ONE SMALL STEP: SPEAKING ENGLISH WITH CONFIDENCE

Students will practice the fundamentals of understanding and speaking English well. This course emphasizes the use of practical and conversational English in a way that can be easily understood by others. Students will practice a variety of strategies and techniques to increase their fluency rate, and vocabulary. Students will also learn to listen carefully to spoken English, as well as provide helpful and clear feedback to fellow students. Students will practice a variety of conversational and communication activities to improve their ability to speak with flow so they can be more easily understood.

This class will help students improve practical fluent conversation skills only IF students make an effort to do the assignments and attend class regularly. Class activities include but are NOT limited to

• use of sentence frames
• repetition
• poetry recitation
• pronunciation exercises
• choral reading
• practice new vocabulary
• practice with jargon
• listening
• panel discussions
• storytelling
• interviewing
• responding to others