SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentFreshman Class A, Department of English Freshman Class B, Department of English
Course NameEnglish Oral Training (I) : Oral Training and Listening
InstructorLIU YI-CHUN
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Exercises




  1. The interactions and group work. Students are expected to participate in interactive activities and group work to improve their listening and speaking ability. Activities includes opinion sharing, peer feedback, impromptu speaking, theme presentations, interactive debate, role play, and project tasks.



2. Self-Learning. This course is designed to encourage autonomous learning. Through the following activities learners are expected to actively take charge of improving their communication skills.




  • Self-practice. Students are required to watch online videos (e.g. TED Talks, famous speeches, TV talk shows, news, and etc.) at home and practice the assigned work.

  • Self-evaluation notes. Students are expected to keep evaluation notes, which should accommodate the self-critique of their theme presentations, peer feedbacks, TA and the teacher’s comments, and etc.




  1. Individual Tutoring and peer feedback. Students are expected to improve their critical listening skills for specific contexts and to enhance their speaking accuracy. To reach these goals, students are required to participate in group workshops to receive peer feedback. Moreover, students should meet their native speaking TA to correct their pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns.



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In-class activities

Assignments

Week 1

Orientation



Self-introduction



Intonation-




  1. 3 tips for sounding like a native speaker



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZJ1Q3GSuI




  1. How to Improve Spoken American English - Sound like a Native Speaker



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3g51xfopIE




  1. Talking About Your Hometown - Spoken English Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb-m3tEW_as



    1. Watch the assigned videos, and practice your pronunciation of linking words.

    2. Shadowing Lesson 1

Week 2

  1. Speak English Fluently - How to Link Words - Pronunciation Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbnRm_3_QKU&t=604s

  2.    ESL Pronunciation Exercise: Breakfast (Ben Franklin Exercise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= cEda3liHF1U ?

  3. Shadowing exercise



Lesson 1 - Speak English Clearly! The Imitation Technique



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91p6pTPpSY&list=PLnqiss0MxO9WXkyKQB0qw5Q95_26QBEKU&index=2




  1. Peer feedback 1 of shadowing

  2. Self Evaluation



 



    1. To elicit the structures from the videos made by Gordon Kangas, Amy Morin and Michelle Obama., please answer the following questions:

      1. Which one do you like the most? Why?

      2. What are the strength and weakness of the three speeches?

      3. Who are the target audience and what are the purposes of the three speeches?

      4. What makes a speech effective and ineffective?



    2. Shadowing exercise—Lesson 2





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDIVCDvMso&index=3&list=PLnqiss0MxO9WXkyKQB0qw5Q95_26QBEKU

Week 3

  1. Speaking – Structure, audience, purpose  (lap-top)

  2. Ted-talk 1 TEDxEMU - Gordon Kangas - Giving Presentations Worth Listening To  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXkThfQx6A)

  3. Ted talk 2 The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong | Amy Morin | TEDxOcala (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbv757kup4)




  1. Michelle Obama’s full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNWYqDU948

  2. Impromptu speech

  3. Shadowing Peer Review 2



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDIVCDvMso&index=3&list=PLnqiss0MxO9WXkyKQB0qw5Q95_26QBEKU



 



    1. Read the assigned reading.

    2. Watch the assigned videos

    3. Practice for impromptu speech





 

Week 4

  1. wikiHow to Prepare and Give an impromptu Speech



http://www.wikihow.com/Prepare-and-Give-a-Speech




  1. Speech Sandwich

  2. How To Start Your Speech (3 excellent openings)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCBZQ8Jvg9k




  1. How to develop the content?

  2. Public speaking tutorial: Having a strong close | lynda.com



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-qN6fyLcqg




  1. Impromptu speech practice



(group work)



    1. Watch the assigned video

    2.  What is your reflection of the content--





Summary of the video, critique of the speech from the paralinguistic perspective.






    1. Shadowing exercise—Lesson 3





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8PaVyVbF0&list=PLnqiss0MxO9WXkyKQB0qw5Q95_26QBEKU&index=4

Week 5

Speaking- Paralinguistic features (lap-top)




  1. Assigned reading: https://educationalresearchtechniques.com/2015/05/12/paralinguistic-language-features/

  2. Ted-talk Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

  3. Impromptu speech practice

  4. Shadowing peer review 3



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8PaVyVbF0&list=PLnqiss0MxO9WXkyKQB0qw5Q95_26QBEKU&index=4



 



    1. Watch the assigned video.

    2. Choose one complicated concept and try to explain it with a metaphor in a humorous way. Mind your paralinguistic cues.

    3. Prepare your mini presentation (about 5 minutes)

Week 6

Speech strategies- humor, question, metaphor, body language (lop-top)




  1. Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | (Tim Urban) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

  2. PowerPoint design-Ted talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo)

  3. Mini presentation (5 minutes)



Self evaluation & Peer review 4

 



Prepare for your Theme Presentation 1: Impromptu Speech next week

Week 7

  1. How to Use English Idioms | Weather Idioms



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTM7zGxC2qQ




  1. Spoken language—idioms https://sites.google.com/site/eltmethodologies/four-systems/vocabulary/idioms-in-dialogues

  2. BBC English learning—



http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak




  1. Theme Presentation 1—IMPROMPTU SPEECH

  1. 15 idioms per week




  1. Watching the assigned videos and try the suggested strategies.

  2. Do you agree or disagree with the suggested learning strategies?

  3. What are your favorite strategies of learning English with movies?

  4. Please prepare a 3 minute presentation to introduce a movie that you consider appropriate for English learning.

Week 8

Listening- Watching movies (bottom-up)




  1. How to Learn English - Use Movies and TV to Learn English



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YodtMIsjM0c




  1. How to Learn English with Movies



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH1aDCjypKg




  1. English Listening Practice: How to Understand Movies Without Subtitles

  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todTT866rx8

 

Week 9

Learning idioms and vocabulary with movies




  • Watching movies—Bolt (lap-top)

  • Self evaluation



list all the vocabulary and idioms as your self-evaluation note.



 

  1. Watching the assigned videos



 

Week 10

Learn Listening with Watching TV




  1. Learn English with TV Series: Monica's Boob Job

  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOlCpExaCVQ

  3. Learn English with Friends: Flirting with Police

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI025NwWkTk



 

Extra listening practices:




  1. Learn English with The Big Bang Theory: Blowing up the Moon



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLha-O78G3g




  1. Learn English with TV Series: Seinfeld 'The Limo'



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC54i2KCi0w

Week 11


Watching the assigned videos and prepare for the in-class debate of the news: Please read out loud of the following news: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/trump-transgender-military.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Week 12

  • Theme presentation2 –  ROLE PLAY (Please provide copies of the storyline, list of vocabulary and idioms of your role play)

Reporting an NCCU campus news (Team work)



Week 13

Listening- News broadcast




  1. Listening- News broadcast (lap-top)

  2. CNN Student News - October 31, 2017 - English Subtitle

  3. President Donald Trump Blocks Transgender People from Serving in Military | MSNBC

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJXzQq9i1Wo

  5. For Transgender Service Members, a Mix of Sadness, Anger and Fear

  6. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/for-transgender-service-members-a-mix-of-sadness-anger-and-fear.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

  7. Pres. Donald Trump Bans Trans Servicepeople | The View

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCfKwGou5k4

  9. BBC News Review: Apple vs the FBI

  10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-16/session-2

  11. Listening practice in class--

  12. President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rSDUsMwakI&t=334s

  14. https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/48371 (Voice tube)

  15. In-class Debate (1-1; 2-2)

  16. Self-evaluation & Peer Review 5 of news reading

  1. Preparing for the campus news report

  2. Extra listening practices:　




  1. BBC News Review: Parents saying 'no' to vaccinations



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HgiDH7dbCM




  1. Learn English with VOA News, Improve English with VOA learning English, Report compilation 23



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-4vFfO2duU&t=2475s

Week 14

  1. Refugee Crisis: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZsOISarzg



https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/48495# (voice tube)




  • 9 die in immigrant-smuggling attempt in sweltering truck



http://wfla.com/2017/07/23/8-people-found-dead-in-truck-in-human-trafficking-crime/




  • In class discussion: What do you think of Trump’s policy of illegal immigration—building a border wall?  (1-1; 2-2)



Group discussion—Campus news report



 



 

  1. Watching the assigned video and try to summarize it.

  2. Come up with personal opinions.

Week 15

Theme Presentation 3 – CAMPUS NEWS REPORT



Theme introduction (1 minute)



Onsite reporting the issue/interviewing people (2 minute)



Reflection (2 minutes)



Conclusion/Suggestion (1 minute)

 

Week 16

Listening- Academic lecture




  1. Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century - with Steven Pinker



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5J6BfToSw&t=352s



In-class practice: summary, personal opinions



 

 

Week 17

Listening-Academic lecture




  1. SOC101 - Language, Dialect, Variety



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji6vURnWfrk




  1. Watching the following academic lecture video



Language, gender, and sexual orientation



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zox6YosslUE



Peer feedback 6 of the lecture summary and expression of personal opinions.



Preparing for the academic presentation

Week 18

Theme Presentation 4—



ACADEMIC PRESENTATION

 


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading

feedback exercise (x6) 30%



Self-evaluation notes (x2) 10%



Theme presentations (x4) 40%



Tutoring (x2) 10%



Quizzes (x5) 10%


Textbook & Reference

NA


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