ADVANCED ENGLISH CONVERSATION(1)

This course will focus on helping students develop their skills and confidence in conversational English. As such, the main focus of the course will be on providing students with opportunities to communicate in a variety of situations, e.g., pair and group activities. Students will have the opportunity to discuss a broad range of topics, give a variety of different presentations, and enhance their cultural competence in terms of appropriateness of language and idiomatic speech. They will also have opportunities to increase their competence in listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, oral grammar, and conversational strategy use.

This class helps you to 1. Speak English clearly and express your ideas coherently. 2. Improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, and spoken grammar. 3. Interact with others "naturally" by using everyday language and idioms.

English English is the language we use in class; don't use other languages. Participation is essential and graded. Get involved and ask / answer questions. Class rules Set your phone to silent before class starts. Only use it for studying. POINTS are deducted if you send texts, leave class without reason, refuse to take part in tasks, don't speak, or behave rudely. Texts Bring textbook, notepad, and pen to every class. Assessment Minus 5 POINTS if you don't give your speech or do your interview as scheduled. ZERO score for any assessment you don't do. If you can't do an assessment, you must contact me in ADVANCE to explain why. Cheating Using AI to generate sentences for use in assessments is unacceptable and results in severe point deductions.

To pass this course you must Complete all major assessments. Attend a minimum of 2/3 of scheduled classes. You fail the course if you miss more than 10 classes without providing admin-approved certification.

This course prepares you for the spoken components of the TOEIC, TOEFL, and IELTS tests. In addition, you can utilise the conversation skills learned in this class in many real-life situations. These include having informal conversations with native speakers, doing interviews in English, and using functional English when working, studying, or travelling abroad.