Description of the Course Contact Hours

activity. This section consists of four parts, which are Before You Listen, Sound of the World, What in Words, and Chant Along.

b. Classroom Materials

The classroom materials consist of four parts which are as follows: 1 Warming Up The purpose of this part is to activate student’s knowledge on the materials in the slide show. This part consists of discussion of slide show materials and also games which serves as warmer before entering the main activity. 2 Express Your Mind This part consists of theory that prepares them to the upcoming activity. The theory is in the form of list of useful expressions and basic theory of Public Speaking. 3 Speak Out Loud This is the main activity of the speaking class in which students are encourage to practice their public speaking skill by relating the knowledge they had from the whole reading and listening activities with their own knowledge through delivering oral presentation and in depth discussion about a certain issue and also other various activities such as games and role play. Students are also encouraged to give feedback to their friend’s performance through the feedback form provided 4 My Blogger In this part students are encourage to have a reflection on the whole learning process they had through composing a journal. This part also serves as feedback form for the instructor through writing comments in the given place.

3. Contact Hours

Each meeting in this course lasts 2 x 50 minutes.

4. Evaluation

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