Level 1-2
Listening and Speaking
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Course Overview
Course Description
This course helps students improve their speaking fluency and their ability to listen and understand. Students learn new vocabulary, expressions, and conversation strategies. What students learn in this class will help them speak and listen better in formulaic conversations with other people.
Course Emphasis
- Listening 50%
- Speaking 30%
- Vocabulary 10%
- Pronunciation 10%
Course Books and Materials
- Let's Talk 1 (Cambridge) 9781009265621
- Oxford Picture Dictionary, 3rd edition, ISBN 9780194505291 (All classes)
Course Learning Outcomes
- Understands level-appropriate* texts.
- Understands key words in spoken English.
- Understands formulaic phrases and routine responses.
- Understands classroom instructions.
- Effectively implements listening strategies.
- Connects content to background knowledge.
- Connects context to meaning.
- Produces level-appropriate* speech.
- Communicates in simple, routine conversations.
- Uses memorized phrases and formulaic speech.
- Recombines memorized phrases and target vocabulary into routine conversation patterns.
- Creates lists of words, phrases, and sentences.
- Asks and answers questions using memorized phrases and sentences.
- Acquires new vocabulary.
- Recognizes high frequency general vocabulary.
- Understands high frequency general vocabulary.
- Uses high frequency general vocabulary.
Assessments and Learning Experiences
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