Section: A

Course Description &

Syllabus

Speaking -1-

1st Semester 2009

Course Description (Speaking 1 ).doc 

Instructor: Location: Website: E-mail:	Hala Al-Wohaibi BL: 19        Office No. 102 http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/HalaAlWohaibi/default.aspx halwohaibi@ksu.edu.sa
Course title ,number and Code:   Contact Hours:	Speaking -1- Najd 171   4 Hours weekly
Textbook:	INTERACTIONS 1 LISTENING/SPEAKING middle east gold edition
Content & Objectives:	The speaking component is designed to equip the students with pre-intermediate conversational skills. Its primary objective is to get students to speak and to communicate fluently and accurately without inhibition. Its secondary objectives are to develop the students’ ability in making sentences, asking questions and to improve their pronunciation and vocabulary. The following topics for speaking are recommended: 1. Introducing oneself. 2. Talking with friends about the weather, the seasons. 3. Telling stories of childhood. 4. Talking about social activities at home, at school, at college, or at work. 5. Discussing issues related to nature. In addition to the above topics, where the student expresses herself and talks about issues that are close to his heart and mind, it is recommended that role play and certain other simulations be undertaken. These may include: 6. Making a phone call. 7. Describing locations. 8. Interviewing potential flat mates. 9. Ordering in a restaurant. 10. Booking a room in hotel. 11. Talking to customs. 12. Returning items and getting a refund.
Skills and strategies:	·               Using appropriate paralinguistic expressions while speaking ·               Making requests, answering requests ·               Apologizing, refusing, complaining ·               Contributing to opening and closing moves in exchanges ·               Making invitations and declining invitations ·               Using some very brief written notes when speaking ·               Managing to maintain one’s audience interested ·               Giving instructions ·               Respecting the principles of politeness and using appropriate politeness formulae
Subskills	·               Use of appropriate modal auxiliaries ·               Use of tenses for narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and instruction ·               Appropriate use of prepositions, adjectives and adverbs ·               Good use of hesitation, fillers, tags, and short forms ·               Ability to sound formal, informal, joking, jovial, sad, depressed, etc. ·               Use of idiomatic expression appropriately ·               Use of paraphrase, circumlocution, borrowing, and translation as achievement strategies
Chapters to be covered:	8 to 10 Chapters
Week 1	Orientation + Starting Chapter 1: Academic life around the world
Week 2	Chapter 1: Academic life around the world
Week 3	Chapter 2: Experiencing nature
Week 4	Chapter 3: Living to eat, or eating to live
Week 5	Chapter 3: Living to eat, or eating to live Chapter 4: In the community
Week 6	Chapter 4: In the community
Week 7	Chapter 5: Home
Week 8	Chapter 5: Home
Week 9	Chapter 6: Cultures of the world
Week 10	Chapter 7: Health
Week 11	Chapter 8: Entertainment & the Media
Week 12	Chapter 9: Social Life
Week 13	Chapter 9: Social Life
Week 14	Chapter 10: Sports
Week 15	Revision & Closure

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