ESL 120/Section 2

Fall, 2016

 

 

Course: Low-Intermediate Academic ESL

Time and Location:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10 Ð 2:00 in MUB 171

Instructor:  Nancy Husari  Office: Batmale 376    Phone: 452-7084

E-mail:  nhusari@ccsf.edu

Webpage:  http://fog.ccsf.edu/~nhusari

Office hours: M, W 2 Ð 2:50 and by appointment

Prerequisite:  Passing grade of ÒCÓ in ESL 110 or placement by test.

Required Textbooks:  Writing Matters! and Great American Stories 1

Longman Dictionary of American English or another bookstyle dictionary

                                           

 

Course Description:  There are several objectives for this course.  In the area of writing, you will write and revise paragraphs, letters, and compositions.  In the area of grammar, you will improve your ability to accurately recognize and use grammatical structures taught in ESL 110, and you will learn new grammatical structures. In the area of reading and vocabulary, you will be able to read, understand, and respond to a variety of reading materials.  You will learn to use vocabulary from reading assignments in your writing assignments.  You will be expected to do writing, reading, vocabulary, and grammar assignments every week. As a rule, you should plan to spend at least ten hours a week on homework and studying. Although I will not collect or grade all assignments, you will have quizzes and tests which include material from these assignments.  Some of these quizzes will be "surprise" quizzes.

 

Student Learning Outcomes

 

Upon completion of this course a student will be able to:

 

á    Apply a variety of reading skills to understand low-intermediate academic and literary texts.

á    Compose and revise sentences and multi-paragraph texts.

á    Comprehend and produce sentence types appropriate to a low-intermediate level.

á    Use learning strategies to improve academic skills.

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Important Dates:

8/25                  Last day to drop for 100% refund

9/2                    Last day to add

9/5                    Holiday.  No classes

9/8                    Last day to drop with no grade or W

9/23                  Holiday. No classes.

10/10 Ð 10/14     Midterm Week

11/10                  Last day to drop

11/11                   Holiday.  No classes.

11/25                   Holiday.  No classes.                                    

12/9                     (Friday 8AM-noon)  Final Exam

 

 

 

 

The following percentages will be used to calculate your grades:

 

¥ Homework                                         35%

¥ Quizzes and tests                              35%                                                                

¥ In-class writing tests                          30%    
                                                                                                           

Your final grade will be calculated with the same percentages, although the work done before the midterm and after the midterm will be calculated as follows:

 

¥ Midterm                                                                                 15%

¥ After the midterm                                                                   65%

¥ Final exams                                                                           20%

 

You are allowed to "throw out" one grade before the midterm and one "throw out" grade between the midterm and final.

Exceptions:  You can not throw out any midterm or final test grades; you may only throw out one in-class writing test for the entire semester.

 

All homework is due at the beginning of class. Assignments may be accepted late, but the grade will be lowered.

                                                                                                           

Plagiarism: Any student who copies work from another student, from a book, or from the Internet, will receive a grade of ÒFÓ for the assignment.  This is called plagiarism and it is not acceptable in American colleges.  You must do your own work.

 

Save all tests and homework assignments.   Make a copy of any assignment before giving it to me.

 

Attendance: If a student is absent from more than six classes, the instructor has the right to drop him from the class or lower his final grade.  Two lates=one absence. Arriving to class late and leaving early will be counted as a Òlate.Ó If you miss more than half of a class period, you will be marked absent for that day.  If you are absent, contact another student to get the assignment.  You are responsible for all work and information that you missed. 

 

 

There are no make-ups on quizzes, tests, or in-class writing.

 

You must meet all of the following requirements in order to pass the class:

 

¥ Follow attendance rules.

¥ Have an overall average of 70% or above for in-class writing tests including comp

  final

¥ Have an overall average of 70% or above  in all work

 

Other:

á       Cellular phones and other electronic devices, including electronic dictionaries, are not allowed in class.

á       No food is allowed in class.

á      You must buy the books for the class.  No photocopies are allowed.  If you buy a used book, the book must be clean, with all of the answers erased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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