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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English as a Second Language
145-123 Spoken Interaction |
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Credit Points: | 12.5 1st year | |
Prerequisite/s: | 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. | |
Timetable: | Semester 1, repeated 2 | |
Contact: | Two two-hour lecture/language classes | |
Subject Description: | The curriculum is based on activities designed to develop participants' oracy for self-expression, practical purposes and communication of knowledge. Participants will be provided with opportunities to speak English with greater confidence, fluency and intelligibility in a range of situations. Their knowledge of the phonological system in English (rhythm and intonation particularly) will be developed in the context of the situations studied. Students who complete the course will be able to recognise verbal and non-verbal features of spoken communication and to understand the role they play in conveying meaning. | |
Assessment: | Continuous assessment in oral and written work; two written transcriptions and oral delivery of these passages; two twenty-five minute oral tests; totalling no more than the equivalent of 4000 words. | |
Prescribed Texts: | Reading Packs are available from the ESL Program (Centre for Communication Skills & ESL), 151 Barry Street, Carlton. | |
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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English as a Second Language
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