1 | Course introduction Unit 1 Small Talk- greeting (making reference and predictions) | |
2 | Unit 3- Successful Businesses- qualities of a good business (listening for details, intonation of tag questions, word stress in complains) | |
3 | Unit 4 Apologies and Excuses- explanations (listening for reasons and details; intonation of yes/ no & Wh- questions) | http://www.elllo.org/english/level6-intermediate-high.htm (ello intermediate)l(+level 6) |
4 | Unit 5- Character Traits-people (listening for gist & details; Linking vowel sounds) | |
5 | Unit 6- Travel- schedules (listening for gist & details; Reduction of to) | http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/?page_id=262 (English online France) (TV commercials) (* match the sound with the written form) |
6 | Unit 8- Can you believe it?- unusual news stories (listening for gist & details; intonation of complex sentences) | |
7 | Unit 9- Friendship-invitations (listening for gist & details) | |
8 | Unit 10- TV- TV programs (listening for agreement and disagreement; Rising and falling intonation for positive and negative stress) | |
9 | Midterm/ oral exam | |
10 | Unit12- Urban Life-city improvement (Listening for suggestions; Reduction of used to and use to) | https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/18711 (note taking skills) |
11 | Unit 13- Special Days- celebration (Listening for like and dislike; reduction of t in numbers) | |
12 | Unit 14- Fashion- clothes (listening for time references; reduction of of) | |
13 | Unit 16- Phone Messages- voicemails (listening for attitude; reduction of going to and want to) | http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm (listening quiz -for academic purpose (medium); -general listening quizzes (difficult) ; - life learning and life tips ) |
14 | Unit 17- Past events Unit 18- Vacations | |
15 | Unit 20- opinions- expressing your views (listening for opinions and reasons; intonations of words or phrases in a series) | http://www.esl-lab.com/quizzes.htm#medium (Randall's ESL Vocabulary Quizzes ) |
16 | Unit 21- famous people | |
17 | Unit 22- Food and Nutrition- eating habits (listening for suggestions & sequences; plural –s endings) | |
18 | Final exam | |