This is a two-credit semester-long course. In this course, students will be involved in various interactive tasks, which help them develop conversation strategies that can be put to immediate use in real-world situations. The listening components will help students develop listening strategies such as listening for general comprehension, listening for speaker attitude, and making inference. In addition, the diverse situations assigned to students for oral practice inside or outside classroom will encourage students’ personal involvement in, and responsibility for, their own learning: they are given the opportunity to bridge the gap between language study and language use.

Encourage students to use second language for communication and sharing ideas when discussing hot news, issues, and topics.

Handouts provided.

Resource from news, business magazines and social media.