Adult English Conversation

High Intermediate English

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to greatly improve students speaking, listening and pronunciation skills and expand students vocabulary. This course also improves students' speaking and listening skills as well as raise their awareness on up-to-date topics in a challenging manner both in social and academic circumstances.

This course consists of 36 hours over an 18-week period.

COURSE ACTIVITIES

Self-Study using online materials posted by the instructor. one-on-one discussion and role-play through Yahoo Messenger Conferencing/Chat.

COURSE MATERIALS

* Email Account *Internet Access *Handouts

COURSE OBJECTIVES

* to be able to use the appropriate spoken discourse in given situation by practicing the following functions:
   - introducing oneself
   - initiating a talk
   - closing a talk
   - polite requests
   - expressing disagreement
   - appreciating opposing ideas
   - giving feedback
   - managing conversation

* to be able to use the above functions by participating in the discussions around the following topics:

    - medicine
    - business
    - nature
    - privacy
    - technology
    - discrimination (gender, race, status, etc.)
    - culture
    - psychology

CLASS FORMAT

This class starts on 21st March and finishes on 1 August. It meets on Tuesday from 6:30 ~ 8:30, with a 10-minute break.

Course Schedule & Handouts

Session

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Activity/Handouts

Introductions

Love Affair with Coffee

Ethics of Cloning

Doctors Without Borders

Sun Safety

Culture of Obesity

From Darkness to Light

Buzz about Bees

Overcoming Fears

Extroverts & Introverts

Turning Red

Into the World of Internet

Cell Phone Etiquette

World of Imaginations

Are You A Leader or A Follower?

Valentines Day

Traffic Destroys Neighborhood

Share of the Pie

Professor Information:

Name:

Liza Manalo-Lee

NOTE: Homework will be assigned to the student during each session.

liza@lizamlee.com

Email:

(95) 881-6189

Phone:

lizamlee.com

Website:

"Teaching that begins with questions is both a moral and a pedagogical choice. A teacher teaches with questions because she or he believes that it is a better way to teach, and a better way to be a teacher. Yet to succeed at this, the questions must be real questions: questions that puzzle, confuse, and interest."

-- Nicholas C. Burbles