ESOL 0342 Beginning Reading Syllabus

Level 1A

Fall 2007

Instructor: Gisele Medina

E-mail:gisele.medina@hccs.edu

 

Office Hours:              Mon-Thurs                               8:00-8:30 or by appointment

Class Time:                Mondays and Wednesdays       8:00-9:20 10:20- 11:10

Reading Lab:             Monday                                   9:20- 10:10     

Room 216

 

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

0342is a beginning course in reading English. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, reading skills, and simple spelling. Instruction is individualized.

 

2. ESOL 0342 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

 

ESOL 0342, Beginning Reading seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:

 

·introducing reading skills including word forms, synonyms and antonyms and finding the main idea

·building vocabulary including acquisition of estimated vocabulary of 500-1,000 words

·increasing awareness of spelling, dictionary usage, and interpreting the author's purpose

·carrying out an extensive reading program through the use of graded readers.

·developing elementary critical reading skills: learning to recognize support for a thesis in a text.

 

3. COURSE OUTCOMES: At the end of this course, you should be able to do the following:

 

4. GRADE BREAKDOWN:                                                 GRADE SCALE:

 

Unit Tests and Quizzes              80%                                                     90-100 =         A

Reading Project                        10%                                                     80-89 =           B

Daily Work/Lab                         5%                                                     70-79 =           C

         Total                               100%                                                   69 or less = F or *IP

 

*IP = student has finished all the requirements of the course but is not ready to advance to the next level

 

5. TEXTBOOKS:

 

For Your Information, 2nd edition, Blanchard and Root, Longman

 

CLASS POLICIES

 

ATTENDANCE: Students may not be absent more than 8 hours in any class. A student who has more than 8-hour absences may be dropped from class.

 

TARDINESS: You must come to class on time both in the mronign and after the breaks. If you are more than 10 minutes late, you are absent.  Leaving class for more than 10 minutes countsas an absence.

 

WITHDRAWALS:F-1 students may not withdraw from class without becoming out of status. Other students must withdraw before November 8th in order to receive a “W”.  If you withdraw after that datge, you will receive a grade of IP or F.

 

MAKEUP TESTS /LATE HOMEWORK:  If you know you will be absent, you can take the test in lab the day before the test.  If you are absent from a test, you must take it the day you return to class.  You must ask your teacher for the test.  Turn in all homework assignments on time. If you turn in your homework one day late, you will; lose 10 points, 2 days= 20 points.  After 3rd day, you will get a zero.

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY /CHEATING:Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result in a zero (0) for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook for more information

 

STUDENTS WITHDISABILITIES: HCCS POLICIES:  Students with a learning or physical disability which might affect their performance in class should contact the HCCS disabilities counselor, Dr. Becky Hauri at 713-718-7909,  FAX 713-718-7906.

 

CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS:  Students are not allowed to use cell phones or beepers in class.  Keep your cell phones off or in silent mode.   An exception will be made in emergency situations.  Let me know if you need to have it on.

 

NOTICE:  Students who repeat a course three or more times will face a significant tuition increase at HCC and other Texas colleges and universities.  Please ask your instructor/counselor about opportunities for tutoring/other assistance if you are not receiving passing grades.

 

TUTORING/OPEN LAB:  Students can get extra help after school and on Friday mornings.  Tutoring by qualified ESL teachers is available by week 3 at no extra charge.  Students can also use the computer and listening labs for additional practice.

CLASS SCHEDULE

FALL 2007

 

Week

Topics

Chapter/Unit

1.

All in the Family

1                            1

2

All in the Family

2,3         Unit 1 Test                

3

Let's Eat

1                            2

4

Let's Eat

2,3         Unit 2 Test                

5

Keeping  in Touch

1                            3

6

Keeping  in Touch

2,3         Unit 3 Test                

7

The Work World

1                           4

8

The Work World

2,3         Unit 4 Test                

9

Language and Life

1                           5

10

Language and Life

2,3          Unit 5 Test                

11

Animal Tales

1                           6

12

Animal Tales

2,3           Unit 6 Test                

13

Sports Stories

1                           7

14

Sports Stories

2,3            Unit 7 Test

15

City Sights

1              

16

End of Semester: NO FINAL

 

 

Holidays:                    No Classes

Labor Day                    Monday September 3

Thanksgiving                 Thursday November 22

 

Important Dates:

 

Last Day of Classes:     Thursday December 6  Week 15

 

There is NO READING FINAL in level 1.