Summer Sophomore Syllabus

SUMMER 2016 WOOSONG UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE CLASS SYLLABUS

Course Name: English Conversation 1	Class Code:	Class Location: TBD		Semester & Day(s): Summer, 2016
Teacher:	Office & Office Hours:  TBD	Textbook: Harrington & LeBeau, Speaking of Speech, 2009, Macmillan ISBN: 978-0-2307-1533-2
Course Description: This course is designed to improve oral fluency by focusing on the organization and delivery of ideas and information.  Students will examine a process approach to planning, writing, and delivering effective presentations.  This course provides opportunities to explore essential skills such as eye contact, gestures and voice inflection to enhance students’ presentations.  Students will participate in a variety of speaking, listening, reading and writing activities focusing on speech preparation and presentation. Course objectives:          The objectives for this course are to: Develop public-speaking confidence in English. Brainstorm ideas. Generate main and supporting ideas for topics. Create and organize speech outlines. Demonstrate appropriate eye contact, gestures and voice inflection. Apply appropriate target language Evaluate peers. By the end of this course you will have: Performed at least two (2) presentations. Brainstormed ideas. Created and organized speech outlines. Practiced the various elements of presentation delivery. Demonstrated appropriate eye contact, gestures and voice inflection Applied appropriate target language Evaluated peers.   Teaching Strategies: Presentations, speeches, role-plays, demonstrations, modeling, group and pair work, in-class preparation, critical evaluation of self and peers, and others as the instructor sees fit. Assessments: Midterm Exam (20%) Students will perform a 2 or 3-minute demonstration presentation Final Exam (40%) Students will perform a 3 to 5 minute persuasive presentation
Course Assessment: Attendance  =  20% Homework & Participation = 20% Homework  = 10% Participation = 10% Midterm Exam = 20% Final Exam  =  40%			Grade Curve: A+  ~  A0   L1≤ 25%/L2 30/L3 35 B+  ~  B0   L1≤  40%/L2 40/L3 40 C+  ~  D0   L1≥ 35%/L2 30/L3 25 F = total score below 40%; ≥33% absence; didn’t sit final exam

WOOSONG UNIVERSITY COURSE POLICY

You are expected to behave appropriately in your class.  This means: Pay attention to the teacher. Do not talk when your teacher or your classmates are talking. Participate in class.  If the teacher asks you a question, try to answer it. Bring your book, pencil, paper and dictionary to class every day.   Do not use your cell phone for chatting or calling during class. Dictionary use may be permitted (teacher’s discretion) Do not bring a photocopied version of the textbook; all students MUST have a genuine textbook.

Attendance If a student is absent, they must first talk to their Department Head and obtain an excused absence form.   That form must then be given to the instructor.  Only absences for sickness, car accidents, military service interviews, training for army reservists, departmental events, and mourning will be considered with documentary evidence. Students can have up to TWO CLASSES excused per semester.  Allowance for any further excuses is up to the instructor's discretion.   If a student is absent (unexcused) from one third of the classes in that semester, the student will automatically receive an “F.” Students should check their attendance as often as possible to avoid mistakes. A student will lose 0.5 points from their attendance every time they are tardy.

This course will include a minimum of two presentations as exams: a presentation which will count as the Midterm Exam and a presentation which will count as the Final Exam. The instructor may also administer quizzes or other assignments at any time during the course. Homework and Participation will be assessed at the discretion of the instructor as per standard Woosong policy.

COURSE CALENDAR

Class/Day	Contents	Objectives
1	Introductions
2	Text pp. 5- 27, DVD Episode 1&2 Information Speech	Recognize the Three Messages. Learn about and practice the physical message: eye contact, posture, gestures
3	Text pp. 28-39 DVD Episode 3: The Demonstration Speech. Prepare and practice the  demonstration speech	Learn about and practice voice inflection, emphasizing key words. Use the physical message and voice inflection to give a demonstration speech
4 Midterm Assessment	Midterm Exam:  Demonstration Presentation Speech
5 Midterm  Assessment	Midterm Exam: Demonstration Presentation
6	Text pp. 39-50, 51-54 DVD Episode 4&5	Students choose presentation topic for the persuasive presentation and begin working towards the final presentation. Learn: the 5 tips for effective visuals, 2 guidelines for making effective visuals, and common problems and solutions to presenting visuals
7 & 8	Text pp. 57-68 DVD Episode 6: The introduction. Prepare and practice the introduction of the persuasive presentation.	Recognize and be familiar with the functions of the introduction, body, and conclusion of a presentation. Prepare introduction.
9 & 10	Text pp. 69-86 DVD Episode 7: The Body Prepare and practice the body of persuasive presentation.	Recognize the importance of evidence.  Learn how to use numbers and examples. Learn how to use transitions.
11 & 12	Text pp. 87-95 Prepare and practice the conclusion of the persuasive presentation.	Learn how to use main points and focus points to make a conclusion.
13	Presentation Practice presentations
14	Final Exam: Persuasive Presentation
15	Final Exam: Presentation of persuasive presentations

If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to make up missed class work.