ADVANCED ENGLISH CONVERSATION(1)

This course will focus on helping students develop their skills and confidence in conversational English. As such, the main focus of the course will be on providing students with opportunities to communicate in a variety of situations, e.g., pair and group activities. Students will have the opportunity to discuss a broad range of topics, give a variety of different presentations, and enhance their cultural competence in terms of appropriateness of language and idiomatic speech. They will also have opportunities to increase their competence in listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, oral grammar, and conversational strategy use.

A) Purpose: To engage students in active, meaningful conversation using advanced discussion topics in order to develop critical thinking. The course goal is to increase spoken and written fluency in English, and to improve academic writing through weekly writing assignments and workshops.

****Attendance Policy- Students will be allowed one (1) unexcused absence which will not affect their grades. More than eight (8) unexcused absences will result in a failing (F) grade for the semester.****