Course Description

This course is designed to introduce English spoken texts to freshmen through light materials such as songs, short stories, video clips, and short films. The texts presented are in sentences, and in dialogues and monologues. The purpose is to familiarize students with English sounds and their attributes (phonological, grammatical, lexical, and cultural) which influence words‘ meanings. The course covers sound discrimination and information identification in either generic or specific contexts. It is expected that by the end of the course, the students are familiar with English sounds and mentally ready to listen to more complicated materials