科目名稱(Course)：（中文）中級英語聽力與會話

　　　　　　　　　（英文 English）Intermediate Listening and Conversational English

教學目標(Objective)： 

　　For students to improve their ability to speak English clearly and accurately, to distinguish between consonant and vowel sounds and to recognize the correct rhythm and intonation patterns. 
　　Furthermore to improve their ability to link meaningful word groups together into phrases and sentences, to identify the main points of other people’s opinions and thus to improve their ability to express themselves with confidence.

教學內容綱要 (Course outline and content)：

1. For the first half of the first semester students will be taught to develop their ability to understand spoken English by using top-down processing skills involving their knowledge of the situation, the context, the topic and the keywords to accurately infer the meaning of speech samples.
   
2. For the second half of the first semester they will also be taught to utilize bottom-up processing skills in order to decode individual words, recognize how the endings of words change their meanings and understand the details and subtleties of the language. Emphasis will be on improving listening skills using authentic, natural speech and learning from the natural pauses, hesitations and interruptions that occur in real life conversations.
   
3. Students will be given a mid-term and final exam based on the class content and which will be at the level of B1 on the C.E.F. Each exam will count 30% of their total grade. They will be given a mock TOEIC test and are expected to attain a grade of at least 550 points.
   
4. The second semester will focus on students improving their ability to produce accurate speech by expressing their opinions in order to describe matters of daily concern and to be able to provide support for their reasons as well as discuss future plans using an intermediate level of English vocabulary.

1. A vocabulary level of at least 4,500 words will be required for students to follow and progress through the class.
2. to improve the students ability to speak English more clearly and accurately.
3. to improve the ability to distinguish between similar consonant and vowel sounds and thus to learn to pronounce them more clearly
4. to learn to recognize the correct English rhythm and intonation patterns and then to produce them correctly.
5. to learn to link meaningful word groups together accurately into phrases and sentences with appropriate stress and pauses.
6. to identify the main points of expressed opinions and to relate their own opinions concisely and with proper support.
7. to improve the ability to express oneself with confidence.

Objective:
　　Students will be able to understand the main points of opinions expressed in English conversation on familiar subjects.
　　They will be able to follow and get the gist of topics discussed on  many radio and TV programs as well as currently popular  movies and videos.

Objective (Spoken Interaction):
　　Students will be able to understand and interact with English speakers from around the world in topics of daily conversation using basic to intermediate level English vocabulary. 

Objective (Spoken Production):
　　Students will be able to put together phrases and use idioms into complete sentences in order to describe matters of daily concern They will be able to provide support for their reasons discuss future plans.
　　They will be able to describe a short story or relate the plot of a movie or book they have read. 

Objective:
　　Students will be able to read and get the gist of English newspaper and magazine articles as well as short passages from popular books and novels.
　　They will learn how to read and interpret polite formal English written and digital communication such as will be encountered on the web or in business. 

Objective:
　　Students will be able to write simple English requests for information or clarification as well as to express their feelings and describe events. 

1. Oxford University Press, American Headway
   
2. English materials covering current events derived from internet sources.