Class times and rooms: Monday-Thursday 9AM - 11AM (Or I will email or message and we will meet virtually on Teams).
Office Hours: request in person or by email
Required Text: Q Skills 3 Listening and Speaking, 3rd edition
Course Objectives
The main objective of this course is to practice basic speaking and listening requirements within a university setting. You will listen to short academic lectures and find the main ideas and details. You will practice speaking tasks common to first year university classes including group discussions and presentations. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Understand main ideas and details from 7-10 minute long academic lectures;
2. Write dictations, dictoglosses, and lecture notes using an outline provided by the teacher;
3. Speak to others with moderate fluency for 5-10 minutes about familiar and academic topics; participate actively in group discussions;
4. Give two 7-10 minute individual presentations,
5. Speak with developing grammatical accuracy and sentence and word stress;
6. Use a variety of strategies to help you develop your general and academic vocabulary.