COURSE INFORMATION

Course Name

Code

Semester

T+A Hours

Credit

ECTS

English Listening, Comprehension and Speaking Skills

    1

8+0

Prerequisites

None

Course Language

English

Course Type

Compulsory

Course Coordinator

Course Instructors

Lecturers Hülya ÜNSAL ŞAKİROĞLU and Catherine AKÇA

Course Assistants

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Course Objectives

To enable students to develop their abilities to comprehend various types of spoken discourse and to express themselves effectively, in English, with particular emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills and on the use of academic language

Learning Outcomes

Listening skills:-

  Students will be able to:

- Comprehend  main ideas, supporting detail and examples

- Recognize genre, attitude, mood and bias

- Understand instructions

Speaking skills:-

  Students will be able to:

- Organize and present information effectively

- Debate ideas and offer opinions

- Give instructions

- Present reports

- Give advice and instructions

- Use descriptive language

Course Content

Audio-visual material and speaking activities designed to facilitate the development of effective communication skills,  in English, at a pre-intermediate level

COURSE OUTLINE

Weeks

Topics

Preparation

1

Introductions

2

Places

3

Places 

Festivals and Celebrations

4

Festivals and Celebrations

School and Education 

5

School and Education

The Internet and Technology

6

The Internet and Technology

Language and Communication  

7

Language and Communication  

Weather and Climate

8

Weather and Climate

Sports and Competition

9

Sports and Competition

Business

10

Business

People

11

People

Space and the Universe

12

Space and the Universe

13

Review and Practice

14

Review and Practice

REFERENCES

Course Book

Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills Level 2, Alison Ramage Patterson, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Other Resources

Cambridge Learning Management System

CONTRIBUTION OF COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

No

Programme Learning Outcomes

Contribution Level

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8