Syllabus in Listening Comprehension

The Listening course will consist of three different parts namely A, B & C.

The short conversations and dialogues in Part A and B make up the introductory material meant to bridge the gap between what secondary school students used to be exposed to,(i.e. very little exposure to authentic Listening) and the complex language in the long lectures of Contemporary Topics. In addition, the students will work on a variety of material (A: short dialogues B: longer conversations) instead of having the same pattern of long lectures all through the semester.

Part AWeek 1 Listening to short dialogues

Lesson I Dialogues with sound confusion.Objective: Using the context to identify homonyms and minimal pairs.

Lesson II Dialogues with idiomsObjective: To familiarize students with the most commonly used idiomatic expressions. (Provide students with list of idioms)

Lesson III Answering inference questions about dialoguesObjective: Training students in the skill of inferencing, understanding information that is not directly stated in the dialogue.

Lesson IV Dialogues involving agreement and disagreement.-Suggestions-Invitations-Offers/Requests-Contradictions-Assumptions

Objective: Understanding the language of Agreeing/Disagreeing/Suggesting/Offering

Week 2

Lesson V Conversations about topics/plans and problems.

Lesson VI Dialogues with special verbs (causative verbs) (used to ) plus practice test.Practice Test

Lesson VII Listening to telephone messages Objective: To be able to understand telephone messages and take notes.Listening to moving instructions Objective: To be able to understand and follow instructions.

Part BLonger conversations

Week 3 1. Six mini lecturesObjective: Training students to get the main topic.

Lesson VIII Mini lectures 1, 2 and 3

Lesson IX Mini lecture 4, 5 and 6Objective : Training students in the skill of Predicting ( from the lecture students have to predict what the rest of the talk will be)

2. Three longer conversationsObjective: Listening for specific details

Week 4

Lesson X Conversation: 1, 2 and 3Objective: Matching and ordering items

Week 5 Practice for short and longer conversations

Week 6 In Term

Part CContemporary topics. Listening to longer lectures.

Week 7 Unit 1: The world of Comics

Week 10 Unit 2: The Keys to Advertising

Week 11 Unit 4: Memory, our key to LearningInterm I

Week 12 Unit 5: The Film Making Process

Week 13 Unit 6: Non verbal Communication. Your body is talking

Week 14 Unit 7: Effects of the Sun

Week 15 Unit 9: The Biological Clock

Week 16 Unit 10: The First Year of Life

Week 17 Objective: Train students in the skills of note taking and outlining Practice test 1: Unit 11

Week 18 Practice test 2: Unit 12Interm II