Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 62)
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145-123 "Spoken Communication Skills" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English as a Sec. Lang., Faculty of Arts (v3, p62) : Prev:145-122
Credit points: 12.5 first year.
Prerequisite: All applicants will be required to sit for a selection test to determine their level of language proficiency before they are able to enrol in this subject. Students who are native speakers of English or whose language proficiency is near-native are not eligible to enrol.
Contact: Two one and a half hour lecture / language classes.
Timetable: Either semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject will have been provided with opportunities to:
- speak English with greater confidence, fluency and accuracy in a range of informal and more formal situations;
- recognise verbal and non-verbal features of spoken communication and have a better understanding of the role they play in conveying meaning;
- demonstrate familiarity with those aspects of the phonological system in English (rhythm and intonation particularly) relevant to the situations developed in the curriculum.
Content:
The curriculum is based on general rather than academic situations to develop participants' oracy for self-expression, practical purposes and communication of knowledge. The course focuses on raising students' awareness, confidence, accuracy and fluency as speakers of English. Students will be introduced to basic concepts about the phonological system in English.
Assessment:
Continuous assessment in oral and written work; two five minute oral presentations; two written transcription tasks of 250 words each; a fifteen-minute aural/oral exam
Prescribed texts:
1. English as a Sec. Lang., Faculty of Arts (v3, p62) : Prev:145-122
2. English as a Sec. Lang., Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p104) : Prev:145-122
Credit points: 12.5
Prerequisite: All applicants will be required to sit for a selection test to determine their level of language proficiency before they are able to enrol in this subject. Students who are native speakers of English or whose language proficiency is near-native are not eligible to enrol.
Contact: Two one and a half hour lecture / language classes each week
Timetable: First or second semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject will have been provided with opportunities to:
- speak English with greater confidence, fluency and accuracy in a range of informal and more formal situations;
- recognise verbal and non-verbal features of spoken communication and have a better understanding of the role they play in conveying meaning; and
- demonstrate familiarity with those aspects of the phonological system in English (rhythm and intonation particularly) relevant to the situations developed in the curriculum.
Content:
The curriculum is based on general rather than academic situations to develop participants' oracy for self-expression, practical purposes and communication of knowledge. The course focuses on raising students' awareness, confidence, accuracy and fluency as speakers of English. Students will be introduced to basic concepts about the phonological system in English.
Assessment:
Continuous assessment in oral and written work; two five minute oral presentations; two written transcription tasks of 250 words each; a fifteen-minute aural/oral exam
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. English as a Sec. Lang., Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p104) : Prev:145-122
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Centre for Communication Skills and ESL, Faculty of Arts.
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