175-124 Spoken Interaction

Formerly available as 145-007/124. Students who have completed 145-007/124 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

All applicants will be required to attend an informal oral interview 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.

This subject should develop students' ability to speak English with greater confidence, fluency and intelligibility in a range of situations. The curriculum focuses on tasks designed to improve participants' spoken performance in academic and informal settings. Knowledge of the phonological system in English (rhythm, stress and intonation particularly) will be developed. Seminar, discussion, and oral presentation skills will be practised while verbal and non-verbal features of spoken interaction and their role in conveying meaning will be highlighted.

Short combined written/oral assignments totalling 1200 words, an 800-word oral presentation and a 2000-word oral interview task.

Subject materials will be available from the Department.