All of the “Oral Expression in English” courses are devoted to improving students’ skills in speaking. Apart from the context of giving presentations, effective speaking also involves effective listening, so the classwork and homework in these courses require students engaged in speech and listening exercises.
As an elective 200-level course, Oral Expression in English 5 offers more challenging materials than the 100-level courses, while maintaining the specific focus on generating effective oral communication involving listening and speaking between pairs of speakers. Objectives also include using vocabulary and grammar introduced in the textbook and classes.
By the end of this course, students will be able to confidently discuss a selection of more complex topics to do with society and cross-cultural phenomena in one-on-one conversations with people they have not met before.
speaking, listening,oral communication, interactive
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
This is designed to be a very student centered/interactive class with students discussing and debating various topics. New vocabulary and grammar will be routinely introduced to enable students to articulate ideas more clearly and to facilitate discussion.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | With the assistance of handouts, students will introduce themselves to their classmates. Appropriate English vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Everyday greetings will also be taught and reinforced through role-playing and fluency exercises. Pair and group work will be utilized. | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 2 | Education: Appropriate “Education/school” vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Conversation questions (handouts) regarding “Education” will be incorporated into pair work. Students will have a chance to reinforce their new English through role-playing. | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 3 | Food: Appropriate “Food” vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Conversation questions (handouts) regarding “Food” will be incorporated into pair work. Students will have a chance to reinforce their new English with role-playing. | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 4 | Travel: Appropriate “travel” vocabulary and expressions will be taught and reinforced through role-playing and fluency exercises (using handouts). Travel: Appropriate “travel” vocabulary and expressions will be taught and reinforced through role-playing and fluency exercises (using handouts). | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 5 | Family: Appropriate “Family” vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Conversation questions (handouts) regarding “Family” will be incorporated into pair work. Students will have a chance to reinforce their new English through role-playing. | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 6 | Health: Appropriate “Health” vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Conversation questions (handouts) regarding “ health” will be incorporated into pair work | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
Class 7 | Sports: Appropriate “Sports” vocabulary and expressions will be taught. Exam Conversation questions (handouts) regarding “Sports” will be incorporated into pair work. (Exam) | Fluency/vocabulary/listening/Role-playing |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Handouts
Handouts
Participation-50%
Quizzes-30%
Final Exam-20%
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It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with LAE.E232 (Oral Expression in English 6).
Attendance at the first session is compulsory for students planning to take this course.