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BASIC COURSE OUTLINE

Mata Kuliah : Critical Listening

SKS :2
Dosen : Puput Arinto, S.Pd, M.Pd
Semester : 4 (Empat)
I.DESKRIPSI MATA KULIAH
This subject provides students with advanced skills in comprehending oral discourses through recorded
voice of native speakers. Materials are presented in a variety of functional texts with exercises focused
on identifying cultural contents of a given text, deducing meanings from contexts, discovering topics
and main ideas, recognizing discourse markers and language functions, and taking notes. Students’
classroom activities include individual work, pair work, and group work. Evaluation on students’
achievement is based on classroom participation, home assignments, the mid-semester test, and the
final test.

I. Uraian Silabus

Meeting Standar Kompetensi Dasar Materi Pokok

Sumber Bahan
Kompetensi
1 - Orientation to the course Orientation to the Syllabus
syllabus, entry
behavior
assessment , Self-goal
setting
2 Recognize infer situations, Listening to
speakers and participant, conversations and LONG MAN
setting relationships recognize the speakers’ Complete Course for
between participants in background, the TOEFL Test by
aural interactions relationship, etc Deborah Philips
(2001

3 Deducing identify idiomatic Listening to

meaning from expression and the different idioms in LONG MAN
the contexts meaning different situations. Complete Course for
the TOEFL Test by
Deborah Philips
(2001
4 Deducing distinguish between literal Listening to
meaning from and implied meanings, conversation with LONG MAN
the contexts fact and opinion inferences Complete Course for
the TOEFL Test by
Deborah Philips
(2001
 5 Discovering detect such relations as
topics and main main idea, supporting
ideas idea, new information,
given information,
generalization, and
exemplification from
events, ideas, etc.,
described
6 Recognizing develop and use a battery of
discourse listening strategies, such as
markers and detecting key words,
language guessing the meaning of
functions words from context,
appeal for help, and
signaling comprehension,
comprehend
requests for factual and
attitudinal information
relating to a topic areas
7 QUIZ 1
8 MID SEMESTER TEST
9-10 Completing Following extended
notes on instructions
extended
instructions
11-12 Transforming listen to a short aural text
aural and transform the
information into information by presenting it
diagrams, in a different form (e.g.
flowing charts, by completing a table or
etc diagram)
13-14 Deducing
meaning from develop inference skills by
the contexts listening to a passage and
identifying true/false
inferences relating to the
passage
14 Deducing
meaning from develop inference skills by
the contexts listening to a passage and
suggesting an appropriate
conclusion conclusion
Finding topics of the
conversations or short LONG MAN
talks Complete Course for
the TOEFL Test by
Deborah Philips
(2001
Listening to dialogs
involving LONG MAN
suggestions, Complete Course for
invitations, offers, and the TOEFL Test by
requests Deborah Philips
(2001
Barron’s The Leader
Anticipating what will in Test Preparation
be heard, following IELTS by Lin
instructions Lougheed (2013)
carefully, identifying
keywords and
paraphrasing, form
completion.
Identifying signpost Barron’s The Leader
words, following in Test Preparation
descriptions, flowchart IELTS by Lin
completion, label Lougheed (2013)
completion.
Listening and writing Barron’s The Leader
simultaneously, identifying in Test Preparation
distractors, understanding IELTS by Lin
meaning, classifying Lougheed (2013)
information, identifying
and using features of speech
Barron’s The Leader
in Test Preparation
Summary completion IELTS by Lin
Lougheed (2013)
 15 QUIZ 2

16 FINAL SEMESTER TEST

Scoring System:

scoring Percentage
Attendance 10%
Daily, Quiz, Assignment 35%
Mid Semester test 25%
Final Semester test 30%
Total 100%
 identifying true/false distractors, intermediate
inferences relating to understanding by Richards
the passage meaning, classifying Hallows et
information, al(2006)
identifying and using
features of speech
8 Deducing meaning develop inference Summary IELTS
from the contexts skills by listening to a completion Express,
passage and upper
suggesting an intermediate
appropriate by Richards
conclusion Hallows et
al(2006)
9 MID SEMESTER TEST
16 Review