Welcome to the LEA L1 Comprehension Orale Blog
Fall 2009:
Contact Information: Ms. Bays hillary.bays@u-cergy.fr
Here is the week by week program (syllabus)
| Week/Date | Topic : in class listening | Homework (check blog for updates) |
| Week 1 21/22 Sept | Introduction How to listen Daily Routine : Harry (Frequency) | What is the population of |
| Week 2 28/29 Sept | Numbers & statistics Numbers listening Compared City Statistics (Int Express) | What do you know about Tiger Woods? |
| Week 3 5/6 Oct | Sport Tiger Woods BBC (mp3) | Why do people go abroad? Are you planning to study abroad? Where? How do you find info to go with the UCP? |
| Week 4 12/13 Oct | English Today 4 | Make a list of some of the advantages and disadvantages of an arranged (not necessarily “forced”) marriage |
| Week 5 19/20 Oct | Dating & Marriage Arranged Marriages: Headways Upper-Int NPR Arranged Marriage | |
| Vacances | | |
| Week 6 2/3 Nov | DST Midterm exam (40%) | What do you know about the |
| Week 7 9/10 Nov | Environment David Attenborough (Headway Int T34) (correction of midterm) | What are the most popular brands in the world? Drinks? Shoes? Computer equipment? Gasoline? Media? |
| Week 8 | Marketing & Advertising Advertising Pays (ET 18) | What events started the civil rights movement in the |
| Week 9 | American Portraits Story Corps: Civil Rights Beginnings | What is VOIP? How much do you use your cell phone? What happens if you forget it at home for the day (week)? |
| Week 10 | Information Technology Web telephony (BC) Cell phones (PBS) | |
| Week 11 | Final Test (50%) | |
Participation & Preparation (10%)
- Each student must go to the Centre de Ressources Linguistique (CRL in the Bibliothèque des Cerclades) at least ONCE during the semester. You will use one of the self-study software available, for example BBC English Zone, Tell Me More, TOEFL Mastery or Giving Presentations in Scientific English. You may reserve a spot at http://www.u-cergy.fr/article8505.html (link to online reservation) or call Mme Bourin 01 34 25 72 77. Remind the student monitor that you need an “attestation” of presence, so that this will count for your grade (0.5 points).
- Participation means actively engaging in activities, proposing answers, asking questions, preparing homework, and generally doing more than only what is required of you. (
REQUIRED MATERIAL for the class:
- Find the links to the required homework listening recordings on the class blog.
Or provide the instructor with a blank CD (NOT a DVD) or a
Online material for in class and homework listening.
Podcasts & recommended listening:
Randalls ESL Cyberlab: http://www.esl-lab.com (2 examples given, but listen to many others)
- Is Dad Home? http://www.esl-lab.com/meet/meetrd1.htm
- Telephone recording http://www.esl-lab.com/record/recrd1.htm
ESLpod: http://www.eslpod.com
One of the more mature - if you can say that anything is mature at this point - podcasts dedicated to ESL learning. The podcasts include advanced vocabulary and subjects which will prove especially useful for English for Academic Purposes classes. Pronunciation is very slow and clear, but somewhat unnatural.
English Teacher John: http://www.englishteacherjohn.com/
John focuses on understandable English speaking in an extremely clear voice (some might find the perfect pronunciation unnatural) provides useful English lesson - ideal for intermediate level learners.
'Splendid Speaking' is a podcast from Flo-Joe which supports advanced learners of English who want to develop their top-level speaking skills and communication strategies. http://www.splendid-speaking.com/
Learn English Through Football
TOEIC (some examples)
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-practice-3.htm
TOEFL
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_listening.htm
http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm
