Ashwag 2017 - advanced listening & speaking course syllabus

1. 1‫األكاديمي‬ ‫واالعتماد‬ ‫الجودة‬ ‫ضمان‬ ‫عمادة‬5341‫هـ‬‫البابطين‬ .‫م‬
Course syllabus for Advanced Speaking & Listening 2017
1. Faculty member information:
Name offacultymember responsibleforthecourse
Ashwag Al Hamid
OfficeHours
Monday & Tuesday 11-12 & 12:30-1:30
OfficeNumber
0.301.16
Email
Email: miss.ashwag@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.slideshare.net/AshwagAlhamid
PNU BlackBoard: https://lms.pnu.edu.sa/
Twitter: @AshwagAlhamid
2. Courseoverviewandgeneral information:
College / Department
College of Languages / English Translation Department
Course Name and code
Advanced Listening and Speaking LING112 T
Number of credit hours
3
Program or programs that offerthis course
Applied Linguistics, English Translation, English Literature

2. 2‫األكاديمي‬ ‫واالعتماد‬ ‫الجودة‬ ‫ضمان‬ ‫عمادة‬5341‫هـ‬‫البابطين‬ .‫م‬
Year/course level
First Year/LevelTwo
Prerequisites for this course (if any)
Listening and Speaking LING 111 T
Co-requisites for this course (if any)
None
Site (tobe given if not inside the main building of the institution)
Main Campus
3. Objectivesofthe course
What is the main purpose for this course?
The students will be ableto:
1. Guess implicitmessages in oral conversationsand lectures based on contextual clues.
2. Analyze and synthesizemain ideas and reformulate them to improve their speakingskill.
3. Have better focus when listening.
4. Communicate usingcorrectEnglish in situationsthatmimic real interpretation situations.
5. Recall oral information quickly.
6. Maximizetheir interaction and verbal output.
7. Utilizeall their pastlanguageskillsin spontaneous oral activities.
8. Use correct vowels, consonants,stress,reductions,and intonation in longstretches of speech.
9. Overcome nonstandard spoken English depending on the contexts studied.
10. Have Confidence to present in front of an audience.
11. Apply techniques of note taking where possible.
12. Analyze and synthesize simple texts and oral clips as a tool in speaking practice.
13. Extract the main ideas from the oral clipsand written texts to improve listeningand speakingskills.
14. Practicespoken English.
4. Coursedescription:

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Assessment
methods
Intended learning
outcomes
ActivityTopicDate
2017
Week
Socratic: Q&APNU rules and
syllabus
Introduction to the
course
5-9/21
Speaking
Diagnostic
Speaking levelStudent
interviews
Diagnostic
Speaking
12-16/22
In-class practiceSpeaking/ Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch1Ch 1: Language and
Learning
19-23/23
In-class practiceSpeaking/Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch6Ch 6: The Mind26/2-2/34
Listening &Vocabulary Midterm Exam (Ch 1 & 6) + Discussing the Presentations
5-9/35
In-class practiceSpeaking/Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch 7
Working
Ch 7: Working12-16/36
Speaking Midterm 1 (Group Presentations)
19-23/37
In-class practiceSpeaking/Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch 1-6-
7
Completing chapters 1-6-
7
26-30/38
Spring Break
In-class practiceSpeaking/ Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch 8Ch 8: Break-throughs9-13/49
In-class practiceSpeaking/ Listening
practice
Mosaic 2, Ch 10Ch 10: Conflict &
Resolution
16-20/410
Speaking Midterm 2 (Individual)
23-27/411
In-class practiceSpeaking/ Listening
practice
Mosaic 2,
chapters
1,6,7,8,10
Completing chapters 8-10
Review on ‘strategies’
30/4-4/512
In-class practiceSpeaking/ Listening
practice
Mosaic 2:
Chapters
1,6,7,8,10
Vocab and Listening
Review/Extra practice
7-11/513
Final Speaking Exam (Individual)
14-18/514
Final Exams
21-25/515
Final Listening Exam
28/5-1/616
* Thecourseplanissubjectto changedependingonthe class’sprogress.
5. Booksandreferences:
Hanreddy, Jami and Elizabeth Whalley. Mosaic 2 (Silver Edition), Listening and Speaking
(Sixth Edition). McGraw,2016.

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See “PracticeLinks” page in Edmodofor further reference. *Location may change.
*Thetext editionissubjectto changedependingonavailability.
6. Assessmentmethodsand the divisionofgrades:
CommentsPercentage
from overall
grade
GradeAssessment
Week
Assessment method
(Write an essay - test -
a collective project - a
final test ...)
10%102-14Participation1
Ch1 + 615%155Listening &
VocabularyMidterm
2
(Group
Presentation)
15%157SpeakingMidterm13
(Individual)20%2011Speaking Midterm24
(Individual)20%2014Final SpeakingExam5
20%2016Final ListeningExam6
*ExamDatesare subjectto change.
7. Special Instructions:
 Always come ON time. Coming late to the class for FOUR times will be considered
absence for the whole class.
 If a student is absent she must hand in her excuse within a week. It must be signed by the
department.
 If a student is absent she is required to ask her classmates about what was given and
submit anything asked by the instructor in the next class.
 According to university policy, students will be denied entry to the final exam if the
hours of absences exceeds 25% of the credited hours.
 If your total absence from lectures reaches 15% you will receive a first warning, and if it
reaches 21% you will receive a second warning.
 If the student’s absences reach 15% or 21% and she is not in class to sign the warning,
the teacher (me) will sign it for her.
Assignments:
 Assignments must be submitted on time in class and in A4 paper.
 Put your name, ID, subject, your teacher’s name and the due date on the upper left side of
the paper.
 NO assignments will be corrected if it violates the above-mentioned instructions.
Very important to remember:

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 NO make-ups for midterms unless you have a medical excuse and a note from a public
hospital.
 All make ups will be in week 14 and will cover the WHOLE curriculum.
 If you miss any midterm without an excuse you will receive a zero grade.
 No Make-ups for ANY of the assignments.
 Any plagiarized work will receive a ZERO.
 Using your mobile phone in class will make you lose a ¼ from your total mark.
 Mobiles MUST be silent or turned off in class. Otherwise, you will be recorded absent.
 Wearing your Abayah in class is prohibited and you will be marked as absent if you do
so.
 Check the instructor’s website and your e-mails regularly.
 There might be some changes in the distribution of chapters among weeks due to certain
circumstances such as changes in dates of final exams or giving some chapters more or
less time depending on your understanding and performance.