Fall II 2024 Level 3 Listening/Speaking

Instructor: Dr. Laura Parker-Puckett Email: [email protected]

Office: Virtual/Online - Zoom Office Hours: Email for an Appointment

Important Information
Prerequisites Successful completion of level 2 or ESL placement exam.

Required Materials 1. Q: Skills for Success – Listening and Speaking, 3

2. Paper, pencils, pens

Method of Instruction Individual work, group work, presentations

Grading Procedure Tests, quizzes, projects and presentations, teacher observation

Homework Homework will be required daily

Student Learning Listening:

Outcomes
● Students will differentiate between major and minor details of a talk or
lecture by producing hand-written notes with common note-taking
conventions.

● Students will use a variety of strategies to take notes on a talk or lecture

(e.g.: two-column notes, abbreviations and symbols, bullets, highlighting
key words and concepts)

● Students will demonstrate an understanding of discourse markers and

academic lexis from a talk or lecture.
Speaking:

● Students will orally produce simple sentences (affirmative/negative) and

questions using correct syntax and word order in the present perfect tense
and the present perfect continuous tense.

● Students will speak using common social vocabulary and idiomatic

expressions

● Students will use academic language in formal presentations.

● Students will expand on basic ideas in discussions and formal

presentations.

● Students will retell, describe, narrate and expand on simple situations.

● Students will speak using appropriate tone and inflection to express

meaning during presentations.
 ● Students will use correct rhythm, stress, and word endings to maintain
comprehensibility during discussions and presentations.

Classroom Rules
Consequences of When a student cheats on a test or quiz or plagiarizes a writing assignment, the
Cheating student will receive a grade of zero. Then, the student may or may not have a second
opportunity to do the assignment, based on the teacher's choice.

Cellphones If you want to be counted present, you must put away your cell phone before class
begins! Students using cell phones without the teacher’s permission will be marked
absent. Cell phones may not be used on any classwork assignment, quiz, or test
unless the teacher specifically allows students to use their phones.

Course Overview
In this course, students will develop intelligible speech to be applied to life skills and academic purposes. Intense
training in the phonology of English will continue, including common contractions, reductions, deletions, and the
effects of specific phonetic environments. The speech of participants will be recorded and analyzed, providing
suggestions for improvement. Students will present brief oral presentations. Students will discuss topics and
listen to short lectures.

Listening skills for both formal and informal settings, including listening skills for college study will be
developed in the course. Students will listen to sample academic lectures and will practice note-taking skills
based on them. Activities will include participating in discussions and debates and taking notes on short
presentations.

Language Objectives
Listening:
● Differentiate between major and minor details of a talk or lecture

● Use a variety of strategies to take notes on a talk or lecture (eg: two-column notes, abbreviations and
symbols, bullets, highlighting key words and concepts)
● Demonstrate an understanding of discourse markers and academic lexis

Speaking:
● Orally produce simple sentences (affirmative/negative) and questions using correct syntax and word order

● Speak using common social vocabulary and idiomatic expressions

● Use some academic language in speech

● Expand on basic ideas

● Retell, describe, narrate and expand on simple situations

● Speak using appropriate tone and inflection to express meaning

● Use correct rhythm, stress, and word endings to maintain comprehensibility during discussions and
presentations
Grading Information
Category Details %

Speaking 20%
● Unit Assignments, Pronunciation, Presentations

Other 20%
● Teacher Observation, Classwork, Homework

Tests 30%
● Unit Tests (Notetaking, Listening, Vocabulary)

Final 30%
● Listening Final and Speaking Final

Important Dates (also see ELA website calendar)

First Day of Class October 14 (M)

Mid-Semester Holiday (No Class) October 24-25 (TH-F)
Thanksgiving Holiday (No Class) November 25-29 (M-F)
Last Day of Class December 10 (T)

Tentative Term Calendar

*This calendar may change as all planning is tentative.

Week Skills Material Assessment

1 Intro to note-taking Unit 1

Making Inferences
Auxiliary Verbs/
Taking Conversational Turns

2 Predicting Unit 2
Note-taking continued Listening/Vocab Test #1
Listening for causes and effects
Giving advice

3 Note-taking Unit 3 Presentation 1

Listening for time markers
Summarizing
Tag questions
Intonation
 Asking for/giving reasons

4 Identifying fact and opinion Unit 4 Listening/Vocab Test #2

Context clues
Modals
Giving and supporting opinions
Mind mapping for note-taking

5 Note-taking Unit 5 Presentation 2

Evidence
Word families

6 Inferring Listening/Vocab Test #3

Justifying claims Unit 6
Stress on important words Final Presentation
Group discussions
Taking notes on a discussion

7 Review, final exams