LISTENING II
I. Objective
At t he end of t his course st udent s are expect ed t o possess abilities t o: 1. develop language skill t o underst and key phrases in aural t ext s 2. underst and st ress pat t erns, int onat ion and t one of sent ences
3. ident ify general, specific, and det ailed inform at ion cont ained in oral t ext s 4. solve problem s/ answ er quest ions based on t he spoken inform at ion
II. Course Description
This subject provides st udent s w it h pre-int erm ediat e skills in com prehending sim ple oral discourses t hrough recorded voice of nat ive speakers. M at erials are present ed in a variet y of short funct ional t ext s in t he form of short conversat ion w it h exercises focusing on answ ering questions, bot h fact ual and inferent ial in nat ure, following a given t ext and on m aking inferences from it . St udent ’s classroom act ivit ies include individual work, pair w ork, and group w ork. Evaluat ion on st udent ’s achievem ent is based on classroom part icipat ion, hom e assignment , t he m id sem est er t est , and t he final t est .
III. Course Progress
No Language Skills Topics Activities
1 - Orient at ion t o t he course Orient at ion t o t he syllabus, Ent ry behavior assessm ent , Self-goal set t ing 2 Discrim inat ing st rong and w eak form s, reduct ion of unst ressed vow els,
m odificat ion of sounds at w ords boundaries (assim ilation, elision,, and liaison);phonem ic change at w ord boundaries; allophonic variat ion at w ord boundaries.
Ident ifying people.
List ening t o dialogues
Ident ifying charact erist ics3 Ident ifying st ressed and unst ressed syllables Habit ual Act ions list ening t o list of com pound w ords, short phrases, and sim ple sent ences
4 Dist inguishing specific sounds from a back ground of different sounds Around t he House 5 Enjoying speech rhyt hm s and pat t ern of sounds by e.g. ident ifying w ords
t hat rhym e and list ening t o jingles and t ongue t w ist ers.
Song, t ongue t w ist er,
list ening t o songs
Filling t he incom plet e song w it h t he w ords m issing 6 a. Recognizing num bers t hat sound sim ilarb. Not ing large num bers, fract ions, decim als, and dat es
Num bers and St at ist ics
List ening t o short dialogues cont aining num bers
Pronouncing num bers t hat sound sim ilar
Filling form s7 Recognize gramm at ical w ord classes (nouns, verbs, et c), syst em s (e.g., t ense, agreem ent , plural), pat t erns, rules, and ellipt ical form s
8 M ID TEST
9 a. Com prehending som e expressions on public services
b. Underst anding and int erpret ing int onat ion pat t erns in st at em ent s, com m ands, quest ions, request s, and exclam at ions
M oney and Banking
List ening t o sam ple short dialogues about public services
Saying various expressions w it h correct int onat ion
Giving direct ions of cert ain places in t he neighborhood 11 a. List en t o and follow inst ruct ionsb. Use facial, kinesics, body language, and ot her nonverbal clues t o decipher m eanings
c. Describing rout ines
Follow ing Inst ruct ions about Spor t
List ening and pract icing dialogues on how t o do cert ain kind of sport
M at ching t he pict ures w it h t he inst ruct ions on t he recording
List ening t o a dialogue about rout ines and answ ering quest ions based on t he dialogue12 Infer sit uat ions, part icipant s, goals using real-w ord know ledge Leaving M essage
m at ching pict ures
get t ing m essages from not es, not ices, and signs
list ening t o a dialogue on phone
filling t he form based on t he dialogue 13 List en and respond t o sim ple poem s, st ories, and plays ( give opinions,relat ed t ext t o personal feelings, observat ions, previous know ledge)
Holiday and Leisure
list ening t o sim ple poem s, st ories and plays14 Underst and m ain ideas and support ing det ails Work and St udy
List ening t o a dialogue about a course inform at ion cent re
Answ ering quest ions and filling t he form based on t he recording
List ening t o “ call about a job” and m at ching t he pict ur es and advert isem ent s 15 Recognize t he com m unicat ive funct ions of ut t erances, according t osit uat ions, part icipant s, and goals
Com pany Organizat ion Business Correspondence and Sales Review
List ening t o t elephone calls. As t he st udent s are list ening t o t he t elephone calls, t hey m at ch t he calls w it h t he let t ers.
List ening t o sales int erview 16 REVIEWIV. Assessment
1. At t endance & class part icipat ion 10% 2. Task and assignm ent 30%
3. M id t est 25%
4. Final t est 35%
V.References
Brieger,Nick & Jerem y Com fort .1995. Early Business Cont act s. New York: Int ernat ional Book Dist ribut ors Lt d. Green, Judit h (ed). Timesaver Int ermediat e List ening. Scholast ic
