Course Outline
Spring 2005
Instructor: Susan Boland Office: Pungo (F) 120
Email:sboland@tcc.edu Phone:822-7286
www.tcc.edu//faculty/webpages/SBoland Office Hours: MWF 2-4 TR 12-3
Textbooks and other required materials:
Notebook
Students must understand that used
books which have been written in will NOT BE ACCEPTABLE
FOR CLASS. Students who come to class with a book that has been written in w
ill be asked to return to the bookstore to buy another clean copy.
Course Prerequisites: Satisfactory grade in ESL 02 or Placement Test.
Course Description: ESL 05 is designed for students who need additional practice in English language use and reading strategies in order to meet the challenge of college-level reading requirements.
Course Objectives: At the end of this course, students will have learned reading strategies which will bring an otherwise difficult reading within their reach. Students will understand how to define a new vocabulary word using both context clues and grammatical clues. Students will be able to identify the main idea of a paragraph, and see that the writer has used other ideas to support the main idea. Students will see when a writer has inferred an idea, used a fact, or stated his/her opinion. Students will be able to write a summary of a short reading. In ESL 05, students will receive instruction on test-taking strategies. Students will have ample practice of these test-taking strategies which will be very helpful in the classes which ESL 05 students must take to reach the goals they have set for themselves. .
Course Content: Class time will be spent in a variety of activities. For example, we will work in the reading textbook, review homework assignments, and complete exercises in the vocabulary workbook. We will also watch videos that give more information on a topic we have been studying. Students will also complete an out-of-class reading assignment, and meet with their instructor during her office hours to discuss these readings.
Method of Evaluation: Students will have weekly quizzes on the material in the reading text, a midterm exam and a final exam. Both of these exams will be based on the material in the weekly quizzes. There will also be four tests based on the material we study in the vocabulary text Each oral book review assignment counts as one test grade. The exam dates, the dates of the vocabulary tests, and the dates that the oral book reviews are due are on the Course Schedule by week. If a student is absent for a quiz, test, or exam, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange with the instructor a suitable time to make it up. If the student fails to do this, the student will receive a 0 as a grade for the missed test.
Students are responsible for being aware of the policies,
procedures, and student responsibilities contained within the current edition
of the
Plagiarism is the intentional or accidental use of another person’s words or ideas as your own. Cheating involves copying another person’s homework, looking at another person’s exam, test, or quiz, or using unauthorized notes while taking a quiz, exam, test or writing an in-class writing assignment. Students who cheat or plagiarize will receive a failure in the class.
Attendance: If you miss more than 20% of scheduled class time, you will receive a U. Arriving late (after roll has been taken) is considered one-half an absence. Students are responsible for all work missed due to an absence. When you are absent, you should contact your instructor at sboland@tcc.edu to find out what was missed and/or assigned.
Learning Resources: Students will be encouraged through out the semester
to use the resources available in the
Special Needs: If you have special needs because of a documented disability or medical condition, please feel free to discuss this with your instructor during her office hours.
Final Grade: To receive an S (Satisfactory) in this class, students must maintain an 80% average on all quizzes, tests, and exams. If a student does not meet the above criteria, the student will receive a grade of R (Re-Enroll) or U (Unsatisfactory).
Students should note
that on Mondays and Wednesdays we will be working in the text MOSAIC 1.
For example, during Week Two we will be reading Living in the USA on
Monday, and then moving on to the second reading in that chapter, My Country,
on Wednesday. On Fridays, we will be
working in the Building
Vocabulary Skills text.
Week One Introduction to Course Diagnostic Test
Introduction to the Four-at-a-Time Method for Vocabulary Development
Oral Book Review Assignment I
Building Vocabulary Skills (BVC) Chapter 1
Week Two
Living in the
Week Three How To Read Faster Mark Twain BVC Chapters 3,4
Week Four Who’s Taking Care of the Children 70 Brides for 7 Foreigners
BVC Chapter 5
Week Five Eat Like Peasant, Feel Like a King Here Come the Tourists!
BVC Test ( Chapters 1-5)
Week Six
Wired World Leaves Millions Out of the
BVC Chapters 6,7
Week Seven Take a Chance on Pizza The Luncheon
Oral Book Review I BVC Chapters 8,9
Select Book for Oral Book Review II
Week Eight Midterm
Exam BVC Chapter 10 BVC Test (Chapters 6-10)
Spring Break
March 7 – 12, 2005
Week Nine Confucius Beating The Odds BVC Chapters 11, 12
Week Ten The Guggenheim If You Invent the Story… BVC Chapters 13, 14
Week Eleven Ethnocentrism A Clean Well Lit Place BVC Chapter 15
Week Twelve
Soapy Smith Eye Witness BVC Test (Chapters 11-15)
Week Thirteen Touch the Earth Migration and Homing BVC Chapters 16,17
Week Fourteen Three Days to See Good Friends, Dogs, Sons, and Others
Oral Book Review II BVC Chapters 18, 19
Week Fifteen Susanna and the Shepherd BVC Chapter 20
Week Sixteen
Final Exam / BVC Test
Chapters 16- 20