COURSE INFORMATION

Course Name

Code

Semester

T+A Hours

Credit

ECTS

English Listening, Comprehension and Speaking Skills

2

8+0

Prerequisites

None

Course Language

English

Course Type

Compulsory

Course Coordinator

Course Instructors

Lecturers Hülya ÜNSAL ŞAKİROĞLU and Catherine AKÇA

Course Assistants

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Course Objectives

To enable students to develop their abilities to comprehend various types of spoken discourse and to express themselves effectively, in English, with particular emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills and on the use of academic language

Learning Outcomes

Listening skills:-

  Students will be able to:

- Comprehend  main ideas, supporting detail and examples

- Identify cause and effect

- Identify attitude and rhetorical questions

- Understand explanations

Speaking skills:-

  Students will be able to:

- Organize and present information effectively

- Debate ideas and offer opinions

- Describe historical events and personal experiences

- Participate effectively in a discussion

- Expand and link ideas

- Use persuasive language

- Clarify meaning

- Seek clarification

Course Content

Audio-visual material and speaking activities designed to facilitate the development of effective communication skills,  in English, at an intermediate level

COURSE OUTLINE

Weeks

Topics

Preparation

1

Introductions

2

Animals

3

Animals

Customs and Traditions

4

Customs and Traditions

History 

5

History

Transport

6

Transport

Environment  

7

Environment  

Health and Fitness

8

Health and Fitness

Discovery and Invention

9

Discovery and Invention

Fashion

10

Fashion

Economics

11

Economics

The Brain

12

The Brain

13

Review and Practice

14

Review and Practice

REFERENCES

Course Book

Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills Level 3, Alison Ramage Patterson, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Other Resources

Cambridge Learning Management System

CONTRIBUTION OF COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

No

Programme Learning Outcomes

Contribution Level

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8