Information Package / Course Catalogue
Academic English Listening and Speaking II
Course Code: YD122
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This pre-intermediate level course focuses entirely on listening-speaking - based, functional, real-life situations to prepare students for social and academic life. Corpus-informed spoken English is used to provide authentic examples of formal and informal speech during the course. The course is also designed to help students to become better speakers using speaking strategies. Integrated grammar lessons are also incorporated to the course so that students can communicate effectively as well.

Course Content

During this course, students find opportunities to improve their speaking and listening skills about asking for information about buying and selling items, asking for personal information/giving directions, talking about diet,exercise using appropriate vocabulary, giving suggestions and talking about study habits, using special strategies for conversations, expressing necessity and obligation, asking for help and obligation using the correct structures, explaining problems, asking for and following directions correctly, listening for main ideas/details, using hesitation strategies correctly in a conversation, identifying clarity and politeness in voice messages, identifying rising/falling intonation, sentence stress, reductions, using the rules of related grammar points like Present Simple, collocations, modals, Past Simple and Future tenses correctly in conversation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to ask for information about buying and selling items.
2.To be able to ask for personal information/give directions
3.To be able to talk about diet,exercise using appropriate vocabulary.
4.To be able to give suggestions and talk about study habits
5.To be able to use special strategies for conversations.
6.To be able to express necessity and obligation
7.To be able to ask for help and obligation using the correct structures
8.To be able to express problems.
9.To be able to ask for and follow directions correctly
10.To be able to listen for main ideas/details.
11.To be able to use hesitation strategies correctly in a conversation
12.To be able to identify clarity and politeness in voice messages
13.To be able to identify rising/falling intonation, sentence stress, reductions
14.14. To be able to use the rules of related grammar points like Present Simple, collocations, modals, Past Simple and Future tenses correctly in a conversation
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
How often do you do that? – Buying and selling items
Week 2 - Theoretical
How often do you do that? - Buying and selling items
Week 3 - Theoretical
Where can I find that? – Giving personal information
Week 4 - Theoretical
I’m a very healthy person – Talking about habits
Week 5 - Theoretical
Can I make a suggestion? - Giving suggestions
Week 6 - Theoretical
Is that really necessary? – Asking for Help
Week 7 - Theoretical
Is that really necessary? – Asking for permission
Week 8 - Theoretical
Could I borrow this? – Explaining problems
Week 9 - Theoretical
Could I borrow this? – Requesting permission
Week 10 - Theoretical
I used to do that – Describing past events
Week 11 - Theoretical
I used to do that – Giving excuses
Week 12 - Theoretical
Tell me a little about yourself – Describing past events
Week 13 - Theoretical
Tell me a little about yourself – Describing experiences
Week 14 - Theoretical
What are you going to do next week? – Future possibilities and plans
Week 15 - Theoretical
Would you like to come? – Inviting, making plans
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment15%10
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory150460
Assignment100220
Project35015
Midterm Examination1033
Final Examination1033
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026