《Oral English 2 Syllabus (英语口语2 Gosia) 》课程教学大纲

DONGGUANUNIVERSITYOFTECHNOLOGY

YuetaiDepartment

CourseSyllabus

Spring2019

InstructorInformation

Instructor

MałgorzataŁabuda

CourseInformation

CourseCode

CourseTitle

OralEnglish2

CourseCategory

■Compulsory☐Elective

Credit

1

TotalHours

16

Hoursperweek

1

PracticalHours

Labhours

Classroom

312,Yuetai,GuanchengCampus

Time

Materials

Selectionofvideosandself-designedmaterialsontopicsrelevantforthestudents.

Jones,Leo.Let’sTalk2.CambridgeUniversityPressandShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,2012.

Prerequisites

Successfullyfinishedcourse1

AssessmentandGrading

Assignments

PercentofFinalGrade

Participation,in-classwork

25%

Homework

25%

Mid-termexam

20%

FinalExam

30%

Total

100%

CourseDescription

Thiscourseisdesignedforundergraduatestudentswhoarenon-nativespeakersofEnglishinordertodeveloptheirlisteningandspeakingskillsinthetargetlanguage.Activitieswillincludepracticingvocabularyandcoregrammarstructures,speakingongiventopicsandanalysingthepresenteddata.Studentwillbeexpectedtodotheirhomeworkinaspokenform,participateactivelyintheclassroomactivitiesandfulfilalltheothergivenassignments.TheoverallgradefromthecoursewillbeestablishedonthebasisoftheprogresstheSsmakethroughoutthedurationofthecourse.Actualcontentofthecoursewilldependonthepreliminaryneedsandlevelanalysis,andisasubjecttochangeasthecourseproceeds.Thoseareonlysamplemodules.

CourseObjectives

Bytheendofthiscourse,learnersshouldbeableto:

(a)communicatewithothersinthetargetlanguageinpracticalsituations;

(b)expresstheirthoughtswithgreaterfluencyandaccuracy;

(c)handlethemselvesinthetargetlanguageinavarietyofwrittencontexts,fromshorttolongforms;

(d)producegrammaticallycorrectsentences;

CoursePolicies

(1)Attendanceandparticipation

Attendanceisrequired.Youareexpectedtoactivelyparticipateinclassactivities.

(2)Assignments

Atfewseparatetimesduringthesemester,youwillberesponsibleforfinishingaspokenassignmentfromeitherthethingsthatwerecoveredintheclassroombeforeorthematerialofyourchoice.Theinstructorwillprovideindividualfeedback.ItwillbestoredandwillprovidefurtherfeedbackforSsontheirprogressthroughoutthecourse.

CourseExpectations

AttendanceandParticipation

Sincethiscourseisanoralcommunicationcourse,attendanceandactiveparticipationismandatory.Fullattendancemeansarrivingontime,remainingpresent,activelyparticipatinginclassdiscussions,andcompletingassignmentsandreadingsbeforetheclassmeets.Youmaybeabsentforoneclasswithoutpenaltytoyourattendancegrade;anyadditionalabsenceswillaffectyourgrade.Ifanabsenceisunavoidable,pleasespeakwiththeinstructorpriortoyourabsencewherepossible.

TechnologyintheClassroom

PleasedoNOTbringyourlaptopstoclass(unlessweareusingthemforaspecificclassactivity).Cellphonesshouldbesilencedandputaway(i.e.,notondesktopsorlaps)forthedurationofclass.

LateAssignments

If,forsomereason,youareunabletoturninanassignmentontime,pleasediscusstheissuewiththeinstructorasearlyaspossible.Lateassignmentswithnoexplanationmaylosepoints.

AcademicIntegrity&Plagiarism

Plagiarismisusingsomeoneelse’swords,ideas,and/ordatainyourworkandtreatingitasyourownbyeithernotcitingitorbycitingitinappropriately.Plagiarismisaveryseriousissueinanyuniversitysystem.

Dishonestyofanykindwillnotbetoleratedinthiscourse.Dishonestyincludes,butisnotlimitedto,cheating,plagiarizing,fabricatinginformationorcitations,facilitatingactsofacademicdishonestybyothers,havingunauthorizedpossessionofexaminations,submittingworkofanotherpersonorworkpreviouslyusedwithoutinformingtheinstructor,ortamperingwiththeacademicworkofotherstudents.StudentswhoarefoundtobedishonestwillreceiveacademicsanctionsandwillbereportedtotheUniversity’sManagementofficeforpossiblefurtherdisciplinarysanction.

CourseSchedule

Week/Date

Topic

RequiredAssignments

1

CourseIntroduction,

Brainstormingtheideas.

Voicerecording

2

Issafeactuallysafer?

Video–AdventurePlaygrounds

Voicerecording,

Videorelatedhomework(ppt)

3

Comedyandhumour

Video,music,comics

Voicerecording

4

FoodandCooking

Tutorials,worldfood

Voicerecording

5

LeisureTime

Hobbiesandactivities

Voicerecording

6

TransportationandTravel

Destinations,modesoftransport

Voicerecording

7

MID-TERMEXAM

-

8

EntertainmentandArt

Video–Worstart

Voicerecording

9

Inventionsandgadgets

5G

Makeavideo

10

CityLife

Worsthousesintheworld(book)

Voicerecording

11

SportsandGames

Playingorwatching?

Voicerecording

12

Thepast

ThingsofsentimentalValue

Voicerecording

13

TechnologyinEducation

Whatwillfuturebring?

Voicerecord