The Syllabus for Advanced English Listening and Speaking (2015 Spring)
Basic Information
Course code：
Course type：Compulsory
Prerequisite for taking this course: RUC English Band 4
Course period：One semester
Credits：2
Textbook：Pathways 3 &4. Beijing: Foreign Language Research and Teaching Press
Course Objectives
This is a skill-oriented and student-centered course. Students will listen to a variety of materials including academic lectures, interviews, talks, reports, and so on, and view episode
s from National Geography, and participate in a lot of speaking activities. The course has the following specific objectives:
1. To improve students’ listening and speaking skills
2. To improve students’ ability to learn (predicting, making inference, thinking independently and cooperating with others)
3. To enhance students’ science and culture literacy
4. To improve students’ intercultural awareness
5. To improve students’ critical thinking ability
Students will take Section B of Test of Oral Proficiency in English (TOPE ) this semester. So through learning this course, students will also be able to do the following tasks:
1. Give a brief introduction to one’s study, hobbies, interests, personality, and so on.
2. Give comments or a short presentation based on some hints (cartoons, graphs, words, etc.).
3. Have a discussion with others on some hot issues.
4. Use verbal and non-verbal communicative strategies to communicate with others.
Teaching Schedule (Mondays)
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Weeks
Units
Teaching Contents
Self-study
Dates
1
1 (Book 3)
Introduction to the course;
Gender and Society
2-Mar
2
1
Gender and Society
Further Listening (FL)
9-Mar
3
2
Human Migration
FL
16-Mar
4
3
Fascinating Planet 
FL
23-Mar
5
4
Making a living 
FL
30-Mar
6
Qingming Festival
6-Apr
7
5
A World of Words
FL
13-Apr
8
7
Traditional and Modern Medicine
FL+Unit 8
20-Apr
9
Listening Quiz One
27-Apr
10
1( Book 4)
Urban Challenges 
FL
4-May
11
2
Protecting Our Planet 
FL+Unit 5
11-May
12
3
Beauty and Appearance 
FL
18-May
13
4
Tradition and Progress
FL
25-May
14
6
Health and Fitness;
Listening Quiz Two
FL
1-Jun
15
TOPE Section C
8-Jun
16
TOPE Section B
15-Jun
17
Final Listening Test
Teaching Schedule (Thursdays)
Weeks
Units
Teaching Contents
Self-study
Dates
1
1 (Book 3)
Introduction to the course;
Gender and Society
5-Mar
2
1
Gender and Society
Further Listening (FL)
12-Mar
3
2
Human Migration
FL
19-Mar
4
3
Fascinating Planet 
FL
26-Mar
5
4
Making a living 
FL
2-Apr
6
5
A World of Words
FL
9-Apr
7
7
Traditional and Modern Medicine
FL+Unit 8
16-Apr
8
Listening Quiz One
23-Apr
9
Spring Break
30-Apr
10
1( Book 4)
Urban Challenges 
FL
7-May
11
2
Protecting Our Planet 
FL+Unit 5
14-May
12
3
Beauty and Appearance 
FL
21-May
13
4
Tradition and Progress
FL
28-May
14
6
Health and Fitness;
Listening Quiz Two
FL+Unit 8
4-Jun
15
TOPE Section C
11-Jun
16
TOPE Section B
18-Jun
17
Final Listening Test
                      English Lectures (sope.ruc.edu/more.php?cid=319&page=1)
Week 1
Mark Shaferly
Wild life in Ohio
Stephen Perdue
Cross-Culture Relations
Week 2
Miroslav Atanasov
Famous Writers Against an in Famous King
Mark Green
Life in Silicon Valley
Week 3
Aaron Wheeler
Differences btw Chinese and American Culture
Michael Knapp
Cross Cultural Communication
Week 4
David Walton
A Tour of America`s Landmarks
Alan Trefzger
Israel
Week6
Matthew Montgomery
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Josiah Lookingbill
In Praise of Non-Reading
Week 7
Kirk Lehner
Culture and Language Learning
Deva Eveland
Edgar Allan Poe
Week 8
Nathan Hennessee
Perfect Cup of Coffee
Huoxia Xu
How to Read Pride and Prejudice
Week 9
Brooke Holliday
Time Management for College Students
Abdul Knowles
Business Culture--Interview Tips
Week 10
Xinyue Yao
Corpora and English Study
Scott Holliday
10 Ways to Improve Your English
Week 12
Chris Crook
Jack the Ripper
Ann Streeter
American Higher Education
Week 13
Erica Hawkins
American Cinema Production
Diane Lichtensteiger
Business Interview
Week 14
Stephen E. Lucas
The Classic Speech and Rhetoric
Notes for Teaching
1. All the chapters except Unit 6 in Book 3 and Unit 7 in Book Four should be covered in this semester.
Listening
2. Students are required to preview the new words before each class so it will be easier for them to follow the listening materials.
3. Teachers can assign students to do some listening tasks before or after class so that students can have more time to speak in class.
4. Students are required to do Further Listening exercises after class for all the chapters in the two books. Teachers will check this part regularly (e.g. every two weeks).
5. Students are required to listen to 23 English lectures this semester, two lectures every week. The link to the lectures is:
sope.ruc.edu/more.php?cid=319&page=1.
Speaking
6. To get students prepared for the TOPE, teachers will design discussion activities, and prepared or impromptu presentations for each unit.
7. To guarantee that the oral activities go on smoothly in class, teachers can put students into groups of three or four in the first class of the semester.
8. From the third or fourth week on, teachers can ask one or two groups to give prepared presentations at the beginning of each class. Students will choose their own topic. They need to share the picture, the photo, the graph, or the words that their presentation is based on.
9. Students will continue to practice reading aloud after class. The mp3 file of one essay will be submitted online before March 22nd (details about the system will be talked about at the meeting on Mar. 4th.).
10. Students will submit online two mp3 files of five-minute group discussion. The deadlines are April 19 th and May 24th .

Assessment and Grading
Daily Performance
30%
Attendance
10%
Two presentations
10%
Assignments
5%
Participation in class activities
5%
Mid-term
20%
Two listening quizzes
10%*2
Final exam
50%
Listening Final Test
30%
TOPE  Section B
20%

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