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Oral - Aural Training in English

This course is designed to enhance a students English listening and speaking skills and the ability to communicate successfully in a group in English. The emphasis in the classroom will be on learning through doing so that student interaction and participation in pairs or small group activities will be required. The teacher’s goal is to create a low stress environment to encourage students to feel comfortable taking risks and to participate in classroom activities. Along with the textbook students will learn to brainstorm, mindmap for answers and debate in fun simulations of real-life.

Tuesday 1:10 – 3:00

1	9/22/2009	Orientation to class, teacher and textbook.
2	9/29	Unit one: Can you speak English?
3	10/6	Unit two: That’s Personal
4	10/13	Unit three: Time to Learn
5	10/20	Unit four: Brainstorming and Mind-mapping
6	10/27	Unit five: Day to Day
7	11/3	Unit six: Where Does it Go
8	11/10	Unit seven: It’s That Way
9	11/17	Unit eight: All Dressed Up
10	11/24	Midterm Test
11	12/1	Unit nine: Family Portrait
12	12/8	Unit ten: Debating for Fun
13	12/15	Unit eleven: Like it or not
14	12/22	Unit twelve: About Tomorrow
15	12/29	Unit thirteen: About yesterday
16	1/5/2010	Unit fourteen: Let’s Eat Out
17	1/12	Group Oral Discussion Test
18	1/19	Group Oral Discussion Test

Class score:

Midterm test score = 20 % Final Exam = 30%

Attendance and class participation = 20% (Each absence will result in subtracting 2% from total grade, every lateness will take 1% off class grade.

GEPT scores = 10%

TOEIC scores = 20%