Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
EU10696 Seminar skills and informal spoken English |
| Credits: 3 |
| Level: Certificate |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Aims: The aim of this unit is to help students integrate into the academic and social environment and to raise the level of their degree work.
Learning Outcomes: Having completed this unit students will be better able to: * Take part in a seminar discussion * Lead a discussion * Identify weaknesses in their pronunciation and understand how to rectify them * Adopt an appropriate register for different informal academic and social situations * Interact confidently in informal academic and social situations. Skills: Having completed this unit students will be better able to: * Deal with different academic and social situations. Content: Seminar skills * Turntaking * Active listening * Expressing agreement and disagreement * Expressing reservation * Making a point * Clarifying * Problem solving * Asking questions Leading a discussion * Presenting information * Presenting an argument * Summarising and paraphrasing * Controlling a discussion * Using a text Pronunciation * Intonation * Chunking * Stress * Linking Informal situations * Social venues * Initiating and making conversation * Cultural variations * Integrating with a group. |