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WEEK

LEARNING OUTCOMES
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ORIENTATION WEEK
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Learners will be able to:
1. LISTENING
Recall information from stimuli
2. SPEAKING
Speak using appropriate and correct language

SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Practice the skills by listening
to these genres :

Recalling information

Songs, news ,instructions

Using grammatically correct


language

Viewing samples of various


oral genres like debates,
interviews, public speaking,
elocution contests, forums

3. READING
Extract key ideas

Skimming and scanning

Journals, newspapers,
magazines, advertisements,
academic texts etc

4. WRITING
Using correct conventions and format

Using correct spelling and


mechanics

Studying samples of various


genres like reports, articles,
letters and essays

1. LISTENING
Relay information

Recognizing main ideas

Announcements, briefings

Using correct pronunciation,


stress and intonation

Reading up local and global


issues related to society,
culture, economics, science

2. SPEAKING
Speak confidently, fluently and effectively to
communicate ideas and opinions

and technology, etc

3. READING
Match information

Extracting specific
information

4. WRITING
Using correct language

Using correct grammar

1. LISTENING
Select relevant details

Recognizing supporting
details

Advertisements and dialogues

Speaking with confidence


and fluency

View the MUET speaking


VCD on Individual
Presentation and Group
Interaction

3. READING
Rearrange ideas in a text

Identifying main ideas

Distinguish fact from opinion


in newspaper articles

4. WRITING
Using appropriate register

Using correct sentence


structures

1. LISTENING
Interpret information based on stimuli
provided

Deriving meanings of
words, phrases sentences
from context

Conversations, talks,
interviews

2. SPEAKING
Speak in response to the opinions and ideas
of others

Using language appropriate


for the intended purpose and

Understand the rubrics of the


tasks

2. SPEAKING
Select, organise and present information to
an audience

Identify topic sentences,


viewpoints, elaboration etc
Using appropriate and varied
language

Identifying a range of style and


tone

audience

3. READING
Select relevant details

Identifying supporting
details

4. WRITING
cohesively and coherently

Using varied vocabulary and Writing reports, articles, letters


and essays
expressions

1. LISTENING
Identify language functions

Paraphrasing

2. SPEAKING
Observe appropriate social conventions

Using varied vocabulary and Make appropriate and effective


introductions or opening
expressions
statements as a speaker in a
forum

3. READING
Derive meaning of words from context

Deriving the meaning of


words, phrases, sentences
from the context

4. WRITING
In an appropriate style and tone

Using clear varied sentences

1. LISTENING
Extract key ideas

Predicting outcomes

Identify specific relationships


such as cause and effect
and compare and contrast in
texts

Documentaries, lectures,
meetings

Identify bias in editorials

Understand the rubrics of the


task, brainstorm to generate
ideas.
Discussions, debates etc

2. SPEAKING
Speak persuasively to convince others

Using varied sentence


structures

3. READING
Identify language functions

Understanding linear and


non-linear texts

Using language appropriate


for the intended purpose and
audience

Write clear thesis statement

1. LISTENING
Follow the line of argument

Applying a concept to a new


situation

Listen to news items and


complete short answer
questions

2. SPEAKING
Speak to fulfil task within prescribed time

Observing conventions
appropriate to a specific
situation

Make appropriate and effective


concluding remarks as a public
speaker on the importance of a
college education

Understanding relationship
within a sentence
between sentences

Read a text on use and abuse


of chemical substances
- identify the use and abuse of
chemical substances
- organize the information
gathered

observing conventions

4. WRITING
For a specific purpose by drawing
information from non-linear stimuli
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3. READING
Follow the line of argument

4. WRITING
A personal response based on a given

Develop and organise ideas on


a current topic

Rearrange jumbled paragraphs


into a coherent text

Write appropriate and effective

stimulus

appropriate to a specific
situation or text type

introductions

understanding language
function

Listen to news items and


complete short answer quest.

develop and organising


ideas

Express and support ideas


viewpoints with examples and
elaboration on the pros and
cons of dieting

recognising a paraphrase

Match headlines to news texts

developing and organizing


ideas

Develop and organise ideas in


paragraphs

1. LISTENING
identify speakers roles and relationship

distinguishing the relevant


from the irrelevant

Match headlines to news texts

2. SPEAKING
select correct linking devices

using appropriate markers


and linking devices

Use appropriate linkers and


cohesive devices to describe
how to prepare for an
examination

1. LISTENING
restate information given
2. SPEAKING
use correct pronunciation, stress and
intonation for an intended purpose and
audience
3. READING
restate information given
4. WRITING
synthesise information from linear to nonlinear texts

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3. READING

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predicting outcomes

Match headings to a selection


of texts

using appropriate markers


and linking devices

Write appropriate and effective


conclusions

distinguishing fact from


opinion

Listen and extract relevant


information from several study
packages and make a choice

2. SPEAKING
speak using appropriate and correct language

using anaphora
appropriately together with
other cohesive devices

3. READING
interpret linear and non-linear texts

applying a concept to a new


situation

using anaphora
appropriately together with
other cohesive devices

select correct linking devices

4. WRITING
select correct linking devices
1. LISTENING
infer speakers intention, tone, attitude

Brainstorm to generate ideas


for a debate
Read brochures related to
studies in local institutions and
weigh the pros and cons of the
options available

4. WRITING

write using appropriate and correct language

Write appropriate and effective


conclusions

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