice
Semester 2
The following areas will be covered
• Stating obligation and absence of obligation
• Asking for, giving and refusing permission
• Asking for and giving advice
• Suggesting, recommending, warning, threatening
• Complaining, apologising and accepting an apology
• Argument and persuasion in oral communication
• Giving a longer presentation: how to start, develop and conclude a speech
• Semester overview/examination practice
Administration and assessment
• Throughout both semesters teachers shall ensure that students are sufficiently prepared for the English Competency Examinationination
• It is vital that teachers frequently engage the class in audio listening activities of C1 level
• It is vital that phonetics be the cornerstone of classroom activity. The teacher should encourage the use of phonetic transcription
Primary Texts
Blundell. et al. Functions in English. Oxford: OUP, 1982.
Hadfield, J., Advanced Communication Games. Harlow: Longman, 2003.
Ladousse, GP., Role Play. Oxford: OUP, 1994.
Stanton, Alan, and Susan Morris. Fast Track to CAE. Harlow: Longman, 1999.
Oral Communication B Year 1
(C1 course)
Hours for academic year: Day 60 Evening 30 Extramural 0
Aims and objectives
• Enable students to listen, comprehend and identify a variety of spoken texts
• Foster awareness of the rules governing grammar, word-building and word forms
• Pay close attention to the importance of pronunciation
• Involve work on varieties of English pronunciation and give students practice in problem areas
• Enrich and organise students' topical vocabulary
• To provide practice in error correction tasks
• Encourage use of the Internet and college library as sources for material for speaking tasks
• Teach the value of self and peer-correction
Course content:
Semester 1
The following areas will be covered
Topic vocabulary
• Location/Geographical features – precise description
• News
• Discussing pictures 1: Describing action/location; speculating
• Art – describing action, content and style
• Weather
• Tourism/Environment
• Diet and nutrition
• Law and Order
• War
• Housing
• Discussing pictures 2: Using viewpoints to talk about a picture connected with current affairs/social issues
Pronunciation
• Focus on vowels, diphthongs and schwa
• Error correction based on spoken assignments
Vocabulary development
• ERIC – Spelling/Omission
• Spelling, Phrasal verbs, Dependent prepositions
Semester 2
The following areas will be covered
Topic vocabulary
• Physical Appearance/Colour
• Emotions/Characteristics
• Discussing a picture3: Assessing mood and appearance
• Health and medicine
• Family Life
• Education
• Work and Business
• Description of a process
• Using numbers/The Language of Graphs and Surveys
• Advertising
• Discussing a picture 4: Using viewpoints to talk about a picture connected with current affairs/social issues
Pronunciation
• Focus on stress, intonation and emphasis
• Error correction based on spoken assignments
Vocabulary development
• ERIC – Spelling/Omission
• Word Formation, Gerund + Infinitive constructions, False Friends
Administration and assessment
• Throughout both semesters teachers shall ensure that students are sufficiently prepared for the English Competency Examinationination
• It is vital that teachers frequently engage the class in audio listening activities of C1 level
• It is vital that phonetics be the cornerstone of the syllabus. The teacher should encourage the use of phonetic transcription
Primary Texts
O’Connell, Sue. Focus on Proficiency. Harlow: Longman, 1990
Wellman, G., Wordbuilder. London: Heinemann, 1989.
Jones, Leo. Progress to Proficiency. Cambridge: CUP, 1993.
Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. London: Macmillan Heinemann, 1994.
Cambridge CAE Practice Tests. Cambridge: CUP,
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
K_W08
the student is familiar with the elementary terminology used in pedagogy and has an understanding of its sources and uses in related academic subjects
K_W14
the student has basic knowledge about the social structures and institutions in society and their relationships to one another with a particular emphasis on those countries whose language is being taught
Skills
K_U12
the student has the ability to prepare oral presentations in English for specific purposes, using basic theoretical approaches, as well as a variety of sources
K_U18
the student possesses advanced skills in interpersonal communication, can use technical language confidently and communicate in a precise and consistent manner with reference to educational experts. They are also able to speak on the same academic issues to an audience of non-experts
K_U24
the student is able to perform the various roles required for working as a team, is willing to accept and assign tasks, and possesses the elementary organisational skills necessary in designing and implementing professional activities
Social competences
K_K02
the student is able to interact and work in a group
K_K07
the student is aware of the level of their skills and knowledge and understands the need for on-going training and personal development
Assessment criteria
Oral skills A
Assessment is based on classroom work, two evenly weighted tests, one oral presentation and one recorded spoken assignment per semester (each worth 25% of final grade). The pass mark is 70%. Attendance is required in accordance with university guidelines.
Oral skills B
Assessment is based on classroom work, three evenly weighted tests and one recorded spoken assignment per semester (each worth 25% of final grade). The pass mark is 70%. Attendance is required in accordance with university guidelines.
Bibliography
Black, V, McNorton, M., Maldrez, A. & Parker, S., Speaking Advanced, OUP, Oxford, 1992.
Briggs, D. & Dummet, P., Listening and Speaking Advanced, Heineman, Oxford, 1995.
Carter, R. & McCarthy, M., Exploring Spoken English, CUP, Cambridge, 1997.
Evans, V.& Scott, S., Listening and Speaking Skills for the CPE (1), Express Publishing,
Swansea, 1998.
Gude, K., Advanced Listening and Speaking, CAE. OUP, Oxford, 1999.
Harmer, J. & Rossner, R., More Than Words, Longman, Harlow, 1991.
Jones, L., New Cambridge Advanced English, CUP, Cambridge, 1998.
Jones, L., Progress to Proficiency, CUP, Cambridge, 2002.
Laroy, E., Pronunciation. CUP, Cambridge, 1994.
Lynch, T. & Anderson, K., Study Speaking, CUP, Cambridge, 1992.
Porter Ladouse, G., Speaking Personally, CUP, Cambridge, 1983.
Preiss, S., Focus on Listening and Speaking Advanced, Longman, Harlow, 1998.
Ponsonby, M., How Now Brown Cow? A course in the pronunciation of English, Prentice Hall
Europe ELT, New York, 1982.
Rignall, M & Furneaux, C., Speaking, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New York, 1997.
Rudzka, B., Channell, J. & Putseys, Y., The Words You Need, Macmillan, Oxford, 1993.
Stanton, A. & Morris, S., CAE Practice Tests Plus (1+2), Pearson Education, Harlow, 2000.
Soars, J. & Soars, L., Headway Advanced, OUP, Oxford, 1989.
Tsui, A., English Conversation. OUP, Oxford, 2002.
Underhill, N., Testing Spoken Language, CUP, Cambridge, 1997.
Ur, P., Discussions that work, CUP, Cambridge, 1996.
Vince, M., Advanced Language Practice, Macmillan Heinemann, Oxford, 1994.
Wellman, G., The Heinemann English Wordbuilder, Macmillan Heinemann, Oxford, 1998.
CAE Practice tests of various sources.
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