《Oral English 4 Syllabus（英語口語4 Gosia）》課程教學大綱

DONGGUANUNIVERSITYOFTECHNOLOGY

YuetaiDepartment

CourseSyllabus

Spring2019

InstructorInformation

Instructor

Ma?gorzata?abuda

CourseInformation

CourseCode

1

CourseTitle

OralEnglish4

CourseCategory

■Compulsory?Elective

Credit

1

TotalHours

18

Hoursperweek

1

PracticalHours

Labhours

Classroom

312,Yuetai,GuanchengCampus

Time

Materials

Selectionofvideosandself-designedmaterialsontopicsrelevantforthestudents.

Prerequisites

Successfullyfinishedcourse3

AssessmentandGrading

Assignments

PercentofFinalGrade

Participation,in-classwork

25%

Homework

25%

Mid-termexam

20%

FinalExam

30%

Total

100%

CourseDescription

Thiscourseisdesignedforundergraduatestudentswhoarenon-nativespeakersofEnglishinordertodeveloptheirlisteningandspeakingskillsinthetargetlanguage.Activitieswillincludepracticingvocabularyandcoregrammarstructures,speakingongiventopicsandanalysingthepresenteddata.Studentwillbeexpectedtodotheirhomeworkinaspokenform,participateactivelyintheclassroomactivitiesandfulfilalltheothergivenassignments.TheoverallgradefromthecoursewillbeestablishedonthebasisoftheprogresstheSsmakethroughoutthedurationofthecourse.Actualcontentofthecoursewilldependonthepreliminaryneedsandlevelanalysis,andisasubjecttochangeasthecourseproceeds.Thoseareonlysamplemodules.

CourseObjectives

Bytheendofthiscourse,learnersshouldbeableto:

(a)communicatewithothersinthetargetlanguageinpracticalsituations;

(b)expresstheirthoughtswithgreaterfluencyandaccuracy;

(c)handlethemselvesinthetargetlanguageinavarietyofwrittencontexts,fromshorttolongforms;

(d)producegrammaticallycorrectsentences;

CoursePolicies

(1)Attendanceandparticipation

Attendanceisrequired.Youareexpectedtoactivelyparticipateinclassactivities.

(2)Assignments

Atfewseparatetimesduringthesemester,youwillberesponsibleforfinishingaspokenassignmentfromeitherthethingsthatwerecoveredintheclassroombeforeorthematerialofyourchoice.Theinstructorwillprovideindividualfeedback.ItwillbestoredandwillprovidefurtherfeedbackforSsontheirprogressthroughoutthecourse.

CourseExpectations

AttendanceandParticipation

Sincethiscourseisanoralcommunicationcourse,attendanceandactiveparticipationismandatory.Fullattendancemeansarrivingontime,remainingpresent,activelyparticipatinginclassdiscussions,andcompletingassignmentsandreadingsbeforetheclassmeets.Youmaybeabsentforoneclasswithoutpenaltytoyourattendancegrade;anyadditionalabsenceswillaffectyourgrade.Ifanabsenceisunavoidable,pleasespeakwiththeinstructorpriortoyourabsencewherepossible.

TechnologyintheClassroom

PleasedoNOTbringyourlaptopstoclass(unlessweareusingthemforaspecificclassactivity).Cellphonesshouldbesilencedandputaway(i.e.,notondesktopsorlaps)forthedurationofclass.

LateAssignments

If,forsomereason,youareunabletoturninanassignmentontime,pleasediscusstheissuewiththeinstructorasearlyaspossible.Lateassignmentswithnoexplanationmaylosepoints.

AcademicIntegrity&Plagiarism

Plagiarismisusingsomeoneelse’swords,ideas,and/ordatainyourworkandtreatingitasyourownbyeithernotcitingitorbycitingitinappropriately.Plagiarismisaveryseriousissueinanyuniversitysystem.

Dishonestyofanykindwillnotbetoleratedinthiscourse.Dishonestyincludes,butisnotlimitedto,cheating,plagiarizing,fabricatinginformationorcitations,facilitatingactsofacademicdishonestybyothers,havingunauthorizedpossessionofexaminations,submittingworkofanotherpersonorworkpreviouslyusedwithoutinformingtheinstructor,ortamperingwiththeacademicworkofotherstudents.StudentswhoarefoundtobedishonestwillreceiveacademicsanctionsandwillbereportedtotheUniversity’sManagementofficeforpossiblefurtherdisciplinarysanction.

CourseSchedule

Week/Date

Topic

RequiredReadingandAssignments

1

CourseIntroduction,

Brainstormingtheideas.

Voicerecording

2

Issafeactuallysafer?

Video–AdventurePlaygrounds

Voicerecording,

Videorelatedhomework(ppt)

3

TechnologyinEducation

Video–VRinclassroom

Voicerecording

4

Baddesignaroundus

Video–theNormanDoor

Voicerecording

5

Workingonourmemory

Article

Voicerecording

6

Environment

Friendlydesigns–Tesla

Voicerecording

7

Photography

Pictures-Photoshop

Voicerecording

8

MID-TERMEXAM

9

Howtorelax-Tutorialvideosandothertoolsforprocrastination

Makeavideo

10

Traveldestinations

Usefulappsandothertips

Voicerecording

11

Euthanasia

VideoaboutSwitzerland

Voicerecording

12

Futureofallthingsonline

WechatvsAlipay

Voicerecording

13

BeautifulChina–Distinctivespots

Grassisalwaysgreener…

Voicerecording

14

Innovations,technology

5G

Voicerecording

15

Adultproblems–hereandthere

Video-Mamahuhu

Voicerecordi