1. WELCOME to EN8 – ORAL SKILLS

2. Spoken interaction
Talk about the following questions with your friend.
What makes a good speaker?
What makes a good listener?
When is communication between people successful?
What could happen if communication between people wasn’t successful?
What could make you more confident as a speaker of English?

3. The main goals: give you the basics of spoken English
make you a better speaker
make you a better listener
help you discover your strengths and areas that need more work
give you more confidence and get rid of (ease) inhibitions

4. EN8 Course Requirements
You participate actively during the lessons. 30%
You complete the tasks you are given.
in class
at home, e.g. project work/presentations 10%, pronunciation tasks (pass/fail assessment?), any independent/pair work/group assignment given during the course, i.e. homework 10%, self-evaluation 10%
You take part in the Oral Test prepared by the National Board of Education. (40)%
You will attend all the classes unless you have a qualified reason to be absent – absences will not be looked upon positively and 3 is the maximum number of lessons you will be able to be absent in order of completing this course.

5. Schedule
The course plan includes the numbers of the themes and headlines of the communication skills we are going to deal with.
Time will tell how many exercises we are able to complete during the course.
Please, fill in the schedule with the tasks and deadlines given during the course.

6. EN8 Course Evaluation
Oral Test; The evaluation is based on the Common European Framework of Reference: Oral Performance.
Active participation during the course
Tasks and assignments completed and handed in on time
participation in listening comprehension ?

7. Themes School and Work Health & traffic Politics Culture
Multiculturality
Science & Economy
Current issues

8. Current issues pair work
Have I got news for you, p
Politics (war and peace)
International co-operation (we all stand together)
Nature (nature strikes back)
Finland today (meanwhile back at home)
Economics (The colour of money)