Download ESL 11A PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION AND GRAMMAR

ESL 11A PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION AND GRAMMAR (Section 3128)
Spring 2010
Instructor: Rena Horowitz ([email protected])
Description:
ESL 11A is a 16-week intermediate multi-skills course for non-native speakers of English who
place at the "C" level on the SMC ESL Placement Exam.
Objectives:
Students will be able to
1. write well-organized, well-supported, grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs;
2. identify and edit grammatical, mechanical, and organizational errors;
3. read for the main ideas, specific details, and structure in writings;
4. write and read under time constraints;
5. acquire academic vocabulary and idioms;
6. listen for main ideas and specific details in listening passages;
7. analyze and discuss topics in pairs/small groups and prepare in-class presentations.
Texts:
Required
Werner & Nelson
Hartmann & Kirn
Tanka & Baker
Bland
Interactions 2 Grammar, Silver Edition
Interactions 2 Reading, Silver Edition
Interactions 2 Listening/Speaking, Silver Edition
Intermediate Grammar
Recommended:
Oxford Dictionary of American English or any English-English dictionary (ESL preferred)
Content:
1. Writing -sentences and paragraphs using exemplification, narration, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect, and
persuasion.
2. Grammar - sentence elements, sentence types, coordination & subordination, stative verbs, irregular verbs,
verb tenses, sentence types, fragments, run-ons, subject-verb agreement, count/non-count nouns,
comparatives/ superlatives, consistency/parallelism, and social modals.
3. Mechanics - commas, capitalization and punctuation.
4. Timed Writing - 20 minutes or more per week in-class will be spent writing on journal topics. Thirty minutes or
more per week will be spent writing about readings outside class.
5. Readings - from Interactions and other sources will be analyzed for main ideas, inference, details, vocabulary,
idioms, structure, and style.
6. Listening - practice listening for main ideas, inference, details, vocabulary, idioms, structure and style from
other sources.
7. Speaking - practice speaking in pairs/small groups, and in front of the class using ideas from Interactions and
other sources.
Requirements:
Protocol:
No food or drinks are permitted in the classroom. All pagers, cellular phones, and walkie-talkies
must be shut off during class. Electronic dictionaries are not allowed in class. Only English
must be used in class.
Attendance:
Students who miss more than 12 hours of class need to drop the course.
Tardies:
Students who arrive late for class, late after the break, or leave early more than 5 times may be
dropped. Two tardies equal one absence. Students who are late often disrupt the flow of the lesson. If you are late
to class, please wait outside until I give you a signal to come into the classroom.
Writing:
Graded writing assignments are written in and outside of class. No late papers will be accepted.
Vocabulary Journal: You are required to keep a vocabulary (or word) journal. In the journal, you will write new
words from the readings and listening.
Listening, reading, and writing tests will be given approximately every three weeks.
There will be pop quizzes from time to time on grammar points that we have studied in class.
Grammar, reading, writing, and listening final on the last day of class.
Exercises on speaking, listening, reading, writing, and grammar.
Students will be expected to participate in study groups in and out of class.
One hour of homework should be completed for each 2 hours of class. Sometimes, homework
will be checked, and you will receive a grade for completing it.
Students must adhere to the SMC Code of Academic Conduct regarding plagiarism and cheating.
Students who cheat will be reported to the Admissions and Records Office.
You may contact me by sending me an e-mail. Please do not telephone or e-mail me for
homework assignments. You should telephone OR e-mail a classmate to get the next
day's assignment.
Tests;
Quizzes:.
Final:
Assignments:
Group Work:
Homework:
Honor Policy:
Communication:
Information on the syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
Grading :
Successful students receive an "A", "B", or "C" grade which places them in ESL 11B; students with "D" or "F" repeat ESL
11A or take ESL 10.
Weighting:
Recommendation
Writings
Journal entries
Tests
Homework/Quizzes
Final Examination
Final Grade(%)
40%
5%
25%
15%
15%
90-100%-----------
80-89%------------
70-79%------------
60-69%------------
50-59%------------
Support Courses:
ESL 14A
ESL 14B
ESL 15
ESL 16A
ESL 16B
ESL 16C
ESL 17
Pronunciation and Spelling: Vowel and Consonant
Sounds 2 units
Pronunciation: Rhythm and Intonation
2 units
Conversation and Culture in the U.S.
2 units
The Noun System and Articles 1 unit
Using Verb Tenses 1 unit
Sentence Structure and Punctuation 1 unit
Intermediate Reading Skills 3 units
Course
A
B
C
D
F
ESL 11B
ESL 11B
ESL 11B
Repeat ESL 11A
Repeat ESL 11A
Take ESL 10
ESL 11A
Course Activities
Spring 2010
Week/Date
Reading/Writing
Interactions 2, Reading
Speaking/Listening
Interactions 2, Listening
and Speaking
Grammar
Intermediate Grammar & Interactions 2,
Grammar
One
2/16 – 2/19
Introductions
Diagnostic Testing
Two
2/22 – 2/26
Chapter 1, “Education
and Student Life”
Chapter 1, “Education and
Student Life”
Present Time/Past Time
IG Chapter 1
Interactions, Chapter 1
Three
3/1 – 3/5
Chapter 1, “Education
and Student Life”
Test 1
Chapter 1, “Education and
Student Life”
Future Time
IG, Chapter 4
Interactions, Chapter 1
Four
3/8 – 3/12
Chapter 6, “Global
Connections”
Chapter 6, “Global
Connections”
Sentence Types
Sentence Combining
Interactions, Chapter 6
Five
3/15 – 3/19
Institutional Flex Day
3/18/10
Classes not in session
Chapter 6, “Global
Connections”
Test 2
Chapter 6, “Global
Connections”
Sentence Types
Sentence Combining
Interactions, Chapter 6
Six
3/22 – 3/26
Chapter 7 “Language and
Communication”
Chapter 7, “Language and
Communication”
Using Connectors
Interactions, Chapter 7
Run-ons/Fragments/Comma Splices
Seven
3/29 – 4-2
Chapter 7 “Language and
Communication”
Test 3
Chapter 7 “Language and
Communication”
Using Connectors
Interactions, Chapter 7
Run-ons/Fragments/Comma Splices
Eight
4/5 – 4/9
Chapter 2, “City Life”
Chapter 2, “City Life”
Nouns/Expressions of
Quantity/Agreement
IG, Chapters 10 and 11
Interactions, Chapter 2
4/12 – 4/16
SPRING VACATION
CLASSES NOT IN
SESSION
Nine
4/19 – 4/23
Chapter 2, “City Life”
Test 4
Chapter 2, “City Life”
Parts of Speech
Nouns/Expressions of
Quantity/Agreement
IG, Chapters 10 and 11
Interactions, Chapter 2
Ten
4/26 – 4/30
Chapter 3, “Business and
Money”
Chapter 3, “Business and
Money”
Modal Auxiliaries
IG, Chapter 7
Interactions, Chapter 3
Commas/Mechanics
Eleven
5/3 – 5/7
Chapter 3, “Business and
Money”
Test 5
Chapter 3, “Business and
Money”
Modal Auxiliaries
IG, Chapter 7
Interactions, Chapter 3
Commas/Mechanics
Twelve
5/10 – 5/14
Chapter 4, “Jobs and
Professions”
Chapter 4, “Jobs and
Professions”
Perfect Tenses
IG, Chapter 6 and 15
Interactions, Chapter 4
Thirteen
5/17 – 5/21
Chapter 4, “Jobs and
Professions”
Test 6
Chapter 4, “Jobs and
Professions”
Perfect Tenses
IG, Chapter 6 and 15
Interactions, Chapter 4
Fourteen
5/24 – 5/28
Chapter 8, “Taste and
Preferences”
Chapter 8, “Tastes and
Preferences”
Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparatives/Superlatives/Equatives
IG, Chapter 12
Interactions, Chapter 8
Fifteen
5/31 – 6/4
Chapter 8, “Taste and
Preferences”
Chapter 8, “Tastes and
Preferences”
Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparatives/Superlatives/Equatives
IG, Chapter 12
Interactions, Chapter 8
Final Writing (6/3 for T/Th
sections
Sixteen
6/7 – 6/11
SMC Final Examination
Week June 8 – 15, 2010
Information on this syllabus may change at the discretion of the instructor.