Welcome!
Pre-sessional Course Listening and Speaking Module
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Today we will….
– the “weighting” of the marks
– the aims of the Speaking and Listening course
– An overview of the Assessments
– Structure of the timetable
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Listening and Speaking (L&S)
• This part of the course is divided into 2 disciplines:
Listening = 50% of L&S marks
Speaking = 50% of L&S marks
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1. Listening module
Aims of the Pre-sessional Listening module
• To improve your ability to understand general and academic English
• To enable you to understand lectures more easily
• To improve your ability to take notes in English
• To enable you to listen to each other in group discussions more easily
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Recorded lectures and talks
• Aim: to give you authentic practice in listening to a variety of lectures and talks
• Must watch before the Live class on Monday morning
• You will be asked to do work before and/or after each lecture
• The Lectures and talks will help to prepare for your degree
programme and develop listening strategies
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Overview of Listening Assessments
You will have 2 listening assessments:
LISTENING Assessments
Listening Task 1: Formative
Listening Task 2: Summative
(100% of final mark)
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What is the Listening Assessment like?
Part One:
• You will watch a video of a talk or lecture and take notes. You can listen as
many times as you like.
Part Two: a few days later
• You will take part in a short discussion with 2-3 other students to discuss
questions and issues related to the talk or lecture.
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2. Aims of Pre-sessional Speaking module
• To help you prepare and deliver effective academic presentations
• To help you prepare and participate in discussions
• To help you identify ways to improve your pronunciation
• To help you to communicate confidently with Tutors and fellow students,
both face to face and online.
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Overview of Speaking Assessments
You will have 2 listening assessments:
SpeakingAssessments
Speaking Task 1: Formative
Individual 6 minute presentation.
Speaking Task 2: Summative (100% of final mark)
Individual 10 minute presentation.
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Assessments: Keywords
Formative assessment (F):
• a practice assessment (which does NOT affect your final mark)
• you will receive a score (in %)
• you will also get feedback outlining ways to improve in future
Summative assessment (S):
• a ‘real’ assessment
• the result is part of your final mark
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Marking criteria
• Marking criteria help tutors to decide your ability in different aspects of both
listening and presentation skills
• The marking criteria will be available on Blackboard
https://blackboard.soton.ac.uk)
• We will discuss this further during class.
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Tutorials
• Very important
• Each student to get a 10 minute tutorial in pairs/small
groups
• Tutors to arrange tutorials with students (day and time)
Blackboard
• All learning tasks will be available each week on Blackboard.
• PPT videos and follow up practice tasks released at the end of the week.
Participation
Even though you will not be assessed on your participation, you are expected
to:
• attend all classes
• be punctual
• fully engage in all learning tasks
• submit work on time
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Finally….
Good luck!
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