Summer 2008

Instructor contact information Instructor:

Yolanda L. Borrego

Office Phone:

Office:

LRNC 208, Faculty & Staff Excellence Center)

Office Hours:

E-mail:

[email protected] [email protected]

WebSite:

15 min after class or by appointment

Welcome to Course Title:

ESOL Oral Comm High Beg

Course Prefix: Course Number:

ENGL CENGL*3004301*CY902

Credit Hours:

3 2

Lecture Hours: Lab Hours: External Hours: Total Contact Hours: (All hrs. x 16)

Semester and Year:

Summer 2008

Class Days & Times:

MTWTH 1:00-3:20

Class Room Location:

HSC101

4 0 96

CEU’s (if linked w/ credit course):

9.6 CEU’s

NOTE: divide the credit contact hours by 10 to get the Continuing Education Units.

Course overview For details go to http://www.nhmccd.edu/goto/courses Description: In this course students have the opportunity to develop fluency and accuracy in speaking and to apply strategies for comprehending and processing short spoken passages on familiar topics. Students who enroll in this course should have basic literacy skills in their native language and be familiar with Roman script. Open lab available. This course carries institutional credit but will not transfer and may not be used to meet degree requirements. Prerequisite: ENGL 0331; or Placement by exam. Linked to ENGL 0343

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to 1. 2. 3.

Use the fundamental structures of English such as the simple tenses and parts of speech. Ask and answer questions based on simple oral passages. Speak about familiar topics and express immediate needs.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Use common word endings such as plurals and regular verbs. Be understood by the instructor and peers. Demonstrate emerging fluency and reasonable control of the sound system. Understand and use common reductions and contractions. Demonstrate understanding of routine questions and answers, statements, and face-to-face conversations containing familiar vocabulary. Demonstrate understanding of spoken conversations using familiar material in predictable contexts.

Getting ready Prerequisites:

Placement by exam

Required Material:

American Headway 1 Student book, John and Liz Soars American Headway 1 Workbook, Jon and Liz Soars Oxford University Press Oxford Dictionary of American English

Optional Materials or Reference Texts: Supplemental Material:

Instructor guidelines and policies Attendance: My goal is for you to succeed in this class. This will happen only if you attend class regularly. If you know in advance that you will miss a class, please let me know by phone or email. If you miss a class due to illness or emergency, you should email or call me afterwards about the lesson or work that you missed. You are responsible for catching up on the in-class and homework assignments you miss. If you miss three (3) classes without notifying me in advance, I will call you. If you miss more than five (5) classes without appropriate excuses, you may be dropped from the class and be required to take the class again the following semester.

Assignments: You must complete all assignments because they will help you improve your English. Make-up Exams: Please talk to me or email me as soon as possible about making up a quiz. Cell phones and beepers: Please turn them off during class. Put on silent or vibrate if and only if you are expecting an emergency call from your family or work.

Tutors: You are strongly recommended to visit tutors on a regular basis. Tutors can answer general writing questions and help you review grammar.

Student Visa Holders: If you are on a student visa (F-1), you are required to attend every class. If you miss classes without excuse, you will be reported to the International Student Advisors.

Last Day to Withdraw without Getting an “F”: The college catalog indicates the last day to withdraw from class is April 8th..

Grade Determination

Your grade will be determined by the following 4 quizzes

Details

Percent of Final Average 20%

There will be 4 quizzes during the semester.

4 listening logs

You will do four listening logs during the semester.

15%

One presentation

Pair presentation

10%

Oral lab practice

We will visit the lab once a week for oral practices.

15%

Lab practice

4 additional Language lab practices

10%

Attendance, participation, and homework

Attendance, in-class activities, and homework

10%

Final Exam

Final Exam

20%

Total:

LETTER GRADE ASSIGNMENT:

100%

Credit Students Letter Grade

Final Average in Percent

A

Continuing Education Student Grade Satisfactory (Certificate)

B

Satisfactory (Certificate)

80-89 %

C

Satisfactory (Certificate)

70-79 %

IP/F(Student is progressing, but needs to repeat the course (IP) or student has not made enough progress (F)

Unsatisfactory (No certificate)

90-100 %

69 or less %

Tentative Instructional Outline: Week Number 1 JUNE 2-5

Objectives 06/02: Introduction to class/student profile

Getting to know students, Chapter 1 Hello everybody!

06/03: diagnostic tests; review syllabus, Language Lab 1

Assess students and review syllabus Verb to be, possessive adjectives (my, your,his, and her), nationalities, Introduction to language lab Grammar: contractions Everyday English: Telephone number bingo, campus tour

06/04and 05: Chapter 1 Hello everybody!, Campus tour 2

June 9-12

Assignments and Details

06/09: Chapter 2 Meeting people 06/10: Chapter 2 06/11: Chapter 2 In a café; Language Lab 2 06/12: Chapter 3 The World of Work

Questions and answers with To Be; possessive‘s Bring picture of family, complete a family tree Talk about family; opposite adjectives; grammar presentation Everyday English: Food and drink; In a café Present simple 1 questions; affirmative and negative answers. Talk about own jobs

3

06/16: Assessment; Chapter 3 06/17: Chapter 3

JUNE 16-19 06/18: Chapter 3; Language Lab 3

Quiz 1 Chapters 1-2; Talk about you and other people; grammar presentation for affirmative and negative statements and questions Asking and telling time, Present simple 2 questions; affirmative and negative

Week Number

Objectives

Assignments and Details answers. Talk about your own weekend(routine);

4 June 23-26

06/19: Chapter 4 Take it Easy

Present Simple I/you/we/they

06/23: Chapter 4 06/24: Chapter 4 06/25: Chapter 4; Language Lab 4

Common interests; provide questions and answers as a group Leisure activities: Talk about fun things you like doing; Everyday English: social expressions There is/ are. Describe one room in your house. Quiz 2 Chapter 3-4

06/26: Assessment; Chapter 5 Where do you live? 5

06/30: Chapter 5 Where do you live? 07/01:Chapter 5: What’s in the kitchen?

June 30July 03

6

JULY 7-10

7

07/02: Chapter 5 listening and speaking; Language Lab 5 07/03: Chapter 6 Can you speak English?

How many? Household and room vocabulary; prepositions of place; this/that, these/those Grammar presentation Question, affirmative, and negative statements with there is/are; some, any Talk about where you live. Homes around the world. Everyday English: directions Introduce and practice can/can’t, could/couldn’t, past verb to be(was/were), Countries and languages; grammar presentation can/could

07/07: Chapter 6 Where were you yesterday? 07/08: Reading and Speaking: Super Kids 07/09: Review Chapter 5-6; Language Lab 6 07/10: Assessment; Chapter 7 Then and Now

Grammar presentation: was/were Talk about you: Where were you yesterday? Reading and role playing. Vocabulary: words that sound the same. Everyday English: on the phone Quiz 3 Chapter 5-6 Past simple regular verbs 1; Grammar presentation: simple past regular verbs affirmative, negative statements and questions.

07/14: Chapter 7

Past irregular verbs. What did you do last weekend? Grammar presentation: irregular verbs Everyday English: special occasions Past tenses pronunciation, paired oral activities

07/15: Chapter 7 07/16: Chapter 7; Language Lab 7 JULY 14-17

8

JULY 21-24

07/17: Chapter 8 How long ago?

Past simple 2 using “ago”; negative sentences in the past: read and listen, and correct the dates

07/21 Chapter 8 Vocabulary and pronunciation 07/22: Chapter 8 07/23: Chapter 8; Language Lab 8

Time expressions Listening and Speaking. Tell the story how you met your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend. Everyday English: What’s the date?

Week Number

9

Objectives 07/24:Chapter 8; Assessment

Speaking activity: role-play; Quiz 4 Chapters 7-8

07/28: Chapter 9 Food you like!

Count and non-count nouns; Grammar presentation: count/non-count, singular and plural I like and I’d like; how much/ how many Grammar presentation: how much/ how many Listening and speaking: Talk about your favorite food. Everyday English: polite requests Comparatives and superlatives Bigger and Better City and Country words

07/29: Chapter 9 Going shopping JULY

28-31

07/30:Chapter 9 My favorite food; Language Lab 9 07/31: Chapter 10: Bigger and Better!

10

AUG.4-7

Assignments and Details

08/04: Chapter 10: Bigger and Better! Language Lab 08/05: Chapter 10 08/06: Review

08/07: Assessment

Comparatives adjectives; Grammar presentation: comparatives adjectives Superlatives Grammar presentation: superlative Vocabulary and Pronunciation and Everyday English: directions 2 Final Exam

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