This course is designed to further develop students’ English communication skills through scientific topics, using the Science Inspirations textbook as a core resource. Students will enhance their ability to deliver clear and confident presentations, refine their public speaking and performance techniques, and improve their skills in structuring and conveying complex ideas effectively.

Through engaging presentations, performances, and various interactive activities, students will gain knowledge across different scientific fields while building confidence in academic communication. The course also aims to inspire curiosity and critical thinking, and to offer students ideas and direction for future areas of study.

This course builds on and continues from Listening & SpeakingⅠa in the first semester; however, students are not required to have taken that course in order to enrol.

The planned objectives of this course are to:

• Develop students’ ability to deliver clear, confident presentations in English;

• Strengthen students’ public speaking techniques, including voice control, body language, and audience engagement;

• Improve students’ ability to structure and communicate academic ideas and arguments in an accessible and engaging manner;

• Expand students’ knowledge across different academic fields and inspire interest in future areas of study.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Better deliver clear and confident presentations in English;

• Further demonstrate effective public speaking techniques, including voice control, body language, and audience engagement;

• More robustly structure and communicate academic concepts and arguments in an accessible and engaging manner;

• Demonstrate expanded knowledge across different academic fields and articulate potential areas for future study.

This course will be delivered in English. Students are encouraged to communicate with each other and with the teacher in English as much as possible. Students are expected to purchase the textbook in order to take this course. Students are also advised to regularly check LETUS for class updates and to study outside of class time in a self-directed manner.

This course builds on and continues from Listening & Speaking A in the first semester; however, students are not required to have taken that course.

More information about course expectations, including attendance policies, will be shared in the first class of the semester.

Students should check LETUS after class to review lesson content and before class to download any required materials and resources. It is recommended that students spend at least one hour per week outside of class on self-directed learning activities.

Students are expected to plan and maintain their own self-directed learning in response to the teacher’s suggestions and in accordance with their individual learning preferences and interests.

• Class Participation = Up to 26 points (2 per class) 
• Performance Assessments = Up to 46 points (23 x 2) 
• Overall Course Contribution = Up to 4 points
• Self-directed Activities = Up to 24 points (3 per activity)