AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYLLABUS
Reading and listening
The sources of the reading materials
include encyclopedias, classical, modern
and popular literature, quizzes both serious
and amusing, popular and professional
magazines, and daily newspapers. The
material in the listening developments is
either an authentic interview or a script
recorded by actors. Emphasis is placed on
pre-comprehension tasks to motivate students
to want to read/listen and to bring to
the fore their prior knowledge of the subject.
The reading syllabus includes: . skimming . summarizing . inference . exploiting topic sentences . appreciating literature
The listening syllabus includes: . gist listening . listening for specific information . note taking . summarizing main points . inference