High Intermediate Listening and Speaking Syllabus
Teacher: Greer Mansfield
Contact email: gmansfi1@kennesaw.edu
Textbook: Prism Listening and Speaking 2, Sabina Ostrowska and Nancy Jordan
Time and Location: T/TH 10:15-11:45 UH 223
Course Description:
This is High Intermediate Listening and Speaking course. Students will interact with a variety of audio files to develop comprehension skills via note-taking, vocabulary and grammar activities, as well as discussion. Students will also enhance academic speaking skills by learning strategies and pronunciation tips to use in both formal and informal presentations.
Course Goals:
Listening Goals & Objectives
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate basic understanding of spoken discourse.
Goal 2: Students will demonstrate awareness of spoken discourse features.
Goal 3: Students will demonstrate critical understanding of spoken discourse.
Goal 4: Students will demonstrate academic listening skills.
Speaking Goals & Objectives
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate ability to speak basic needs.
Goal 2: Students will demonstrate correct and spontaneous speaking.
Goal 3: Students will demonstrate a variety of interactive and informative tasks.
Goal 4: Students will demonstrate academic speaking skills.
Academic Integrity:
In U.S. culture, honesty in the completion of class and homework is of high importance. Cheating and plagiarism will cause you problems in your work and have serious consequences. The following are examples of violations of academic integrity:
✓ Receiving unauthorized assistance in the preparation of classwork or on an exam or quiz
✓ The unauthorized presence or use of electronic devices, notes, or books during an exam or quiz
✓ Giving, requesting or receiving help from another student on an exam or quiz.
✓ Using another student’s previously graded work
✓ Failure to acknowledge ideas borrowed from other sources, failure to use quotation marks when using exact words from another text, and/or cutting and pasting passages from the Internet
✓ Submitting the same work, or substantially the same work, in more than one class without the permission of the current professor
✓ Utilizing AI sources such as ChatGPT to generate your work
Makeup Work Policy:
No make-up work will be accepted UNLESS the student communicates with the instructor. It is the STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to verify and submit any work missed within ONE WEEK of the missed class. After that week, the work will not be accepted and will receive a 0. I will work with you if you are sick or must quarantine due to the coronavirus, but please communicate with me as best you can. In the rare case of a class cancellation due to teacher illness, there is a possibility of a make-up class either in person or via Zoom.
Grading Policy:
You will receive a letter grade for this course. Your grade will be based on the following:
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Quizzes 80%
Presentations 20%
The above breakdown is at the discretion of the instructor and subject to change
A= 90-100 B=80-89 C=75-79 D= 70-74 F= 69 and below
At the end of the 8-week session you will receive a grade of A, B, C, D, or F. This will help you understand how you performed in this class during this session. A grade of A, B, or C shows that you have completed the work and met the course goals and objectives. A grade of D or F shows that you have not met the course goals and objectives in this class. Advancement to the next level requires passing grades in all classes as well as appropriate scores on the end of session tests (EPT, Writing, and Oral interview).
Extra credit policy:
The potential extra credit offered in this course will be bonus questions on quizzes, bonus points from winning competitions, and/or extra assignments.
Other course policies:
1. RESPECT and consideration for others precedes all.
2. Be prepared and arrive early to class so we can start on time.
3. Speak only English in the classroom so everyone can understand. Make a friend from another country. Sit by that person in class so you can have more opportunities to speak English.
Course schedule- subject to change with the instructor’s notice
Week Topic
1 Chapter 2 - The Environment
Part 1
2 Chapter 2- The Environment
Part 2, review, quiz, presentation
3 Chapter 4- Customs and Traditions
Part 1
4 Chapter 4- Customs and Traditions
Part 2, quiz and presentation
5 Chapter 6 – Discovery and Inventions
Part 1
6 Chapter 6- Discovery and Inventions
Part 2 , review, quiz, presentation
7 Chapter 8- Economics
Part 1
8 Chapter 8- Economics
Part 2, review, quiz and presentation