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.

Non-native speakers of English may enrol without sitting for a placement test but may be recommended to other subjects during the first two weeks of the semester depending on their English language proficiency. Native or near-native speakers of English 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.

• synthesise and organise material from spoken and written sources;

• be more independent learners.

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