The advanced conversation course is an opportunity for advanced-level students (level 7 and above) to practise and develop their conversation skills while broadening their knowledge of literature in English and other aspects of British culture.
The course contains no formal homework or testing but includes weekly reading tasks, either from literary texts or extracts from newspapers, magazines and the media, as preparation for class discussion. Specific focus on problems of English pronunciation and vocabulary is also built into the course, while students are encouraged to participate fully and to carry out their research for material to introduce into the classroom discussion.
In the past the course has had both a literary and a historical focus. This year the coursebook, following on from the success last year of the Oxford Book of English Short English Stories, is The Penguin Book of English Short Stories (ed. C.Dolley). Many other reading resources will be provided.
No specialist knowledge is required in order to enrol but an interest in reading, literature and contemporary issues and affairs are all helpful.
- Start : October 2008
- Length: 60 hours (30 meetings of 2 hours each)
- Timetable: Mondays 17.30- 19.30
- Coursebook: The Penguin Book of English Short Stories (ed. C.Dolley)
- Level: Advanced
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