IAEP 122 Academic Listening&Speaking II

This course provides students an opportunity to continue developing the university-level listening and speaking skills needed to understand lectures, engage in classroom discussions and make academic presentations. Students will practice advanced note-taking skills, including understanding, interpreting, and explaining charts and graphic organizers used in academic lectures and presentations. Students will make several 5-minute presentations, utilizing visual aids, and one joint presentation. Students will continue to practice their presentation skills as they research, prepare and present longer (10 minute) academic presentations. There is focus on group participation, equal sharing of group projects, self-evaluation, and critiques of the presentation styles of peers and lecturers.