Course Outline

Course Number: COM1402

Course Title: Conversation IV

Credit 1

Instructor: Professor Voelzke phone: 6895 email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 Friday 9:45-10:45

Course Description & Objectives: This course is designed for students to be able to speak with sufficient fluency in a variety of social and academic situations. Prerequisite: COM1302 Conversation III or equivalent proficiency.

Amount of work required outside of class:

Approximately 2 hours of work outside of class required for every class hour

Evaluation Method:

Class participation & assignments 50%, quizzes 10% & tests 40%

Attendance Policy:

Students who have more than 4 absences will receive a failing grade for the course.

Two “Lates” = One Absence

Required Text:

New Interchange 3, Richards (Cambridge Univ. Press)

Everyday Idioms for Reference and Practice Book Two, Feare (Longman)

Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test, Tests, Phillips (Longman)

(TOEFL book must be NEW)

Supplement: English for Everyday Activities, Zwier (Compass Publishing)

Outline of Topics

New Interchange 3

Week 1: Unit 1 That’s what friends are for?

Week 2: Unit 2 Career moves

Week 3: Unit 3 Could you do me a favor?

Week 4: Unit 4 What a story!

Week 5: Unit 5 Crossing cultures

Week 6: Unit 6 What’s wrong with it?

Week 7: Unit 7 The world we live in; MIDTERM

Week 8: Unit 8 Learning to learn

Week 9: Unit 9 Self-improvement

Week 10: Unit 10 The past and the future

Week 11: Unit 11 Life’s little lessons

Week 12: Unit 12 The right stuff

Week 13: Unit 13 That’s a possibility; Longman TOEFL pp. 407-432

Week 14: Unit 14 Behind the scenes; Longman TOEFL pp.433-458

Week 15: FINALS

Everyday Idioms

Every week cover three units.