ENGL312 CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH
| Course Code: | 3590312 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 3.0 |
| Department: | Modern Languages (English) |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer MEHMET DURMAZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The overall aim of this course is to develop students’ speaking skills both in academic and non-academic contexts and to enable them to speak spontaneously, confidently, fluently, and in the appropriate manner. Another aim is to increase their awareness on the different aspects of English language.
Course Content
English 312 is a learner-centered and integrated-skill based course and is designed to help nonnative speakers of the English language to improve intelligibility and communicability and help them gain self-confidence, and self-monitoring abilities in English. Tasks including various functions and situations of speaking will be integrated with up-to-date and authentic materials to enable students to express themselves spontaneously, fluently, and in the appropriate manner in English. The task types include monologues and dialogues accompanied by pronunciation, intonation, stress, and grammar activities when required. The reading and listening skills will be utilized as a means for speaking outcomes, and the writing skill will mainly function as a self-reflection tool. The course will also offer a supportive learning environment to help students gain an understanding regarding the phonological and morphological impacts of Latin and Greek on the English language.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed this course satisfactorily will be able to:
- develop fluency and linguistic self-awareness
- improve pronunciation and clearness in speech
- correct fossilized mistakes in grammar and pronunciation
- get familiar with and use idiomatic expressions
- feel confident while speaking English.
- differentiate between the phonemic values different vowels and consonants