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Conversational English Skills

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Are you finding it difficult to start the conversation, or find the right words when communicating in English? Do you know how to start and end conversations in a polite way? Do you want to learn more about American, British, Canadian, Australian, South Korean, Colombian, and Chinese cultures? If so, you’ve come to the right course!

Syllabus

Unit 1 You Say, I Say

1. Introduction
2. Text: Greeting in Different Cultures
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Greeting
5.First Impression
6. Personal Information
7. Cultural Focus: Meeting Someone New
8. Office hour
9. Summary
10. Exercise
11. Discussion

Unit 2 The People in Your Life

1. Introduction
2. Text: My Mother is My Best Friend
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Families, Friends and Idols
5. Describe People’s Appearance and Character
6.How to Communicate with Other People
7. Friend Relationships
8. Cultural Focus: Family and Friend Relationships
9.Office hour
10.Summary
11.Exercise
12 Discussion

Unit 3 Eating in and Eating out

1. Introduction
2.Text:Food in Different Cultures
3.Useful Words and Expressions
4.Food in Different Cultures
5.Chinese Meals
6.Cultural Focus: Different Customs Related to Food in Different Countries
7.Eating out
8. Office Hour
9.Summary
10.Exercise
11. Discussion

Unit 4 Why Do You Want to Learn English

1. Introduction
2. Text: Why Do You Learn English?
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4.Reasons for Learning English
5. How to Learn English
6. Cultural Focus: the United Kingdom
7. British and American English
8. Office Hour
9.Summary
10. Exercise
11. Discussion

Unit 5 Good Times and Bad Times

1. Introduction
2. Text: Good Times, Hard Times, but Never Bad Times
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Good and Bad Experiences
5. Free-time Activities
6. Cultural Focus: Popular Travel Spots in North America
7. Festival
8. Office Hour
9. Talk Show (Glenn and David)
10. Summary
11. Exercise
12. Discussion

Unit 6 Hobbies

1. Introduction
2. Text: Hobbies of My Family Members
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. What Are Your hobbies
5. What Do You Get from Hobbies
6. How to Cultivate Your Hobbies
7. Cultural Focus: People’s Preferences for Hobbies in Different Countries
8. Hobbies in Different Countries
9. Office Hour
10. Summary
11. Exercise
12. Discussion

Unit 7 Feeling

1. Introduction
2. Text: Sharing Your Feelings
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Explore and Discuss Feelings and Emotions
5. Letting off Steam
6. Emotion Management
7. Cultural Focus: Students’ Stress
8. Office Hour
9. Talk Show (Glenn and Conor)
10. Summary
11. Exercise
12. Discussion

Unit 8 Staying Healthy

1. Introduction
2. Text: Keep Healthy
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Talking about One's Health
5. A Healthy Lifestyle
6. How to Stay Healthy
7. Cultural Focus: Ways of Keeping Healthy
8. Office Hour
9. Summary
10. Exercise
11. Discussion

Final Exam

Taught by

Fang Yang and Wenxia Zhang

Tags

china

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