Curriculum Portfolio

Course Description

This course helps students improve their speaking and listening skills in basic English conversations. Students will learn new vocabulary words and how to use them in formulaic conversation. They will learn how to speak and understand short phrases and sentences that will help them function in routine interactions.

Course Emphasis

• Listening  50%
• Speaking  30%
• Vocabulary  10%
• Pronunciation  10%

Course Books and Materials

• Reading Horizons Student Book (place class set order through UPC 103)
• Oxford Picture Dictionary, 3rd edition, ISBN 9780194505291 (All classes)

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Understands level-appropriate speech and dialogue.
   1. Recognizes key words in statements and short conversations such as greetings and instructions.
   2. Understands formulaic phrases with context clues and multiple re-listenings.
   3. Understands the main idea of simple conversations and instructions using context clues and background knowledge.
   4. Recognizes turn-taking cues and question intonation.
      
2.  Produces level-appropriate speech.
   1. Recites target vocabulary and phrases from memory.
   2. Uses target vocabulary in biographical statements and short conversations about immediate surroundings.
   3. Recombines target vocabulary or produces stock phrases when responding to requests or making statements.

Assessments and Learning Experiences

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