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.