Course Description
The Advanced English Conversation course reinforces students' specific experience, general observation, and reading inputs into optimizing communicative skills to cause a natural flow of critical thinking and strategies with other communicators. Students will be trained to elaborate ideas, opinions, and feelings in various levels of communicative demands such as round table discussion and presentation. With the thought-provoking topics, each student will seek argument and justification on his/her views to formulate conclusions, suggestions, or recommendations. Thus, students will become highly competent, opinionated, and interactive towards leadership and management in a communicative environment.
Objectives |
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By the end of the course, student will have:
1. compared and contrasted opinions presented in the learning materials and by students;
2. examined their capacity to accommodate and assimilate language inputs and other experiences;
3. asserted self-expression to obtain prestige and network; and,
4. displayed interest and enthusiasm for personal growth and maturity.
1. compared and contrasted opinions presented in the learning materials and by students;
2. examined their capacity to accommodate and assimilate language inputs and other experiences;
3. asserted self-expression to obtain prestige and network; and,
4. displayed interest and enthusiasm for personal growth and maturity.
Expectations
Students are expected to:
1. come to class with open mind, ready to share and learn with others.
2. participate in class actively, enthusiastically and diligently.
3. contribute ideas, efforts, and experiences to class/groups.
4. show respect and contribute positively towards discussions, class atmosphere, peers and instructor.
5. make a strong effort to interact in English as much as possible.
1. come to class with open mind, ready to share and learn with others.
2. participate in class actively, enthusiastically and diligently.
3. contribute ideas, efforts, and experiences to class/groups.
4. show respect and contribute positively towards discussions, class atmosphere, peers and instructor.
5. make a strong effort to interact in English as much as possible.
Course Topics
Unit 1. Cosmetic Surgery (pp. 10-13)
Unit 2. Friends or Lovers? (pp. 14-17)
Unit 3. I Don't Care (pp.18-21)
Unit 4. Rules, Rules, Rules (pp. 22-25)
Unit 5. Plagiarism (pp. 26-29)
Unit 6. Housework (pp. 30-33)
Unit 7. The Unborn Child (pp. 34-37)
Unit 8. Earning Money (pp. 38-41)
Unit 9. Body Art (pp. 42-45)
Unit 10. Adult Children (pp. 46-49)
Unit 2. Friends or Lovers? (pp. 14-17)
Unit 3. I Don't Care (pp.18-21)
Unit 4. Rules, Rules, Rules (pp. 22-25)
Unit 5. Plagiarism (pp. 26-29)
Unit 6. Housework (pp. 30-33)
Unit 7. The Unborn Child (pp. 34-37)
Unit 8. Earning Money (pp. 38-41)
Unit 9. Body Art (pp. 42-45)
Unit 10. Adult Children (pp. 46-49)
Course Evaluation
Grading is done on a curve. It means only the very top 40% of students can get an A/A+ grade, the next 30% only can get B/B+, and the lowest 30% will be awarded C grade or lower. You are competing against each other.
Course Requirements
Midterm exam (written) (30%)
Final exam (oral) (30%)
Attendance (20%)
Participation (20%)
Total (100%)
Final exam (oral) (30%)
Attendance (20%)
Participation (20%)
Total (100%)
Course Books
Please purchase, IMPACT ISSUES 3 by Richard R. Day, et al. (2012), at the University bookstore.