English Prep · Beginner
Listening and Speaking II: Seminars and Discussions
EPY202 — Core — Semester 2
EPY202 — Core — Semester 2
Moves from everyday speaking to study situations: following short lectures and taking notes, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and disagreeing politely, taking part in group discussions and giving a short academic presentation.
To prepare learners to follow lectures and take an active part in seminars.
| Week | Topic & Activity |
|---|---|
| 2 | Following a lecture Identify the structure and key points of a short lecture. Lecture practice with note-taking. |
| 5 | Giving opinions Express and justify opinions with reasons and examples. Seminar: Online versus classroom learning. |
| 8 | Discussion skills Agree, disagree, interrupt and summarise politely. Group discussion practice. |
| 11 | Presentations Plan and deliver a five-minute presentation. Workshop: Presenting with slides. |
| 14 | Speaking assessment Group discussion and individual presentation. Assessed seminar. |
Continuous assessment: weekly class tasks and a learning portfolio, a midterm progress check during the teaching weeks and an end-of-module assessment in the final exam week (a written task and, where relevant, a speaking assessment). Results are reported as Pass, Merit or Distinction, with the CEFR level reached in each skill.