Syllabus Listening 3 – SAE 227

English Letters Dept. Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta

Lecture : Ag Kustulasari 81, S.Pd., M.A.

Class meets : Mondays, 2 hours/week

Course Objectives :
At the end of the course the students are able to perform the following competencies:

1. Retell and respond, orally and in written, (to) narrative and descriptive texts, interviews, monologues and short
lectures.
2. Take notes and summarize monologues and short lectures

Course Progress:

Week Date Listening Text Topic

1 August 17th No class
2 August 24th Introduction to the course; American Anecdotes; Tina Arena;
3 August 31st Narrative and “The Ghost of Fernie Castle”; “Room 13”
4 September 7th Descriptive “Traditional Dress in Sri Lanka”;”Traditional Dress in Kuwait”
5 September 14th “Moon Landing”; “Sending Astronauts Back to the Moon”
6 September 28th Mid-term Test 1
7 October 7th Mid-term Test 1
8 October 14th Interviews “Personal Shopper”; “Shark Feeder”; “Job Discrimination”; “Ms. Know All”
9 October 21st “There are Worse Things and Dying”
10 October 28th “Meet You on the Air”; “From One World to Another”
11 November 4th Mid-term Test 2
12 November 11th Mid-term Test 2
13 November 18th Monologues and “Long Time No See”; “A Lot on Her Plate”; “A Lesson in Folktales”
14 November 25th Short Lectures “Be Careful: Phobias”; “Dyslexia”
15 December 2nd “Sand Painting”; “Too Good To Be True”

Evaluation:

Mid-term 1: 30%, Mid-term 2: 30%, Final Test: 40%, Optional Assignment: @3 points

Sources:

- Advanced Anecdotes in American English

- KanGuru Radio English
- Meanings into Words
- Room 13 and Other Ghost Stories
- North Star Intermediate
- BBC Learning English
- Consider the Issues
- Listening to Australia
- Face the Issues
- Selected Topics

Classroom rules of conduct:

Please maintain common classroom etiquette including: turning your cell-phone to silent (vibrate) mode, wearing appropriate
attire, coming to class on time, and respecting others.

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary”. (Vince Lombardi, 1913 – 1970)

©Ag Kustulasari, Aug 2009