ESOL 0345
Intermediate Conversation Syllabus
Instructor: Joe Starr
E-mail: star_j@hccs.edu
Office Hours:
1. COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course places emphasis on idiomatic speech, everyday vocabulary development, and listening comprehension.
2. STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE
ESOL 0345,
Intermediate Conversation, seeks to prepare students for college-level academic
or workforce study by advancing them from high beginning to high intermediate
level in the following English language skills:
·
Listening comprehension
·
Oral fluency
·
Active vocabulary
·
pronunciation
3. COURSE
OUTCOMES:
After
taking ESOL 0345, the student should be able to perform the following language
functions at a high intermediate level:
1. Predict the direction a speaker’s discourse
will take
2. Identify speaker’s main idea and details
3. Guess meaning from context’
4. Summarize the discourse
5. Make inferences
6. Take notes on a lecture
7. Express ideas and emotions
8. Ask for clarification from others
9. Compare opinions and discuss differences
10. Understand and use new vocabulary relevant to
given topics
11. Expand understanding of the meaning, usage, and
word forms of vocabulary items in different contexts
12. Understand and use appropriate stress,
intonation, singular and plural forms of words, contractions.
4. GRADE
BREAKDOWN: GRADE
ANALYSIS
Your grade will be calculated as
follows:
Daily
Work 30% 90 –
100 A
Presentations 30% 80 – 89 B
Lab 5% 70
– 79 C
Group
Projects 15% Less
than 70 F or IP*
Final 20%
100% IP means In Progress and is given to a student who has completed the course work but is not able to pass to the next level
5.
TEXTBOOK:
You are required to buy the following
textbooks for this course:
NorthStar: Focus on
Listening and Speaking, Intermediate
6. Notice: Students who repeat a course three or more times may soon
face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and other
CLASS
POLICIES
ATTENDANCE: Students may not be absent more than 8 times in any class. A student who has more than 8 absences may be dropped from class.
TARDINESS: You must come to class on time. If you are more than 10 minutes late, you are absent. Being late 3 times equals one absence.
WITHDRAWALS: F-1 students may not
withdraw from class without becoming out of status.
MAKEUP TESTS / LATE HOMEWORK: There are no makeup tests. If you know you will be absent, you can take the test in lab the day before the test. For every four tests I give, I will drop one low grade. Turn in all homework assignments on time. Late work is not accepted.
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 WITH
DISABILITIES: 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. An exception will be made with in emergency
situation. Let me know if you need to
have it on.
COURSE
SCHEDULE
NOTE:
This schedule is approximate; the instructor may make changes to it if required
to cover the required material in the course.
Quizzes may be announced or unannounced.
|
Week |
Topics
|
|
1. |
Advertising on the
Air |
|
2. |
Pushing the Limit |
|
3. |
Pushing the Limit |
|
4. |
Presentation #1 |
|
5. |
Too Good to Be True |
|
6. |
The Art of
Storytelling |
|
7. |
Separated by the
Same Language |
|
8. |
Presentation #2 |
|
9. |
Culture and
Commerce |
|
10. |
Joking Around |
|
11. |
Joking Around |
|
12. |
Traditional or
Trendy |
|
13. |
Presentation #3 |
|
14. |
To Spank or Not to
Spank |
|
15. |
Before You Say “I
Do” |
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16. |
Final Exam |