English for Advanced Studies B

1Grade

2.00Credits

semester not specified

Brett Collins

This course is taught in English.

Togane Campus

This course will prepare students to appropriately use English in a higher education setting. The central focus of this class will be to develop academic listening, note-taking, and topic discussion skills.

This is a listening- and discussion-oriented integrated skills course, organized around four topics: Marketing, Social Sciences, Media Studies, and Linguistics. Each topic is one unit that contains two chapters. Each unit begins with activities designed to develop interest, vocabulary, and knowledge of the topic. As the class works through a unit, we will develop a process with five steps: Listen and apply new strategies; Take notes; Discuss the lecture; and Assess your knowledge. Students will prepare for and participate in lectures and discussions on the topics.  Finally, students will be assessed not only through their production and participation, but also through written quizzes and tests.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Build background knowledge and vocabulary to understand lectures
2. Recognize types of information in lectures, including signals for important information
3. Use an informal outline to take notes; highlight important information; organize information
4. Use expressions to enter and contribute to a discussion
5. Speak effectively about a topic using support, including visuals
6. Connect ideas to other students’ ideas

1. Course Orientation and Introduction. Preview of Unit 4 Review
Note-taking strategies, lecture language signals, note-taking, comprehension Q&A

Purchase textbook and bring it to the first class.

1. Course Orientation and Introduction. Preview of Unit 4 Review
Note-taking strategies, lecture language signals, note-taking, comprehension Q&A
S1 Review Test; Preview Science

2. Unit 3:
Review: Class orientation
Lesson: Communication Revolutions: Review Discussion; use your notes to discuss ideas from S1
S1 Review Test; Preview Science

Course Orientation and Introduction. Preview of Unit 4 Review
Note-taking strategies, lecture language signals, note-taking, comprehension Q&A

Review: Discussion Review

3. Unit 4:
Review: Discussion Review
Lesson: Chapter 7. Listening Strategy, Note-Taking Strategy; Note-Taking

S1 Review Test; Preview Science

Chapter 1 Discussion Strategies
Complete pp. 80-82

4. Unit 4:
Review: Discussion Strategy
Lesson: Chapter 7 Discussion 1

Using Background Knowledge to Predict Content; Unit 4 Note-taking Strategies

Poster Presentation 1

5. Unit 4:
Review: Discussion 1 Feedback
Lesson: Poster Presentation Practice
Preview: Poster Presentation 1

Poster Presentation 1

Poster presentation idea and preparation readings

6. Unit 4:
Review: Presentation 1
Lesson: Poster Presentation 1
Preview: Chapter 10 Humanities, Unit 5

Poster presentation idea and preparation readings

Chapter 10 Humanities, Unit 5

7. Unit 5:
Review: Discussion Review
Lesson: Chapter 9. Listening Strategy, Note-Taking Strategy; Note-Taking

Poster Preparation: A4 image and talking points

Preview: Discussion Strategy
Complete pp. 106-109

8. Unit 5:
Review: Discussion Strategy
Lesson: Chapter 9 Discussion 2
Preview: Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Humanities, Unit 5

Discussion preparation

9. Unit 5:
Review: Discussion Review
Lesson: Chapter 10. Listening Strategy, Note-Taking Strategy; Note-Taking
Preview: Discussion Strategy

Discussion preparation; Chapter 10

Complete pp. 118-121

10. Unit 5:
Review: Discussion Strategy
Lesson: Chapter 10 Discussion 3 Preparation
Preview: Discussion

Discussion Strategy

Extra reading for discussion

11. Unit 5:
Review: Discussion Strategy
Lesson: Chapter 10 Discussion 3
Preview: Review

Chapter 10 Discussion Strategies

Review Discussion 3; Poster presentation preparation

12. Unit 5
Review: Organization strategies
Lesson: Poster Presentation Practice

Poster presentation idea and preparation readings

Preview: Poster Presentation 2

13. Unit 5:
Lesson: Poster Presentation 2
Preview: Final Report

Poster Presentation 2: A4 image and talking points Final Report

Final Report Assigned: Due class 14

Students will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Small-Group Discussions (3 x 15%): 45%
Poster Presentations (2 x 15%): 30%
Class Participation: 15%
Final Report - 10%

As part of this course, students are expected to preview upcoming class content, as well as to review the content of the previous classes. In addition to this, teachers will assign preview and review activities as part of the regular homework assignments. Assessment of how fully students are previewing and reviewing the lesson content, as well as how successfully they have completed the preview and review activities assigned, is included in the homework and class participation section of the assessment guidelines set out below. Students will engage in a minimum of 1 hour of both preview and review study for each lesson. Preview and review of course content is an essential aspect of language learning, therefore, in order to pass this course and achieve a good passing grade, please ensure that you do this to the best of your abilities.

Lecture Ready 1: Strategies for Academic Listening and Speaking (Second Edition)

Peg Sarosy & Kathy Sherak

Oxford University Press

978019441727-3

Same book as S1

1. Dictionary (not a smartphone)
2. Downloadable video and audio materials are available from the following link (access code necessary): www.lectureready.com/student

Please refer to the room assigned on the schedule.

Office Hours will be explained by the teacher.