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Lane 211

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Title: Listening & Speaking

Course Code: Lane 211

Number of credit hours: 3 hrs.

Building: 112/ 4^th floor/ Room 498

Instructor: Dr. Thamer Alharthi

E-mail: talharthi@kau.edu.sa

I- Course Description:

This course is designed for students at the High Beginning to Low Intermediate level. It offers a wide variety of listening opportunities, such as conversations, radio broadcasts and presentations. It focuses on the rhythm and intonation of natural language, while gradually introducing students to skills that will become valuable later when listening to academic English. All chapters teach a variety of listening skills, including listening for main ideas and specific information. Speaking focuses on increased fluency and communicative strategies used by native speakers in both life situations and academic settings. Listening, on the other hand, focuses on understanding spoken English in different formats (e.g. college lectures, news broadcasts, stories, etc.) and with various styles and accents of speakers. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate competence in the skills required for Listening and Speaking II - Lane 214.

A- Rationale:

Students need working knowledge of a language before they can start learning the grammar of that language. The listening stage is the first one that needs to be followed in acquiring that knowledge, followed by the speech stage, the reading stage, the writing stage and finally the stage of grammar laws. Hence, listening may be classified as the fundamental stage upon which all other stages of language learning are built. Students in this first stage will subconsciously acquire the English sentences, sounds and meaning which, in turn, will make it easier to teach them to speak the words and sentences they have already heard many times.

B-Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, English majors are expected to be able to:

Listen for main ideas and take notes on them.
Listen for specific information and take notes on them.
Demonstrate analytical listening.
Identify stressed words and reductions.
Summarize main ideas.
Get meaning from context.
Work in pairs and in groups to enhance their spoken fluency and accuracy.
Distinguish whether the speaker is asking a “real question” or just “making conversation”.
Speak with intelligible pronunciation, stress and intonation.

C- Course Contents to be covered:

List of topics	No. of weeks
Gender and Society	2
Reproducing Life	2
Human Migration	2
Fascinating Planet	2
Making a Living, Making a Difference	2

D- Evaluation:

Quizzes	40 points
Classroom discussion and participation	20 points
Final Exam	40 points
Total	100 points

E- Required texts:

Chase, Becky Tarver and Kristin L. Johansen. Pathways 3: Listening, Speaking & Critical Thinking. Australia: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2012.

F- General course policy and requirements:

1. Students are expected to attend all classes on time. Any absence must be accompanied by a written

excuse signed by an official authority.

2. Class participation is mandatory and highly appreciated by the teacher. Academically weaker

students are encouraged much by the teacher to participate.

3. Students are expected to interact politely and respectfully with both the teacher and fellow students. 4. Honesty is highly valued in this class. Dishonesty will not be tolerated in any aspect of class

work.

5. Students are required to bring to class, in addition to the text, a notebook and a small notepad for

writing vocabulary items. They are also encouraged to purchase an English-English dictionary such as Longman Dictionary, The American Heritage Dictionary