HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF ENGLISH
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ENGL221– Semester 1, 2024 – 2025
I. General Course Information:
- Course code: ENGL221
- Course Title: Listening-Speaking 3
- Location: Block D3, HNUE
- Contact hours per week: 3 50-minute periods each week
- Assumed Background:
ENGL221 Listening and Speaking is a compulsory three-credit course designed for English majors. As a second-year subject, it
requires prerequisite knowledge on the subject of ENGL 121.
- Course Description:
This skill-based integrated course is designed to boost students’ English language proficiency from B1+ to B2 level according to
Common European Framework of Reference.
- Course staff:
Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen
Responsibility: Classroom, Timetable
Office: 107 D3 Building, HNUE
Cell phone: 0989143174
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Email: [email protected]
II. Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
1. understand straightforward information about everyday topics, identifying both general messages and specific
information, provided people speak clearly in a familiar accent.
2. start a conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest and can keep it going by expressing and responding
to suggestions, opinions, attitudes, advice, etc.
Specifically, in terms of listening, students will be able to:
● follow a lecture or talk within their own field, if the subject matter is familiar and the presentation is clearly structured
● follow TV programs on topic of personal interest when people speak clearly
● understand information in announcements and other recorded, factual texts if they are delivered in clear standard speech
In terms of speaking, students will be able to:
● describe an incident, making the main points clear
● express feelings about something they have experienced
● present clear detailed description on a wide range of subjects related to their field of interests.
● explain a view point on a topic
III. University Learning Resources
Required Resources:
1. Cunningham, S & Bygrave, J. (2011). Real Life upper intermediate (students’ book). Pearson Longman
2. Cunningham, S & Bygrave, J. (2011). Real Life upper intermediate (workbook). Pearson Longman
Self-study resources:
3. Cambridge First Certificate 5. Cambridge University Press
4. Cambridge First Certificate 1 (for revised exam from 2015). Cambridge University Press
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5. First Certificate Practice Test Plus 1. Pearson
6. Language Practice for First. Macmillan
Access to required and recommended resources is available at English Faculty Library website
(http://foe.hnue.edu.vn/Tainguyen.aspx)
IV. Assessment
1. Assessment summary
Assessment Tasks Due Dates Weighting
Class attendance & participation 10%
On-going assessment:
- Mid-of-term test - Week 9 30%
- Speaking recordings & in-class speaking - Assigned by teachers
- Listening mini-tests - Week 6, Week 12
End-of-term test 60%
2. Assessment details:
Attendance: Students are required to attend at least 80% of the total class hours. If students do not, they are not allowed
to take the end-of-term test.
On-going assessment and mid-of-term test (30%)
A. Mid-of-term test (10%)
- Type: During class
- Due date: week 9
- Task description:
+ Listening: Multiple choice, Sentence completion, Multiple matching
+ Speaking: compare and contrast photos, discussion
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B. Speaking recordings & In-class speaking (10%):
- Type: In-class and at home
- Due date: Every week
- Task description:
+ In-class speaking: Students will discuss the questions and follow the tasks assigned by teachers during classes.
+ Speaking records: students are required to submit recordings of various topics to the teacher and give feedback to
other students.
C. Listening mini-tests (10%)
- Type: During class
- Due date: Listening mini-tests 1 and 2 will take place in week 6 and week 12 respectively
- Time allowed: 25 minutes approximately/ each
- Task description: Multiple choice, Sentence completion, Multiple matching
End-of-term Test (60%)
A. Listening
- Type: Final exam
- Time allowed: 30 minutes approximately
- Task description: Students will listen to different recordings and answer follow-up questions on the basis of what is
stated or implied on the recordings (Short talks, Sentence completion, Multiple matching).
B. Speaking
- Type: Final exam
- Task descriptions: Students are given a set of questions about different topics to talk about as the first part of the exam.
For the second part, they are given two photographs to compare and contrast. Part three is a collaborative task in
which two students will talk about a situation together by discussing prompted ideas.
3. Course Policies
- Students are required to attend at least 80% of class hours. If they are absent for over 20% of the whole course, they are not
permitted to take the final exam.
- Two 15-minute late arrivals are counted as an absence.
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- Requests for the granting of extensions must be made in writing (not via email) to the lecturers at least 24 hours prior to the
submission date. The request must also contain documentation satisfactorily supporting the request. If an extension is
approved, the new agreed date for submission will be noted
- Students who are unable to sit or complete a scheduled final exam must apply for a deferred examination to the course
coordinators.
V. Course Outline
Abbreviations: RLW (Real Life Workbook), LPF (Language Practice for First)
Week Theme Language skills Language components Homework Self-study
1 Going to - Course introduction - Vocabulary: Success - RLW, pp1-6 LPF Grammar 1
extremes - Listening to interviews for and achievement LPF Vocabulary 17
specific information - Vocabulary: Extreme FCE Plus test 1
- Talking about hard work and adjectives and
motivation intensifiers
- Talking about photos - Grammar: Present-Past
- Expressing an opinion tenses
- FCE Listening part 1
2 Living - Listening to a radio program for - Vocabulary: Behavior RLW pp.12-15 LPF Grammar 2
together specific information - Vocabulary: Annoying LPF Vocabulary 12
- Listening to monologues for habits FCE Plus test 2
specific information - Grammar: Present
- FCE Speaking part 1 perfect simple and
continuous
3 Exam - Listening for specific - Vocabulary: Revision RLW p.21, p.23 LPF Grammar 4
folder 1 information (Multiple matching) - Grammar: Revision FCE Plus test 3
- Comparing and contrasting
photos
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- FCE Listening part 2
4 Global - Listening to a TV programme - Vocabulary: Technology RLW pp. 24-27 LPF Grammar 3
network for specific information - Grammar: Future tenses LPF Grammar 6
- Talking about technology - Grammar: Second FCE Plus test 4
- FCE Speaking part 2 conditional
5 Happy - Listening to a news report for - Grammar: Modals of RLW pp. 34-37 LPF Grammar 13
and specific information obligation and advice FCE Plus test 5
successful - Discussing happiness
- FCE Listening part 3
6 Exam - FCE Speaking part 3 - Vocabulary: Revision RLW p.43 LPF Vocabulary 1, 2
folder 2 - LISTENING MINI-TEST 1 - Grammar: Revision FCE Plus test 6
7 Pop - Listening to an interview for - Vocabulary: RLW pp. 46-49 LPF Grammar 8
culture specific information Performance RLW p.51 LPF Vocabulary 10
- Describing a performance - Vocabulary: Pop music FCE5 test 1
- FCE Listening part 2 - Grammar: Passives
8 Something - Listening to a TV programme - Vocabulary: Food RLW pp. 56-59 LPF Grammar 9, 17,
different for specific information - Grammar: Quantifiers RLW p.65 19
- Describing food - Grammar: Relative LPF Vocabulary 7
- Dealing with unexpected clause FCE5 test 2
problems
- FCE Speaking part 3
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MID-OF-TERM TEST
10 Body and - Listening to a TV programme - Vocabulary: Qualities of RLW pp. 68-72 LPF Grammar 18
mind for details mind LPF Vocabulary 15
- Discussing abilities - Grammar: Articles FCE5 test 4
- FCE Listening part 1 - Grammar: Modals of
ability
11 Consumer - Listening to stories for specific - Vocabulary: Advertising RLW pp. 78-81 LPF Grammar 5
society information - Vocabulary: Shopping LPF Vocabulary 8
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- Discussing advertising - Grammar: Reported FCE1 test 1
- Agreeing and disagreeing speech
- FCE Speaking part 2
12 Exam - Listening to a radio programme - Vocabulary: Revision RLW p.87 LPF Vocabulary 5, 6
folder 3 for specific information - Grammar: Revision FCE1 test 2
- Expressing opinions
- FCE Listening part 2
- LISTENING MINI-TEST 2
13 Right and - Listening to stories for specific - Vocabulary: Truth and RLW pp. 90-94 LPF Grammar 14
wrong information lies LPF Vocabulary 9
- Discussing hoaxes - Grammar: Modals of FCE1 test 3
- FCE Speaking part 3 deduction
14 Life - Listening to monologues for - Vocabulary: Home and RLW pp. 100- LPF Grammar 7
changes specific information environment 103 LPF Vocabulary 11
- Inviting and persuading - Grammar: Wish RLW p.106
- FCE Listening part 3
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REVISION
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