Syllabus Instructor Year Semester Course Number 양병곤 (Yang, Byunggon) 2009 1st Semester EG24044 Section TEACHING SPOKEN ENGLISH 072 (음성영어교육) Instructor's contact information : Office Hours : Course Title bgyang@pusan.ac.kr / 010-9618-7636 5~6 pm, Thursday 1. Course Objectives & Description 1)Course objectives The goal of this course is to provide students with spoken English communication ability with which they can debate on various controversial topics by expressing their viewpoints on them and listening to the partner. 2)Course Description This course will begin with two oral presentations on a controverisal topics, followed by one-to-one debate on the same topic in each class. Each student will make three-minute, five-minute speeches during the midterm and final exam period with individual interview on the topics covered during each half of the semester. *Each student must have an intermediate or advanced English communication ability. 2. Required Textbooks http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php : 10 topics chosen by the students during the first week 3. Requirements & Grading Final Exam: 60%, Individual Presentation: 20% Progress Report: 10% 4. Schedule Week No. Topics and Activities Week 1 Orientation Week 2 http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php Topic 1 Week 3 Topic 2 Week 4 Topic 3 Week 5 Topic 4 Week 6 Topic 5 Week 7 3 minute speech Week 8 Midterm exam Week 9 http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php Topic 6 Week 10 Topic 7 Week 11 Topic 8 Week 12 Topic 9 Week 13 Topic 10 Week 14 5-minute speech Week 15 Final exam Week 16 5. References http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php : related links Assignments & Other Instructions