Listening and Speaking LANE211

Ministry of Education

King Abdulaziz University

Department of European Languages and Literature

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

COURSE SYLLABUS

 Course Title: LISTENING & SPEAKING I                            

Course Code: LANE 211                                                      

Prerequisite: NIL

Date: Second Semester 2015

Number of credit hours: 3 hrs.

Building: 112/ 4^th floor/ Room 589

Instructor: Mr. Al Qarni Mohammed

E-mail: msalqarni@kau.edu.sa

Mobile: 0544241188

NOTE – By unanimous agreement of the department council, information in this Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of any teaching period.

I- Course Description:

This course aims at preparing students to learn and practice listening skill at the beginning of their learning path in the English language department. It is specifically intended for new entrants at the High Beginning to Low Intermediate level. Designed by Heinle Cengage Learning and National Geographic Learning Corporation, this textbook offers a wide variety of real-life situations and authentic topics. It also covers a wide range of listening skills such one to one conversation, group discussions, radio broadcasting, and min-presentations. It focuses on the rhythm of sounds and intonation of natural language production. Gradually, it introduces students to academic English, which will be needed at a later stage of their study at the department. Chapters teach various listening skills, including, but not limited to, listening for main ideas and specific information. On the other hand, speaking is meant to focus on fluency and communicative strategies used by native speakers in both real-life situations and academic settings. It offers strategies to help students in words choice, constructing short and long sentences, turning abstract ideas into verbal ones. It also introduces students to different formats of academic English  (e.g. college lectures, news broadcasts, stories, etc.). Like any Communicative base Language course, grammatical features are taught implicitly. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an acceptable level of listening competency required for Listening and Speaking II - Lane 214.

A- Rationale:

The ability to listen, understand, and analyze verbal production is an essential skill in any given language. Students need working knowledge of a language before they can start exploring the descriptive knowledge of the grammar component. The listening stage is the first one that needs to be followed in acquiring that knowledge, followed by the speaking, the reading and comprehension, the stage of grammatical rules, and finally the writing. Hence, listening tends to be regarded as the starting point upon which all other stages of language learning are built. Students in this first stage will subconsciously acquire awareness and familiarity, sounds and meaning which, in turn, will make it easier to produce fragments they have frequently heard. 

B-Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

1. Listen for main ideas and take notes of the major points
2. Listen for specific information and detailing them.
3. Demonstrate analytical listening.
4. Identify stressed words, reductions, and intonation.
5. Summarize main ideas.
6. Define the tone of speakers.
7. Extract meaning from the context.
8. Work in pairs and in groups to enhance their spoken fluency.
9. Differentiate between “real questions” and rhetorical ones.
10.  Speak with intelligible pronunciation, stress and intonation.
11. Express abstract idea in a clear and articulate manner.

 C- Course Contents to be covered:

D- Evaluation:

E- Required texts:

Becky Tarver Chase and Kristin L. Johansen. Pathways 3: Listening, Speaking & Critical Thinking. Australia: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2012. 

F- General course requirements and policy:

1- Aligning with the university rules and regulations attendance is mandatory. Absenteeism affects students grading criteria. Students who are frequently absent may or will receive DN grade. Official alibies are the only accepted excuse.

2. Class timing must be observed. Since the teaching period is 50 minutes per class, student have to report to class on time.

3- Students will receive a copy of the course syllabus at the beginning of the semester.

4 - Students are required to bring to class, in addition to the textbook, a notebook and a small notepad to jut down new or important information. They are also encouraged to bring an English-English dictionary such as Longman Dictionary or Word Power English – English –Arabic Dictionary.

5- Class participation is highly encouraged and appreciated by teachers. It is also considered toward grading at the end of the semester.

6- Students are expected to behave politely and respectfully and conduct themselves in accordance to the best academic practices and conventions. Misbehavior is not appreciated and will be subjected to the university rules.

7- Honesty is obligatory act in the classroom. Dishonesty, plagiarism, and cheating acts  will not be tolerated in anyaspect of classwork.   

 G- Additional sources for teaching English as a second or foreign language:

www.usd.edu/engl/ESL.html

http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/

www.english-to-go.com/eslresources.htm

www.eslcafe .com

www.englishclub.com

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks

www.livetutoring.net/teachers.htm   

www.English.com

www.toefl.org

www.owcp.net/clc

www.tnis.net

www.easyenglish.com

www.tfel.net

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