Elc151 Weekly Schedule - Mac 2023
Elc151 Weekly Schedule - Mac 2023
Elc151 Weekly Schedule - Mac 2023
Level : DIPLOMA
Contact Hours : 4
Part : 2
Week 1
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Identify personal reading goals
● Recognise goals for Extensive Reading Project (ERP)
● Read selected short stories
● Identify personal goals for reading (ERP)
● Check and identify vocabulary level against Paul Nation’s Vocabulary Level, Test
Online www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/
● Recall general reading strategies learnt in ELC121
● Identify general information and specific information
● Explain meanings of words using the dictionary and contextual clues
SPEAKING
● Use conversation strategies in social interactions
● Carry out ice- breaking activities.
● Use appropriate language functions and expression to sustain conversations
● Introduce oneself to others
LISTENING
● Interpret and respond to listening texts
o Make a gist
o Recognise main ideas, supporting details, language functions
o Identify purpose
o Take notes and create simple outlines
Task/Activities
Week 2
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Start and maintain a personal vocabulary list
● Select short stories
● Demonstrate the ability to recognise the structure of a passage
● Identify topic sentence, main ideas and supporting details
● Identify relationships within a paragraph
● Identify relationships between paragraphs
SPEAKING
● Present ideas orally in academic and non-academic situations
● Develop and organise ideas
● Use grammatically correct language to:
o Describe
o Explain
o Compare
o Contrast
● Practise using expressions and speaking conventions to sustain conversations in
small groups
LISTENING
● Interpret and respond to listening texts
● Pick out target words in isolation and target words in context
● Identify ordinal and cardinal numbers in a variety of contexts
● Follow simple instructions
● Categorise information
Task/Activities
Week 3
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Select books from suggested reading list (ERP)
● Start a personal reading log
● Demonstrate the ability to recognise the mechanics used in reading texts
● Identify referents, transitions and cohesive devices
● Use appropriate discourse markers/signal
SPEAKING
● Present ideas orally in academic and non-academic situations
● Prepare topics/issues from personal reading for speaking sessions
● Develop and organise ideas
● Use grammatically correct language to:
o Describe
o Explain
o Compare
o Contrast
LISTENING
● Interpret and respond to listening text
● Identify patterns of organisation and sequence of events
● Follow development of a point or an argument
● Interpret information from text to graphic representation
Blended Learning 1
Week 4
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Interpret and paraphrase content by applying different word form/using synonyms
● Demonstrate the use of reading skills learnt from Weeks 1-4
● Interpret and summarise content using skills learnt from Weeks 1-4
● Use appropriate transitional markers and linking devices
SPEAKING
● Present ideas orally in academic and non-academic situations
● Develop and organise ideas
● Use grammatically correct language to:
o Describe
o Explain
o Compare
o Contrast
● Demonstrate the use of speaking skills learnt from weeks 1-4 through mock practice
sessions
LISTENING
● Integrate a variety of listening strategies to interpret and respond to listening texts
● Guess vocabulary from context
● Demonstrate the ability to use skills learnt from Weeks 1-4 to interpret text
Blended Learning 2
Week 5
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Interpret and summarise information
● Compare and contrast information in text
● Summarise main ideas and supporting details in short passages
● Paraphrase essential ideas
● Prepare for PRL1
SPEAKING
● Initiate and contribute to group discussions
● Use appropriate language functions to initiate discussions
● Use negotiation strategies:
o Use tactful strategies in discussions
o Use appropriate phrases to make suggestions
o Use appropriate expressions to give opinions
o Use appropriate expressions to agree and disagree
o Use appropriate prompting, turn-taking, interrupting and resuming strategies
LISTENING
● Interpret and respond to listening texts
● Identify context clues and sentence level clues
● Use schemata to infer the contextual information from the heard speech or
conversation
Blended Learning 3
Week 6
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Paraphrase information by interpreting content and applying different word forms,
phrases / using synonyms
● Summarise information
● Compare and contrast information in text
● Summarise main ideas and supporting details in short passages
● Paraphrase essential ideas
SPEAKING
● Initiate and contribute to group discussions
● Use appropriate language functions to initiate discussions
● Use negotiation strategies:
o Use tactful strategies in discussions
o Use appropriate phrases to make suggestions
o Use appropriate expressions to give opinions
o Use appropriate expressions to agree and disagree
o Use appropriate prompting, turn-taking, interrupting and resuming strategies
LISTENING
● Select, paraphrase and restate information
● Interpret information from text to graphic representation
● Practise sample listening exercise
Week 7
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Interpret non-linear texts
● Describe charts and diagrams
● Transfer information from linear to non-linear forms
SPEAKING
● Initiate and contribute to group discussions.
● Use appropriate language functions to initiate discussions
● Use negotiation strategies
● Use tactful strategies in discussions
● Use appropriate phrases to make suggestions
● Use appropriate expressions to give opinions
● Use appropriate expressions to agree and disagree
● Use appropriate prompting, turn-taking, interrupting and resuming strategies
LISTENING
● Select, paraphrase and restate information
● Interpret information from text to graphic representation
● Demonstrate the use of listening skills learnt from Weeks 1-7
Blended Learning 4
Week 8
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Prepare for PRL 2
SPEAKING
● Use appropriate closing strategies
● Evaluate and summarise opinions
● Present conclusions
● Demonstrate the use of speaking skills learnt in Week 7
LISTENING
● Summarise information
● Extract main ideas and specific details
● Paraphrase information
Blended Learning 5
Week 9
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Present conclusions
● Identify facts and opinions
● Predict likely outcomes
● Demonstrate the use of reading skills learnt from Weeks 4-8
SPEAKING
● Use appropriate closing strategies
● Evaluate and summarise opinions
● Present conclusions
● Demonstrate the use of speaking skills learnt in Week 8
LISTENING
● Synthesise information
● Identify facts and opinions
● Predict outcomes
● Make inferences
● Justify views
● Draw conclusions
● Identify pros and cons, roles, relationships, tone, attitude and stance
● Practise and employ listening skills using Practice Listening Tests
Week 10
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Integrating intensive and extensive reading skills in reading texts to identify author’s
o purpose,
o viewpoints,
o tone, attitudes and bias
SPEAKING
● Practise and employ speaking skills using Sample Speaking Tests through mock
practice sessions
LISTENING
● Synthesise information
● Identify facts and opinions
● Predict outcomes
● Make inferences
● Justify views
● Draw conclusions
● Identify pros and cons, roles, relationships, tone, attitude and stance
● Practise and employ listening skills using Practice Listening Tests
Blended Learning 6
Week 11
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● demonstrate the use of reading skills learnt in Weeks 1-10 to analyse and interpret
reading text
● demonstrate the use of skills learnt to practise answering sample reading
comprehension passages
SPEAKING
LISTENING
● Demonstrate the use of listening skills learnt from Weeks 1-10
● Practise and employ listening skills using Practice Listening Tests
● Prepare for Listening Test
Week 12
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Demonstrate the use of reading skills learnt in Weeks 1-10 to analyse and interpret
reading text
● Demonstrate the use of skills learnt to practise answering sample reading
comprehension passages
● Prepare for Reading Test
SPEAKING
LISTENING
● Demonstrate the use of listening skills learnt from Weeks 1-10
● Practise and employ listening skills using Practice Listening Tests
● Prepare for Listening Test
Week 13
Learning Outcomes:
READING
● Demonstrate the use of skills learnt in Weeks 1-10 to analyse and interpret reading
text
● Demonstrate the use of skills learnt to practise answering sample reading
comprehension passages
● Prepare for Reading Test
LISTENING
● Perform Listening Test
Week 14
Learning Outcomes:
READING