Intensive Listening - Ys

This subject provides students with basic skills in comprehend­ing simple oral discourses through recorded voice of native speakers. Material are presented in a variety of short functional texts with exercises covering sound recognition and discri­mi­nation as well as stresses and intonation and their meanings. Students’ classroom activities include individual work, pair work, and group work. Evaluation on students’ achievement is based on classroom partici­pation, home assignments, the mid-semester test, and the final test.

Intensive Listening aims at providing students with an opportunity to develop their practical skills in the basic language competence of Listening. Assessment for the unit is based on attendance, class performance, regular assign­ments, portfolios, mid-semester test, semester examination and/or final project.