Applied Foreign Languages
English Department
4th Year Advanced Listening/Speaking
Course II
Spring 2004
Class Meetings:Wednesdays,
3 credits
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Instructor: Aiden C. Yeh
Email: aidenyeh@yahoo.com
NKFUST
4th year Speaking and listening Course: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/listening2003/
NKFUST
Email: listening2003@yahoogroups.com
Course Aims and Objectives
1.
To develop the students’ listening comprehension and
critical thinking skills through an integrated approach to learning
2.
To expose students to unedited and authentic language
3.
To gain an understanding of American values and culture as
they develop their listening skills
4.
To train students to present their opinions and arguments
through oral presentations, this will build up their confidence and minimize
stage fright
5.
To allow students to engage in online conferences, lectures
and live discussions with foreign teachers to develop their analytical and
communication skills
Course Assignments and
Requirements
Attendance, completion of
students’ projects
Evaluation and Grading
LATE
ASSIGNMENTS get 60 points
NO
assignments= 0
30%
Attendance and Participation, Project Feedback
70%
Projects/ Presentations, Midterms and Finals
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100
points
Course Texts
Numrich, C. 1995. Consider
the Issues: Advanced Listening and Critical Thinking Skills. Longman.
Recommended Texts:
Richards, J. 2001. Passages 2.
Make use of the Internet
to help you gather information for all your projects and presentations.
Schedule
February
18 Unit
5 Gang Violence. Discussion. Impromptu
Role-Play. Vocabulary- writing sentences.
February 25 Unit 6
Create Controversy to Generate Publicity. Vocabulary- writing sentences.
Project: Students work in groups of 3-4. They will search for a local TV commercial or print advertisements or both which
creates controversy to generate publicity. Students will explain what type of
controversy was created, the effects it had on the Taiwanese society, and
critical analysis of their chosen material.
March 03 Student
Presentation: Create Controversy to Generate
Publicity. Prepare your feedbacks. Assessment: Oral presentation rubric.
March 10 Online
Video conference with Arnold Muhren and Dafne Gonzalez on TPR and other
kinaesthecially based language learning activities. Online
discussion. Students plan and prepare their presentation for March 17
March
17 Live
and webcast of students’ presentations. A conference with Arnold Muhren and
Webheads-providing feedback
March
24 Unit
7: Women Caught in the Middle of Two Generations. Discussion.
Possible Online Discussion: Arlyn Freed
March
31 ONLINE
WORK
April 07 Unit
8: The Mail-Order Bride. Students search the internet for information on this
topic. Chooses a local case and will present to class on April 14.
April
14 Midterms Students
project: The Mail-Order Bride
April 21 Technology and You: A Voice/Video conference
with Michael Coghlan. Discussion based on Michael Coghlan’s Song “Happy
Online”.
April 28 Unit
10.
What Constitutes a Family? Vocabulary- Writing sentences. Online discussion
with webheads.
May 05 Facing
the Wrong end of the pistol. Class will be divided into three groups. Writers’ group, Tech group and the actors’ group. The
writers’ group will write a play based on the situation given on p 99. The
writers’ group must come up with a script, and they should take into
consideration the number of cast members. See pp99-101 of your book for
guidelines. The actors’ group will read-through the script and will act and
present the play. The Tech group will prepare for all the technical
requirements such as lighting (if necessary), music, powerpoint
lay-out as background (if necessary), and all other technical aspects that will
make your presentation successful.
May 12 We will do a read-through and run-through of the play.
Actors’ group will practice the dialogues or lines and they will rehearse their
blockings. Writers’ group will take note of the corrections and must ammend
their scripts based on these revisions. All groups will discuss how to present
their play. The play can be presented in the classroom or if you wish to
prepare for video presentation (ala soap drama approach) then you may do so
provided that you will advise the teacher beforehand.
May 19 Finals. Presentation
of the role-play project. The class must work together to prepare a
booklet that will include the following:
1.
List of names: Members of the Cast, the writers, the
Technical team. Please include your student numbers.
2.
a copy of the Final draft
3.
A copy of the working script (the original with notations
for revisions)
4.
If you choose to present the play in video, then you must
submit a copy of the VCD
5.
Credits- names of persons or establishments that have
extended assistance
Feedback through questionnaire must be submitted on May 26
Goodluck!
Aiden Yeh, February 2004