The Curriculum Design of Listening and Speaking Skills

1. The Curriculum Design of Listening and Speaking Skills Professor: Mavis Shang Designer: Eric Tien

2. Setting • I-Shou University • The Department of Applied English • First grade students.

3. Background • University Entrance Examination • Two classes of A, B • NETPAW • Around 18 • 18 weeks course

4. Aims • Our students learn communication skills in order to: • 1. Communicate in English; they have to learn the basic skills of listening and speaking for everyday situation. • 2. Develop the basic communication skills to express what they have got in their mind and understand others.

5. Objectives • In the end of this course, students will be able to: • 1. Identify the topic of a spoken text. • 2. Identify the purposes of a spoken text. • 3. Identify and understand the main idea of a spoken text. • 4. Identify the major vocabulary of a spoken text.

6. Objectives • 5. Identify the main purpose of a discourse. • 6. Express their own ideas. • 7. Give feedbacks. • 8. Express in social interaction. • 9. Ask questions effectively. • 10. Answer questions effectively.

7. Syllabus Design • An integrated syllabus • Situational syllabus and functional syllabus • Scope and Sequence

8. Teaching Approaches • Audiolingual Approach (Behaviorism) and Communicative Approach • These two teaching approaches are complementary.

9. Evaluation • Formative evaluation: • 1. Quiz 1: getting to know you • 2. Quiz 2: the way we live; it all went wrong • 3. Mid-term exam: getting to know you; the way we live; it all went wrong • 4. Quiz 4: let’s go shopping! ; what do you want to do? • 5. Quiz 5: the best in the world; fame

10. Evaluation • Illuminative evaluation: • 1. Two questionnaires • 2. Week 6 and Week 12

11. Evaluation • Summative evaluation: • The final-exam

12. Thank You!