October 2012
8-Week Teaching Plan for L/S EAP V
Listening/Speaking English for Academic Purposes V
EAP V emphasizes the development of specific listening, speaking and related study
skills which will help students succeed in university studies. These skills will be
consolidated and refined in Level VI.
Textbooks
Clear Speech – Gilbert
Alternating each session: Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn by Lebauer and Lecture Ready
3 by Frazier & Leming
Week 1
Diagnostic Tests
-Listening test (Clear Speech pg xiii – xvi)
-Note-taking pre-test (Learn to Listen pg 1- 4)
-Speaking diagnostic
Clear Speech - Unit 1: Syllables
Lecture Ready 3
-Note-taking symbols, pg17
-Ch. 1 New Trends in Marketing Research
-Language that signals the topic and lecture plan, outlining & visual
representation; expressing ideas during a discussion
Grammar: Questions & Past Tenses
Speaking: Assign survey presentation
Conferences: Begin meeting with students to review diagnostics
Week 2
Clear Speech – Unit 2: Vowels and vowel rules
Lecture Ready 3
-Ch. 1 cont.
-Ch. 2 – Business Ethics
-Language that signals a new idea; asking for clarification and elaboration
Grammar: Subordination and embedding
Speaking: Survey preparation
Conferences: Continue meeting with students to review diagnostics
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Week 3
Clear Speech – Units 3: Word stress and vowel length
Lecture Ready 3
-TEST on Ch. 1 & 2
-“Noting Numbers & Statistics Effectively” (H: drive)
-Ch. 3 Trends in Children’s Media Use
Language for generalizations and support; giving and asking for opinions
-Optional quiz on numbers
Grammar: QUIZ (individual) on past tenses, questions, subordination and embedding
Subordination and embedding cont.
Speaking: Survey presentations
Assign roundtable discussions (or other speaking assignment on H:)
Week 4
Clear Speech Unit 4: Word stress and vowel clarity
Lecture Ready 3
-Ch. 4 The Changing Music Industry
Language signaling repetition, clarification or emphasis
-TEST on Ch. 3 & 4
-Ch. 5 The Placebo Effect
-Language of cause and effect; compromising and reaching a consensus during a
discussion
Speaking: Roundtable discussions
Grammar: Present perfect tense and conditional clauses (first and second)
Week 5
Clear Speech – Unit 5: Word stress patterns
Lecture Ready 3 –
-Ch. 6 Intelligent Machines
-Language of cause and effect cont.; expanding ideas during a discussion
-Test on Ch. 5 & 6
-Ch. 7 Sibling Relationships
-Language that signals comparison and contrast; expanding on ideas during a
discussion
Grammar: Modal verbs (present with more emphasis on the past)
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Speaking: Assign persuasive speech (or other speaking assignment on H:)
Week 6
Clear Speech - Unit 6: Sentence focus: Emphasizing content words
Lecture Ready 3
-Ch. 8 Multiple Intelligences
-Recognizing non-verbal cues; listing information; keeping a discussion on topic
-Test on Ch. 7 and 8
Grammar: Quiz (individual) on present perfect, modal verbs and conditional clauses
Speaking: Persuasive speeches (or other speaking assignment on H:)
Week 7
Clear Speech – Unit 7: Sentence focus: De-emphasizing structure words
Lecture Ready 3
-Optional: Ch. 9 & 10
-Outside lectures
Speaking: (or other speaking assignment on H:)
Grammar: Review
COMPASS and speaking finals
Week 8
Review and wrap up
Lecture Test
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