Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING

Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives 1. Students will learn to analyze, Students will analyze short and medium- SWBAT1: synthesize, and infer from medium- length spoken texts for accuracy.  identify and correct limited length/multi-paragraph texts. Students grammatical, vocabulary, and also will be introduced to the Students will synthesize information from pronunciation errors in spoken samples evaluation of texts. sources into medium-length, original  incorporate quotes and/or information spoken texts on personal, practical, social, into medium-length, original spoken and general academic topics. texts (3-7 min.) such as speeches and panel presentations 2. Students will learn to create medium- Students will extend and elaborate within SWBAT1: length/multi-paragraph written and medium-length, original spoken texts on  construct and present a spontaneous, spoken texts to express, extend, and personal, practical, social, and general short, original spoken text (≤ 3 min.) elaborate their own ideas, to represent, academic topics. min.) incorporating a topic sentence extend, and elaborate on the ideas of and appropriate supporting ideas others. Students will summarize texts (written or  construct and present a prepared, spoken) that describe, narrate, explain, and medium-length, original spoken text present opinions. (3-7 min.) incorporating an introduction, appropriate supporting ideas and a conclusion  elaborate and extend on original or given information within spoken texts  construct spoken texts (2-4 min.) about pictures, charts, or graphs  construct an oral summary (3-7 min.) restating the main idea and incorporating the most important 1 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/] English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives supporting ideas and details  use transitions of addition, sequence, exemplification, comparison/ contrast and clauses introducing opinion and fact in original and summary texts.

3. Students will interact via responding to Students will engage in medium-length, SWBAT1: written texts and interlocutors & spoken exchanges requesting, clarifying,  construct oral questions and statements eliciting written or spoken information negotiating meaning, and responding to on personal, practical, social, and on personal, practical, social, and information on personal, practical, social, general academic topics in order to general academic topics. Interaction and general academic topics. initiate, and continue a conversation will include clarifying and negotiating  answer basic questions on personal, meaning. Students also will be practical, social, and general academic introduced to abstract topics. topics  sustain a medium-length spontaneous conversation on a single personal, practical, social, or general academic topic by clarifying and negotiating meaning 4. Students will use and interpret Students will produce spoken discourse in SWBAT1: language in socio-culturally appropriate an informal social register on personal,  identify and revise errors in language ways, including recognizing & using practical and social topics. variety linked to register different registers and styles. Students  give an oral presentation displaying will be introduced to the concept of Students will produce spoken discourse in appropriate register language variety (e.g. slang, formal registers appropriate to classroom  use formulaic expressions for making commonwealth & North American presentations. suggestions, recommendations, 2 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/] English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives varieties). requests, and offers using informal and Students will use appropriate language formal registers varieties as they relate to register for a given social context. 5. Students will use targeted lexical, Students will use core vocabulary selected SWBAT1: phonological, morphological and lexical items from the ELI word list2 and  use 73% of vocabulary from a teacher syntactic elements at a high- additional target words. in spoken texts on prepared list of lexical items selected intermediate level. personal, practical, social, and general from the ELI word list2 and additional academic topics. target words.

Students will produce targeted segmental,  use 50% of vocabulary from a teacher suprasegmental and syllable structure prepared list of lexical items selected elements. from the ELI word list2 and additional target words appropriately in spontaneous texts.

 produce the targeted elements during focused activities, prepared speeches and some spontaneous speech: - consonants and vowels - syllable structure - word stress - sentence stress - intonation (All the above at a usually comprehensible level.) Students will produce questions and use SWBAT1: 3 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/] English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives simple modals.  produce correctly structured yes-no and wh questions with do-support when needed  use simple modals such as can, could, should, must, have to, might, would Students will produce negative structures. SWBAT1:  use negative do-support in main and subordinate clauses  use negative modals in simple and complex sentences Students will use appropriate basic to SWBAT1: intermediate verb morphology and verb  produce past tense and past phrases. progressive sentences  produce simple and progressive present perfect sentences with the indefinite past meaning  produce future tense sentences with will and present progressive  produce sentences using modals and semi modals of possibility (could, may), necessity (have to/must  produce sentences using past modals of obligation and belief (should have/must have + past participle)  produce verb phrases with common 4 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/] English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives adverbs description, manner and frequency Students will produce and use some noun SWBAT1: phrase structures.  use count and non-count abstract nouns  recognize article use to distinguish between specific and general  use articles to distinguish between specific and general meanings in a concrete focused context  use noun phrases with adjectives  produce adjectival comparatives involving –er, than, as ...as and comparative adjective and comparative adverb structures  use quantifiers such as most/most of, some/any, many/much, little/few some, all, Students will produce and recognize some SWBAT1: hypotheticals.  use wish structures in present time  use present unreal conditionals Students will recognize and use passive SWBAT1: voice structures.  recognize passive voice  structures in most tenses  use passive voice structures in present and past tenses

5 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/] English Language Institute University of Pittsburgh Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives

LEVEL 4 SPEAKING Level 4 Level 4 Level 4 Program Goals Speaking Goals Speaking Objectives Students will be able to use and recognize SWBAT1: phrasal verbs.  use basic separable phrasal verbs  use basic inseparable phrasal verbs

6 of 6 11/13/07 1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ... 2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]