Prerequisite : English as a Second Language—Level 5 or equivalent
Overall Goals:

1. Provide students who already have a degree of fluency with communicative strategies for expressing themselves more precisely via more complex structures in oral and written English.
2. Enhance students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills using a variety of communicative activities focusing on topics such as cultural awareness, life plans, and technology.

Intended Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain changes in intentions or plans and express regrets about past actions.
• Discuss skills, abilities, and qualifications.
• Write a few paragraphs about life plans and life changes.
• Discuss the impact of inventions/discoveries.
• Debate the pros and cons of issues.
• Discuss solutions to global warming.

Methodology:

• Vocabulary activities
• Writing activities (brainstorming ideas, drafting, revising, editing, etc.)
• Grammar activities and games
• Individual and group presentations
• Role play
• Pronunciation activities
• Pair and group discussions
• Listening activities (listening for gist, for specific information and for details)
• Reading activities (skimming, scanning and inference tasks)

Required Material:

• Book:

E-Book

Title: Top Notch – Level 3 – eText + MyEnglishLab Access Code (12 months) (For Dawson Level 5 and Level 6)

Authors : Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher

Copyright : 2019 Student eText, ISBN 978-013-5748657

Price : Approximately $41.50

Available at : Dawson’s Bookstore

OR

Hardcover Book

Title : Top Notch – Level 3 – Student Book w/ Active Book & MyEnglishLab

Authors : Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher

Copyright : 2015 Student ISBN 978-013-3542783

Price : Approximately $ 54.95

Available at : Dawson’s Bookstore

***Students may choose to purchase either an e-book or a hardcover book, not both.

***Purchase should only be made after the first class.