The course aims at developing linguistic competence by focusing on basic language skills in integration to make the use of language in context. The course objectives are to enchance student's language skill management capacity, comprehend text in context, repond to language in context and write structured responses.
1. Listening skills
Recongnizing phonemes.
Recongnizing syllables.
Listening to small speech extracts.
Expressing opinions.
Oral synthesis of thoughts and ideas.
2. Pronunciation Skills
Pronuncing English Phonemes.
Recongnizing phonemic symbols.
Practising intonation patterns in simple sentences.
Conflict resolution through Panel Discussion.
3. Comprehension Skills
Reading Strategies
Critical Reading.
Comparing and Contrasting.
Drawing conclusion.
Self- Questioning.
Relating Background Knowledge.
Distinguishing between fact and opinion
Finding the main idea
Comprehending the text patterns
Investigating implied ideas in a text
Purpose and tone of the text.
4. Presentation skills.