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 will help you to 1. Speak English clearly and express your ideas coherently. 2. Improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, and spoken grammar. 3. Interact with others "naturally" through use of everyday communication strategies and common idioms.

English English is the language of instruction/interaction. Minus points for use of other languages. Participation is essential and graded. Get involved and ask / answer questions. Class rules Set your smartphone to silent before class starts. Only use it for study purposes. POINTS are deducted from your final score if you send messages on your phone, leave class without explanation, fail to take part in tasks, refuse to speak, put on makeup, wear hair rollers, or generally behave in a rude or antisocial manner during class. Texts Have the course textbook, a notebook, and something to write with every class. Keep class handouts in a file for future reference Assignments and Assessments If you fail to do your midterm presentation / take part in the final interview on the assigned day, you will lose 5 POINTS right away. You will get a ZERO score for any uncompleted assignment (including online practice tasks), which means you may fail the course overall. If you have a good reason for being unable to complete an assignment or assessment on time, you must contact me BEFORE the deadline or assessment day. Cheating If you copy sentences without any reference in your midterm presentation, you will get a score of ZERO.

To pass this course you must Complete all class work and assignments on time. Penalties will apply to assessments completed late. Attend a minimum of 2/3 of scheduled classes. If you are absent from more than 9 classes or more without providing official certification from the college admin team, you will get an F grade. Being absent results in a 1 POINT deduction from your attendance score. Arriving to class 20 minutes late or more is an absence. Each late arrival counts as 1/3 of an absence. A student is late if he / she arrives after roll-call.

This course will prepare you for the spoken components of the TOEIC, TOEFL, and IELTS tests. In addition, you will be able to utilise the conversation skills learned in this class in a variety of real-life situations. These include having informal conversations with native speakers, taking interviews in English, and using functional English when working, studying, or travelling in an English-speaking country.