| Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
| Graduate in English Studies |
 Subjects |
| COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SPEAKING AND LISTENING I |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2013_14 |
| Subject | COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SPEAKING AND LISTENING I | Code | 12274107 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | Second | First |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Listening skills | - listen for the gist - follow extended speech - deal with difficulties in understanding - use strategies that help understanding - infer and recognise moods |
| Speaking skills | - engage in extended conversations - participate in natural discourse - express opinions and viewpoints - give detailed descriptions, accounts of experiences - summarise - speculate about causes, consequences and hypothetical situations - grammatical and lexical accuracy in speaking - express feelings and emotions through intonation and speed |
| 7. Listening as comprehension and acquisition 8. Understanding spoken discourse: bottom-up and top-down processing 9. Listening strategies 10. Ethical listener 11. The SIER model of critical listening |
9.1 Cognitive 9.2 Metacognitive |
| PRACTICAL PART 1. Types of speech in practice (student presentations) 2. CAE exam listening practice – all parts throughout the course 3. Speaking and listening tasks including but not limited to: |
1.1 Persuasive speech 1.2 Informative speech 1.3 Special Occasion/Entertaining speech 1.4 Demonstration speech 3.1 Listening for the gist 3.2 Following extended speech 3.3 Dealing with difficulties in understanding 3.4 Using strategies that help understanding 3.5 Inferring and recognizing moods |
| 3. Suggested topics 1. The media 2. Science 3. Entertainment |
1.1. The movie industry 1.2. The media and globalization 1.3. Alternative and activist media 1.4. Freedom of speech/censorship 1.5. Communication in the digital age 2.1. Current investigation 2.2. DNA and biotechnology 2.3. Alternative energy sources 2.4. Space 2.5. Medicine 3.1. Show business 3.2. Fashion 3.3 Sports 3.4. Music 3.5. Leisure time and hobbies |
