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081 103 English Skills Development

None 29 October 2012 16 February 2013 (second semester) New English File: Upper-Intermediate (Oxford)

Pre-requisite Course: Course Duration: Textbook: Course Description

This course aims to assist students in developing their four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing concerning various subjects. Students will practice listening to lectures and conversations as well as skimming and scanning through articles and stories in order to restate the main ideas and specific information in discussion and writing. They will also learn to effectively express their knowledge, creativity, feelings and opinions in a speech and presentation as well as in a well-organized paragraph, essay, plot, article, report and letter. Students are encouraged to continue their language learning and use English for communication, study and professional purposes throughout their lives. Course Objectives To understand and use English language structure and grammar appropriately To capture the main ideas and specific information from the lectures and audio files To employ reading techniques and gain the new information and vocabulary from the readings To be able to carry conversations on a variety of topics with proper pronunciations and collocations To be able to give a speech and a group presentation in public To write a well-organized paragraph, essay, article, report or letter on an assigned or selected topic To apply the acquired knowledge and language skills learned in class to real-life situations
Course Evaluation Listening tests (5 + 5) Speaking activities (5 + 5) Writing (in-class) (3 + 3) Writing (homework) (3 + 3) Group presentation Class participation, quizzes, exercises & activities *Class attendance & punctuality Mid-term examination Final examination Total 10 10 6 6 8 5 5 25 25 100 marks marks marks marks marks marks marks marks marks marks

* Attendance will be recorded 16 minutes after the official start time. A student who is seated thereafter will be marked late and penalized with 1 point deduction while each absence is subject to 2 points deduction. The 4th absence will result in the students disqualification to take the midterm or final examination. Any absence or late attendance due to sickness or any emergency should be supported with a valid document.

Each examination includes: Grammar (30 x 1 pt) = 30

Evaluation
Grading Scales:

Course Instructors Bangrak: Ajarn Kimball Pojas Ajarn Michael OBeirne

80 100

Vocabulary (30 x 1 pt) = 30 Reading Writing (15 x 2 pts) = 30 (2 x 5 pts) = 10 Total 100 / 4 = 25 pts

75 79 70 74 65 69 55 64 50 54 45 49 0 44

= = = = = = =

B+ B C+ C D+ D F

Ajarn Piraya Mitrsomwang (Pea) Ajarn Thidawan Charoenpornsook (Aey) Ajarn Waroth Kayunrawat (Odd) Petchaburi (081 102) : Ajarn Chonlathorn Jantasode (Mod) Ajarn Jaruek Rajsombat Ajarn Piyaluk Wongassawapaiboon (Ju) Ajarn Waroth Kayunrawat (Odd)

Class Schedule Date 29 Oct - 3 Nov 5 - 10 Nov Content & pages covered 5A, 5B
(68-75, 118, 140-141, 153, WB: p.44)

Skills & Topics

Reading, Listening & Vocabulary - Music - Sleep - Dictation Grammar - gerunds and Infinitives - used to, be used to, get used to - reporting verbs - as - collocation: word pairs - articles (a / an / the / - ) Speaking & Pronunciation - informative conversation - the letter ch - the letter y - linking words - word diction and stress - sentence diction and stress Writing
(4 pieces of writing will be graded)
Remarks or HW due date

Wk

an informative essay
(3 pts)

12 - 17 Nov

5C, colloquial, writing, unit 5 review (76-83,

140-141, 154, 157, WB: p.50)

- The Media - News - Public Speaking

a formal letter
(3 pts)

19 - 24 Nov 26 Nov - 1 Dec 3 - 8 Dec

Wed 5th holiday

6A
(84-87, 142-143)

a speech script
(3 pts)

5 6 7

Listening TEST #1 supplementary activities Speaking TEST #1 (an individual speech)

10 - 15 Dec
Mon 10th holiday

pre-exam Revision Mid-term Examination

- noun endings: - Tourist - tour guide role play - word stress in multisyllable words - Talking about science - changing stress in word families - How do you feel when? - sentence rhythm - changing stress in nouns and verbs - an argumentative discussion - word stress
an argumentative essay (3 pts)

17 - 22 Dec 24 - 29 Dec

6B
(88-91, 142-143, 155)

- Towns and Cities

ment, ness, ity, etc.

7 - 12 Jan

6C, colloquial, writing, unit 6 review

(92-99, 118, 142-143, 157)

- Scientific Discoveries

- uncountable n. - plural n. - collective n. - have sth done - quantifiers (all, every, most, no, none, any, both, neither, either, etc.) - word form and part of speech
- present participle adj. (..+ing) - past participle adj. (..+ed) - suffixes (.+ y, ful, ive, etc.) - .+ever - go

a report
(3 pts)

- Regrets
10

14 - 19 Jan

7A, 7B
(100-107, 144-145, 156)

- A Test of Honesty - Biz and Ads

- wish + - hope + ..

11

21 - 26 Jan

7C, colloquial, writing, unit 7 review

(108-115, 118, 120, 144-145, 157, WB: p.70)

- Etymology
(the origin of words)

- prefixes (bi, mis, pre, re, etc. +.)

- relative clauses

12

28 Jan

Listening TEST #2 Speaking TEST #2 (a paired/group discussion on an argumentative topic)

- 2 Feb
13 14

4 - 9 Feb 11 - 16 Feb
18 Feb - 2 Mar

Group Presentation (8 pts)

(Informative: documentary / review / how-to demonstration / product presentation, etc.)

pre-exam Revision Final Examination