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Course Outline
Course Outline
Course Outline
TOPIC
READING
LISTENING
WEEK 1
Work
using graphic
organizers
developing short
term memory
WEEK 2
Food
using
contextual
clues
WEEK 3
Language
analysis
WEEK 4
Health
WEEK 5
Environmen
t
making
inferences
reading
critically
evaluating
arguments
listening with a
purpose
listening for causal
relations
WEEK 6
Education
reading for
details
WEEK 7
Culture
summarizing
WEEK 8
Globalizatio
n
skimming
listening for
sequences
WEEK 9
Society
evaluating
opinions
WEEK 10
WRITING
creating a
professional
resume
SPEAKING
expressing opinions,
structuring the
presentation
GRAMMAR
writing about
preferences
passive voice
conditionals
conjunctions
modal verbs and
phrasal modals
writing proposals
interrupting
past forms
writing about
plans
questioning and
responding; clarifying and
comprehension checking
future forms
(future
progressive,
future perfect)
reporting
relative clauses
comparing and
contrasting
creating outlines
and flow charts
Evaluation criteria:
Attendance and participation (20%)
Students are expected to be present for every session, and participate actively in classroom activities.
Weekly assignments (35%)
more on relative
clauses
gerunds and
infinitives
Students are expected to do previews and submit assignments in time. After receiving the teachers comments or peer
critiques, students have the option of redoing the assignments and alter the grade.
Final Exam (20%)
There will be a final written exam in the second session of Week 10. The exam will incorporate skills that are covered in the
course, as well as relevant topics and grammar.
Final Presentation (25%)
Students will do a short oral presentation with PowerPoint on a topic of their choice in the last session of Week 10. Outlines
of the presentation should also be submitted.