SKILLS


 * || **I need more practice** || **I'm good at this** || **I've mastered this** ||
 * **1. use prelistening strategies, including:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * a. identifying the topic - **x** ||  || x ||   ||
 * b. activating schema ||
 * ||  || x ||
 * c. predicting content - ||  || x ||   ||
 * d. setting goals - **x** || x ||  ||   ||
 * **2. use listening strategies, including** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * a. listening actively - **xx** ||  || x ||   ||
 * b. tolerating ambiguity - **xx** || x ||  ||   ||
 * c. distinguishing the main idea and details - **xx** ||  || x ||   ||
 * d. distinguishing fact from opinion ||  ||   || x ||
 * e. identifying speaker’s tone and point of view ||  || x ||   ||
 * f. understanding discourse markers ||  || x ||   ||
 * g. understanding grammatical concepts ||  || x ||   ||
 * **3. recognize various rhetorical patterns, including:** ||
 * a. analysis - **x** || x ||  ||   ||
 * b. argument - **x** || x ||  ||   ||
 * c. problem/solution || x ||  ||   ||
 * d. extended definition || x ||  ||   ||
 * e. summary/response || x ||  ||   ||
 * **4. take detailed notes** ||  || x ||   ||
 * **5. evaluate notes and use them to complete academic or professional tasks** ||  || x ||   ||
 * **6. learn functional expressions for classroom interaction, including:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * a. expressing opinions - **x** ||  || x ||   ||
 * b. agreeing and disagreeing - **x** ||  || x ||   ||
 * c. taking turns || x ||  ||   ||
 * d. asking for and giving feedback - **x** || x ||  ||   ||
 * e. conducting interviews and surveys ||  || x ||   ||
 * f. reporting interview and survey results ||  || x ||   ||
 * g. describing a visual ||  || x ||   ||
 * h. interrupting || x ||  ||   ||
 * i. getting and holding the floor || x ||  ||   ||
 * j. leading a discussion ||  || x ||   ||
 * k. participating in a debate or panel discussion ||  || x ||   ||
 * l. persuading others || x ||  ||   ||
 * m. asking rhetorical questions || x ||  ||   ||
 * **7. improve pronunciation by focusing on suprasegmentals** || x ||  ||   ||
 * **8. self-monitor and self-correct by:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * a. learning and applying self-, peer-, and teacher-assessment criteria - **x** || x ||  ||   ||
 * b. developing awareness of frequent individual errors || x ||  ||   ||
 * **9. individually or in groups, give prepared and impromptu presentations with introductions and conclusions on academic or professional topics using the following rhetorical patterns:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * a. analysis || x ||  ||   ||
 * b. argument || x ||  ||   ||
 * c. problem/solution || x ||  ||   ||
 * d. extended definition || x ||  ||   ||
 * d. extended definition || x ||  ||   ||