SYLLABUS

20361 Advanced English Conversation

Section 013: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00-10:50; Room B1-116

Section 014: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 15:00-15:50; Room B1-116

Professor: Marcela Jonas marcela@hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr

Office: B2-015; Tel.: 510-2072

Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 13:00-15:00

Required textbook:

In Focus 3 / Tania Pattison and Thomas Milburn.

Cerritos, CA: YSM, 1996.

The goal of this course is to promote your English communication skills and prepare you for active participation in the global world. Assuming that you have a good basic knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, you will improve your English communication skills by participating in classroom activities (dialogues, group discussions, presentations, projects). To prepare for classroom work, you will be assigned frequent homework. Your assignments will be based on the textbook, handouts, and readings from English language periodicals and the World Wide Web.

In order to successfully complete the course, you are expected to follow English language radio or TV, and to read English language newspapers and magazines on a regular basis. If you have not started using e-mail and the Internet yet, now is the time! You will be asked to report on your readings of material from the World Wide Web and to use e-mail.

Evaluation:

10% attendance

10% written quizzes

20% participation (homework, presentations, participation in class activities)

30% midterm exam

30% final exam