EAPP 1054 - Academic Speaking & Listening 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: In a brief report the student will:

1. Give enough information for the audience to understand his/her point.
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Use English at the appropriate register.
4. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
5. Show appropriate body language.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to participate actively in small and large group discussions.

Objectives: During the discussion, the student will:

1. Make statements that relate to the topic.
2. Ask questions that relate to the topic.
3. Answer questions in a way that shows s/he understood the questions.
4. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
5. Use English at the appropriate register.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.
7. Show respect for others by not interrupting or making fun of another student.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to give a brief formal talk.

Objectives: In a short talk, the student will:

1. Give enough information for the audience to understand his/her point(s).
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
4. Show appropriate body language.
5. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.
6. Use English at the appropriate register.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate expansion of his/her vocabulary.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the meaning of idioms.
2. Correctly use and pronounce new words

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate improvement in his/her listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Distinguish between similar sounding sentences.
2. Identify the number of syllables in a word.
3. Identify the syllable that gets the most stress.
4. Write the missing words on a transcription of the sentences.
5. Identify the word in a sentence that gets the most stress.
6. Determine which response to a sentence is logical based on which word is stressed.
7. Give a logical answer to a question about a statement based on the intonation pattern used by the speaker.

1. Aspects of speaking and listening
   1. Sounds
      1. Vowels
      2. Consonants
      3. Intonation
         1. Stops
         2. Syllable length
   2. Words
      1. Stress
         1. Vowel length
         2. Vowel clarity
      2. Word stress patterns
   3. Sentences
      1. Emphasis pattern: content words
      2. Emphasis pattern: structure words
   4. Conversation
      1. Pitch patterns
      2. Intonation patterns
2. Practice modes
   1. Discussion groups
      1. Small
      2. Large
   2. Individual reports
3. Vocabulary building
   1. Idioms
   2. Words selected from academic word list
   3. Words selected by students from outside sources
   4. Words from articles for discussion