Listening and speaking is a supporting English proficiency-cum-oral course designed to help degree students improve their pronunciation, speaking, discussion, conversational and presentation skills.
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the following:
Each week there is a class of three hours. The course is organised around an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet, oral tasks, practice role-plays, questions, oral summarising, short stories, oral presentations and remedial grammar.
The teacher works on expanding the students’ active oral vocabulary, improving their pronunciation with exercises, raising their ability to speak about ideas and concepts in their own words, refining their use of oral grammar and improving textual coherence and cohesion in their oral presentations. There are oral assignments and a final oral examination to assess how much the students have learnt.
| Level of study | Foundation and Diploma | Undergraduate | Postgraduate |
|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS | 5.5 (no individual band below 5.0) | 6.0 (no individual band below 6.0) | 6.5 (no individual band below 6.0) # 7.0 (no individual band below 6.5) |
| TOEFL (Paper based) a (Internet based)b |
527 |
550 |
575 |
| SPM * | B | – | – |
| UEC ** | A2 | A2 | – |
| MUET *** | 4 | 4 | – |
| GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level | Score of ‘C’ or better for ‘O’ level English**** | Score of ‘C’ or better for ‘A’ level English | – |
| International Baccalaureate | Minimum of 4 in English A1 or A2 (Higher and Standard Levels) or Minimum of 5 in English B (Higher Level) | – | |
| * | Students with a C+ or C English grade are required to enter the Intensive English program at UIIE; students with a D or E English grade are required to sit the Swinburne Sarawak English Placement Test to determine the level of Intensive English program they must enter |
| ** | Students with B3 to B6 English grades are required to sit the Swinburne Sarawak English Placement Test to determine whether they require additional English classes |
| *** | Students who obtain band 1 to 3 in MUET are required to sit the Swinburne Sarawak English Placement Test to determine whether they require additional English classes |
| **** | Not applicable for “English as Second Language” |
| a | Foundation and diploma programs – minimum Test of Written English [TWE] score of 4.5 Undergraduate programs – minimum Test of Written English [TWE] score of 5.0 Postgraduate programs – minimum Test of Written English (TWE) score of 5.0 |
| b | Foundation and diploma programs – with no band less than 18 Undergraduate programs – with no band less than 20 Postgraduate programs – with no band less than 20 |
| # | Entry requirement for Master of Arts (TESOL) |
Source : SwineBurne University Of Technology