South 고등학교 2학년 English I
Chapters: 2
1. Understanding
Details in speech and texts · Topic and gist · Speaker's feelings and intent · Logical relations · Meaning from context · Organisation of texts · Strategies for multimedia input · Views of own and other cultures
- Making Inferences: Reading and Listening Between the Lines – An inference is a smart guess based on clues in a text plus what you already know. Good readers and listeners infer people's feelings and mood, a speaker's or writer's intent and purpose, their tone and attitude, the meaning of new words from context, and information the text leaves out. Every inference must be supported by evidence.
- Intercultural Competence – Intercultural competence is the ability to understand, respect and communicate well with people whose culture is different from yours. Culture is like an iceberg: food, clothes and festivals are visible, but values, ideas about time and rules of politeness are hidden. Misunderstandings come from the hidden part. Good intercultural skills are: knowing about other cultures, keeping an open and curious attitude, and practising skills like careful listening, asking questions and holding back quick judgement. Learning a foreign language is one of the best bridges.
2. Expression
Explaining facts · Narrating experiences and events · Giving opinions respectfully · Summarising · Forms: letters and applications · Editing and writing ethics · Presenting with media · Collaborative speaking and writing
- Presentation Skills: Speaking to an Audience – A good presentation is planned for its audience and purpose, has a clear opening, body and closing, uses simple slides that support (not replace) the speaker, and is delivered with a clear voice, eye contact and good timing. Practice turns nerves into confidence.
- Collaboration and Teamwork – Collaboration means people working together towards one shared goal, sharing ideas, work and credit. Good teams agree a clear goal, split work into roles that fit people's strengths, and communicate through shared channels. The number of communication links grows fast (n(n−1)/2), so teams of about 4–7 often work best. Teams pass through stages: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Disagreement is normal and is solved by listening, ground rules and focusing on the problem. Collaborative critique (praise, question, suggest) improves work, and the same skills apply in design projects, art, writing and online work.