FALL 2015-2016

ENG 211 ACADEMIC SPEAKING SKILLS

Weekly Schedule
Date

WEEK 1
5-9 OCT.

BOOK

WEEK 2
12-16 OCT.
Add-Drop
Week

Unit 1- ALL IN THE

MIND
Reading: Erasing Painful
Memories
Listening: Memory
Erasing- Bliss or Curse?
Unit 1- ALL IN THE
MIND

WEEK 3
19-23 OCT.

SPEAKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS

REMINDERS

The Sound of English

Talk About It

Choose a topic
for how to /
demonstration
speech

Pronunciation of Silent Letters

Presentation Skills
Building Presentation Confidence
Delivery

Ethics of Memory Erasing under

Spotlight

Going One Step Further

Discussion
Role Play
Poster Presentation

DEMONSTRATION / HOW TO SPEECH

Unit 2- ART

WEEK 4
26-30 OCT.
29 October
National
Holiday

INPUT

Reading : Worlds Most

Expensive Paintings
Listening: GraffitiInspirational Artwork or
Vandalism?

The Sound of English

The Problem Sounds in English

Presentation Skills
WEEK 5
2-6 NOV.

Unit 2- ART

WEEK 6
9-13 NOV.

Audio-Visual Aids : Type, Design,

Delivery
Types of Visual Representation

Talk About It
Banksy & His Art

Choose a news
item for current
events
presentation

Going One Step

Further
Debate

Panel Discussion

CURRENT EVENTS PRESENTATIONs

Unit 3- MARKETING

WEEK 7
16-20 NOV.

Reading : How Retailers

Trick You into Buying More
Listening:
NeuromarketingBrainwashing or Smart
Marketing?

The Sound of English

Word Stress in English

Talk About It
TV Commercials

Assign team
presentation
task

Unit 3- MARKETING

WEEK 8
23-27 NOV.

Presentation Skills

5 DECEMBER, 2015 SATURDAY

Listening: The
Transhumanist
Nightmare
Reading: Inventions
That Will Shape the
Future

The Sound of English

Intonation Patterns in English

Presentation Skills
Unit 4- TECHNOLOGY &
SCIENCE

Literature Research
Oral Citation
Written vs Oral Discourse
Integration of Literature
Research

WEEK 12
21-25 DEC.

INFORMATIVE
PRESENTATIONS

WEEK 13
28 DEC.-1 JAN.
1 Jan. Holiday

INFORMATIVE
PRESENTATIONS

WEEK 14
4-8 JAN.

Assign Speech
Analysis Report

Unit 4- TECHNOLOGY &

SCIENCE

11 Dec. last
day for

WEEK 11
14-18 DEC.

Oral Synthesis
Discussion
Mini Presentation

TEAM PRESENTATIONs
MIDTERM EXAM

WITHDRAWA
L

Parts of a Presentation

WEEK 9
30 NOV.-4 DEC.

WEEK 10
7-11 DEC.

Going One Step

Further

Revision & Wrap up week

Talk About It
Transhumanism under Spotlight

Assign
informative
presentation task

Going One Step

Further

Mini Presentation

Role Play

Assign final
presentation task