MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVESRITY
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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COURSE SYLLABUS
FOR FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
1. COURSE NAME: ENGLISH – LISTENING SKILL 1
Code: NNTM1135
Number of Credit: 2
2. DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE OF INSTRUCTION:
Department of English for Business
Office: Room 705, Building A1
Office Hours: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm
Office Telephone:
3. PRE-REQUISITE: None
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is intended for the first year students of Business - oriented English Program. It is
mainly designed for students who have learnt English at high school (in either the 3-year or 7-year
program) and who haven't got used to listening skills. Therefore, Listening Skill 1 is designed to
equip students with practical skills to improve their listening skills step by step.
The course provides students with the chance to learn and practice listening skill that are mostly
used in social communication. In addition, students can also enlarge their vocabulary, understand
and use correctly intonation, pronunciation, collocation and language function focusing on daily
conversations and academic situations in the area of collegiate study (Education, sociology,
technology, business, art ….). It also provides students with the chance to combine their critical
thinking with practical experience.
5. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At this level students are expected to be able to understand the nature of listening, follow speech
that concerns predictable everyday matters, is slowly and carefully articulated with long pauses to
assimilate meaning; pick out the main ideas, key details and inferred meanings from short, authentic
conversations, podcasts, news, talks; perceive a wide range of vocabulary in different topics and
series of accents; apply listening strategies for daily conversation as well as their successful results
of studying English in the first year at university, which will be a basis for their further study.
In detail, upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Listen to interaction: can generally identify the topic of discussion

Listen to announcement and instruction: can understand simple directions relating to
transportation, etc.

Listen to media and recordings: can identify the main point of TV news items reporting
events, accidents, etc.
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Understand phrases and very high frequency vocabulary related to areas of the most
intermediate personal relevance (basic personal and family information, shopping, local
geography, employment…)
6. COURSE CONTENT:
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
In details
No
Contents
Total
hours
Theory
Practice,
Discussion,
Exams
1
Introduction + Ielts diagnostic test
2
1
1
2
Unit 1 – Animals
2
1
1
Ielts Listening – Form completion
3
Unit 2 – Customs and Traditions
Building listening skill 1
2
1
1
4
Unit 3 – History
2
1
1
Ielts Listening – Table completion
Notes
Ielst
P1
Ielts
P1
5
Unit 4 – Transport
Building listening skill 1
2
1
1
6
Unit 5 – Environment
2
1
1
Ielts
P1,2
2
1
1
B1,2
2
1
1
Ielts
P1,2
Ielts Listening - Multiple choice
7
Unit 6 – Health and fitness
Progress Test 1
8
Unit 7 - Discovery and invention
Ielts Listening – Map labelling
9
Unit 8 – Fashion
Building listening skill 1
2
1
1
10
Unit 9 – Economics
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
2
24
11
13
Ielts Listening – Diagram labelling
11
Unit 10 – The brain
Progress Test 2
12
Revision
Total
Ielts
P1,2
7. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & COURSE MATERIALS

Unlock Listening & Speaking Skills 3 – Lewis Lansford, Cambridge University Press.
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Work book: Building listening skill 1 – compiled by the Listening Group - Business English
Department – Faculty of Foreign Languages – National Economics University
8. RECOMMENDED TEXTS & OTHER READINGS

Cunningham, Sarah., and Moor, Peter, New Cutting Edge_Intermediate 3rd edition,
Longman, 2014.
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Jack C. Richards, Basic Tactics For Listening 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2012
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Jack C. Richards, Developing Tactics For Listening 3rd edition, Oxford University Press,
2012
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Miles Craven and Kristin D. Sherman, Q: Skills for success 2 Listening and Speaking 2nd
edition, Oxford University Press, 2015

Becky Tarver Chase; Kristin L. Johannsen, Pathways 2: Listening, Speaking, & critical
thinking 2nd edition, National Geographic Learning, 2018
9. ASSESSMENT & GRADING POLICY:
An overall and on – going policy will be applied. Throughout the course, students’ participation in
in-and-off class activities and their homework fulfillment are also part of the assessment.
Criteria
%
Requirements
1.Attendance & Participation
10
To be present in at least 80% of class time, get involved
in class activities and complete homework exercises
fully
2. Progress Test 1
20
B1-B2 timed test
3. Progress Test 2
20
Ielts timed test/ Portfolio of Ielts listening tasks
assigned weekly by teacher
4. Final exam
50
Regular format of exercises appropriate for the topics
and skills learnt
Total
100
Marking scale is 10/10.
Progress Test 1:
In-class B1-B2 exam
Total: 20-25 questions
Duration: 30 minutes. Three listening passages with the duration of 3-4 minutes each (2 at B1 and
1 at B2 level).
Question types: Finding specific information/ Gap filling/ Multiple Choice/ Comprehension
questions, True – False – Not given statements/ Finding main ideas, etc.
Progress Test 2:
Option 1
In-class Ielts exam (Section 1,2, and 3). Listen twice.
Option 2
The average cumulative scores of Ielts listening tasks assigned every two weeks.
Final test:
B1-B2 exam
Total: 25-30 questions. Listen twice
Duration: 40 minutes. Three listening passages with the duration of 3-5 minutes each (1 at B1 and
2 at B2 level).
Question types: Finding specific information/ Gap filling/ Multiple Choice/ Comprehension
questions/ True - False statements/ Finding main ideas, etc.
Hanoi, November 10, 2022
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen, M.A
PRESIDENT
Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Chuong