Course Code and No.: ENG 025 Course Name: Listening & speaking
Level: intensive course Semester: 342
Faculty Member: ------Assessment
Mid term
Final Exam
1.
Week
8
15
Marks
30
60
Assessment
Class participation
Credits: 5
Week
All along
Marks
10
Summary of the main learning outcomes for students enrolled in the course.
The listening component of this course is designed for Beginner students. The passages grammatical and
semantic structures are elaborate. The students are taught the importance of the mechanics of speech, i.e.
intonation, rhetoric, pitch, and their effects on meaning assignment. The emphasis is on note-taking and
understanding contextual clues. Because the listening course is meant for prospective novice interpreters and
translators, students are trained to pay attention to what they listen to, to practice quick storage of language and
content in memory, and to exhibit speed in message retrieval. The course seeks to develop and foster the
following skills:
0. understand the main and secondary ideas of listening material
1. improve students’ developmental skills approach that encourages speaking, listening, writing, and reading
abilities through a wide variety of exercises.
2. Taking notes on specific information
3. discern subtle differences of ideas and shades of meanings
4. Introduce students to a wide range of exercises designed to get students to talk about their ideas, their
everyday lives, and their environment.
5. Identifying stated illocutionary forces
6. differentiate fact from opinion
7. Inferring main ideas
8. perceive implicit as well as explicit relationships between words, sentences and ideas
9. recognize valid arguments and draw logical inferences and conclusions
10. Retention of information
Textbooks and References
Emily Thrush, Robert Baldwin, Laurie Blass “Interactions Access Listening and Speaking” McGraw-Hill,
2007.
*N.B.: The Department of English Language and Translation reserves the right to change textbooks
and syllabi as and when necessary.
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Course Specification
Week No
Theoretical Topics
ONE
25-3-1435
To
29-3-1435
TWO
02-4-1435
To
06-4-1435
Enrolment & Registration
Orientation
Credit
Hours
Exercises and
Activities
Chapter One
Neighbourhoods, Cities, and Towns
Part 1- 2
-Guessing the meaning of new words
-Listening for main ideas
-Listening for specific information
THREE
09-4-1435
To
13-4-1435
Chapter One
FOUR
16-4-1435
To
20-4-1435
Chapter Two
Shopping and E-commerce
FIVE
23-4-1435
To
27-4-1435
Chapter Two
SIX
1-5-1435
To
5-5-1435
Chapter Three
Friends and Family
5
Neighbourhoods, Cities, and Towns
Part 3-4
- Listening for main ideas
- Listening for specific information
-Talking about time and distance
Part 1-2
-Listening for prices
-Listening for reasons
-New shopping terms
-Guessing meaning from context
Practicals
and Training
5
Exercises and
Activities
5
Exercises and
Activities
5
Exercises and
Activities
5
Exercises and
Activities
Shopping and E-commerce
Part 3-4
-Listening for reductions
-Comparing prices and stores
-describe clothes
-Developing reasoning skills
- Guessing meaning from context
Part 1-2
-Listening for conversation starters
-Listening to description of people
-Describing people
-Analysing topics of conversation
-Listening for and using stressed words
1
SEVEN
8-5-1435
To
12-5-1435
Chapter Three
Friends and Family
Part 3-4
5
Exercises and
Activities
5
Two hours
- Using Context Clues
- Listening to Voice Mail Messages
- Listening for Main Ideas
- Listening to Descriptions of People
- Vocabulary Preview
- Leaving Voice Mail Messages
-Using Expressions for Describing People
EIGHT
15-5-1435
To
19-5-1435
20 – 5 – 1435
TO
29 – 5 – 1435
NINE
29-5-1435
To
3-6-1435
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
Exam Time: From 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M.
Course Covered: Chapter No. 1, 2, 3 &
50 % listening material will be unseen.
Mid-term Break
Chapter Four “Health Care”
Part 1-4
-Listening for main ideas
-Listening for specific information
-Listening to complaints
-Discussing solutions
-Guessing meaning from context
Ten
6-6-1435
To
10-6-1435
Chapter 7
Eleven
13-6-1435
To
17-6-1435
Chapter 7
Twelve
20-6-1435
To
24-6-1435
Exercises and
Activities
Exercises and
Activities
Work and Lifestyles
Part 1-2
-Guessing meaning from context
-Listening for main ideas
-Listening for specific information
-Listening for stressed words
5
Exam Time
Two Hours
Work and Lifestyles
Part 3-4
-Guessing meaning from context
-Listening for main ideas
-Listening for specific information
-Listening for stressed words
Exercises and
Activities
Chapter 8
Food and Nutrition
Part 1 – 2
- Pre-listening Questions
- Vocabulary Preview
- Guessing the Meanings of New Words
- Listening for Main Ideas
- Listening for Specific Information
- Listening for Stressed Words
- Ordering in a Restaurant
2
5
Thirteen
27-6-1435
To
2-7-1435
Chapter 8
Fourteen
5-7-1435
To
9-7-1435
Chapter 9
Fifteen
12-7-1435
To
16-7-1435
Food and Nutrition
5
Exercises and
Activities
5
Exercises and
Activities
Part 3-4
- Vocabulary Preview
- Using Context Clues
- Pre-listening Questions
- Listening for Main Ideas
- Listening to Instructions
- Ordering Steps in a Recipe
- Discussing Opinions about Food
- Talking about Recipes
Great Destinations
Part 1 – 2
- Pre-listening Questions
- Vocabulary Preview
- Guessing the Meanings of New Words
- Listening for Main Ideas
- Listening for Specific Information
- Listening for Stressed Words & Word
Final Examination
From 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M.
Course Covered: Chapter No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 &
50 % listening material will be unseen.
Resources on the Web:
www.mhhe.com/interactionsmosaic
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Exam Time
Two Hrs.