LENG1161 English 10a Speaking 2 for Academic Purposes
Course description
English 10A, Speaking for Academic Purposes, is the fourth and final skills-focused course of the Intermediate-Advanced Cycle in the Academic English for Undergraduate Studies program. This course is designed to help students improve their productive (speaking) language skills by developing key communication sub-skills and strategies important for speaking and listening tasks such as presentations/talks, and lectures in their academic field. The course focuses on several key aspects of planned public presentations and interviews, and students will perform speaking tasks in different genres relevant to oral communication in academia (formal spoken presentations, and a graduate school interview.
This course places special emphasis on learning a range of speaking strategies, such as using appropriate pace and word stress, developing fluency and confidence, and maintaining engagement of an interlocutor. In addition, it places importance of effective visual aids and organization and clarity of language when expressing ideas in an academic context.
The course is also based on the idea that being a strong public speaker requires focused practice, so ‘learning by doing’ is emphasized. In sum, students completing this course display improved clarity, fluency and precision in planned and semiplanned talks. Interviewing skills are enhanced due to planning, research on the expectations of graduate school interviewers, and rehearsal.
Public speaking skills are enhanced due to improvements in organization, concision and confidence, leading students to realize that it is not only what one says, but how one says it
By the end of the course, students are expected to achieve the following proficiency levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):
Reading B2+
Writing B2
Listening B2
Speaking B2
Grammar B2
Periodo en el que se ofrece el curso
202610
Idioma en el que se ofrece el curso
Español
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