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PROGRAMA CURSO: CONVERSATIONAL ENGLlSH 1111I Semestre, 2014

Datos Generales

Sigla: TE0400Nombre del curso: Ingles Conversacional 11

Tipo de curso: PracticoNúmero de créditos: 3Número de horas semanales presenciales: 6Número de horas semanales de trabajo independiente del estudiante: 6Requisitos: TE-0300Correquisitos: ningunoUbicación en el plan de estudio: Sexto NivelHorario del curso: Lunes y Jueves 9 am a 11:50 amSuficiencia: No tieneTutoría: No tiene

Datos del Profesor

Nombre: Hania Morales ArroyoCorreo Electrónico: haniamoar@gmail.com

1. Descripción del cursoAlthough this course focuses primarily on oral communication, it will integrate the four language skills to improve students overall

ability in the English Language. Lessons will be highly interactive and depend on students' participation for success. A number of

speaking techniques will be used to discuss Eco-tourism related topics and students will be required to do ample amounts of reading

and writing as well.

2. Objetivos generales:1. To promote a positive environment where students can use their knowledge ofthe language.2. To increase students vocabulary, tluency and overall ability to produce the language.3. Top cover topics of interest.4. To give the students some important skills that they will need when working in their field5. To enhance their ski lis in working together, in teams to effectively accomplish task.

3. Objetivos específicos:.:. To increase ESP lexicon to enable students to perform multiple communication tasks in the target language .

•:. To practice different types of public speaking that students of Eco tourism may become engaged in when practicing their

professions .

•:. To improve accuracy in language performance in areas such as grammar, fluency, intonation and rhythm .

•:. To widen the students' cultural understanding and its impact on language meaning

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4. Contenidos:14. Accommodations at eco-friendly establishments.15. Eco-Touristic attractions and activities in Costa Rica.16. Local Rural tourism in Costa Rica.17. Grammar: gerunds and infinitives, passive voice, reported

speech, adverbs, nouns, and subject verb agreement.18. Collocations: (make, say, tell, talk, and speak), Register,

Metaphor, among others.

19. Phrasal ve bs and idioms: Thematic: New Year, Hotel,travel, rnonev, relationship, work, party, holiday, business,etc. Units 4, 5,and 6.

20. Pronunciation: final /t/, /d/, /ed/, final /5/, /z/, /iz/ amongothers.

21. Public Speaking: Persuasive Speech.

1. The tourism development project proposal.2. Eco-tourism definition, principies, staterne nts, current

status and challenges.3. Pre-Colombian cultures.4. National reality.5. Tourism management.6. Hotel industry.7. Describing specific species.8. Evolution of ecotourism.9. Tourist marketing.10. Guidelines for being a tourist guide.11. Tourism and disability. Law 7600.12. International Travel.13. Phone Calls, Customer Service.

5 Metodología

Course ApproachThe course will be organized in a way that prc vides the students with I raetieal knowledge and hands-on experienees

whieh will prepare them to interaet sueeessfully i , the English language I n a variety of environmental-tourism tapies.Classroom time will be subdivided into the followir g parts:

A. Public speakingAetivities will be developed to teaeh listene s how to be sensítiv.. to their needs and interests, and how to talk toand with them, and not at them. Students \ 'ill be encouraged to eommunie rte ideas to real people, rather thanmerely stand up and go through the motior s of "giving a speeeh". Practica! aetivities will be earried out in classthat demonstrate how to effeetively produ e a persuasive speeeh.

B. Grammar and idiomsThere will be weekly reviews of slang and phrasal verbs from the eourse antholcgv. Exereises on the followinggrammatieal struetures: gerunds and infinitives, passive voiee, reported speeeh, a -íverbs, and subjeet verbagreement.

C. Field trip

The field trip will be held on January and it will imply eareful, systematie preparation. The main goal is for thestudents to propase a possible rural tourism projeet in the English language. The destination w ill be a set of farms inNaranjo where eeologieal tourism ean be / are developed. Appropriate guidelines will be provided throughout theeourse. Eaeh student will present an oral report about the field trip whieh will be graded through E\¡'aluation Instrument# 2, this short report will be presented the next elass after the field trip.

D. Project: In pairs students will analyze the tourist potential of a real site (farm). Students will eh oose one of thefarms visited during the field trip, and based on it they will propase a tourist projeet that takes i to aecount the

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specific characteristics (infrastructure, weather, accommodation, attractions, and location, among others) of theplace. The instructor and the students will meet to discuss the advances of the project before the finalpresentation at least two times. The final presentation must be developed in a persuasive tone where the grouptries to convince the audience (their classmates, and a guest teacher) to invest in their project.

E. Oral presentations on scientific articles: ESP (English for specifie purposes). During every class one student willpresent an article related to a topic from the contents of the course. This will allow the students to get incontact with specific vocabulary related to the tourism field. The chosen article has to be approved by theprofessor. The presentations must be very dynamic and well-organized. Students are expected to incorporatethe principies of public speaking in these demonstrations and prepare a short activity for the group to grasp thecontent of each article and assimilate its main ideas. Students will upload the article for the rest of the class toread. The day of the presentation, the rest of the class will bring a questionnaire (10 questions including theanswer) to be used in a question-answer exchange. This will be a follow-up activity. Evaluation Instrument # 1will be used to assess these oral presentations.

F. Reading Comprehension oral reaction: At the end of each lesson the students will be expected to express theirposition towards the scientific article, considering the points expressed in the presentation and what they readta home. This must be done in oral form and each student must speak at least three minutes. The oralperformance of each student during the presentation of this task will be graded using evaluation instrument # 2.

G. In class tasks: ten graded-in-class-tasks will be carried out during the course they will be based on the topieselected for the lesson.

1. Concept definition (jeopardy): students in groups of three will prepare and present a jeopardy gameabout tourism specialized lexicon. The oral performance of each student during the preparation andpresentation of the task will be graded using evaluation Instrument # 4.

2. Concept definition (board game): students in groups of three will prepare and present a board gamebased on the main points of the presentation. The oral performance of each student during thepreparation and presentation of the task will be graded using evaluation instrument # 4.

3. Historical role play: in this activity each participant will assume the role of a Pre-Columbian character,s/he will act and speak as if s/he were a real pre-Columbian character. Students will try to set a contextsimilar to the one in which her/his character existed. The oral performance of each student during thepreparation and presentation of the task will be graded using evaluation instrument # 5.

4. A talk show: the class will be divided in two groups, one group will students will assume the role ofauthorities in the field of Tourism Management. Another group will act as the audience, they will be incharge of asking questions to the people in the panel (Authorities) creating this way a discussion. Forexample students may search a video related to the topic and then organize the discussion based on themain points of the video. The oral performance of each student during the preparation and presentationof the task will be graded using evaluation Instrument # 5.

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5. Newscast: after oral presentation No 3 , students will organize and present a tv newscast where theyinelude information about Costa Rican national reality. Each student has to present one piece of news.The oral performance of each student during the preparation and presentation of the task will be gradedusing evaluation instrument # 5.

6. Debate: (previous preparation needed) Based on the topic of the day, students will decide on twoopposing facts, ideas, or positions, regarding the Hotellndustry in Costa Rica, then they will organize andpresent a debate The oral performance of each student during the preparation and presentation of thetask will be graded using evaluation Instrument # 8.

7. Persuasive Speech: (previous preparation needed) after oral presentation No 6 , each student willpresent a four minute persuasive speech about which Costa Rican natural specie should be bestprotected . The speech will be graded using evaluation Instrument #7.

8. Round table: after all the oral presentations of the course, students will organize and present a roundtable based on the main points of all the presentations. The oral performance of each student during thepreparation and presentation of the task will be graded using evaluation instrument # 6.

6. Evaluación

Descripción Porcentaje2 oral presentations on scientific articles 20%, (10% each presentation)

Reading Comprehension oral reactions: . 20%

9 Graded-in-class-tasks : . 18%

Field Trip Oral Report: 2%

1 Project presentation 18% (Teacher Evaluation) 2% (Peer

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4 Quizzes (Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, collocations, phrasal verbs) 20%

7. Cronograma

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