Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0353 Advanced Reading for Foreign Speakers
CRN 87960 – Spring 16
Northline Campus – Room 220 / T/TH 11:30 – 2:00 p.m.
3 lecture/2 lab / 80 hrs per semester / 16 weeks
Professor:
Office phone:
Email:
Office location:
Office Hours:
Dr. Julia Cote
713-718-8181 (Intensive English Office)
julia.cote@hccs.edu
Room 310
Available by appointment
Textbook: Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills (6th Ed) by John Langan,
Townsend Press
Course Description: This course is designed to further develop critical reading skills
for college-bound students. The skills gained in ESOL 0350 are further refined to guide
students toward mastery of deduction, inference, and figurative language.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate familiarity with a challenging academic target vocabulary.
2. Distinguish between main idea and supporting details in a reading passage on an
academic subject.
3. Develop critical reading skills such as making inferences, identifying purpose and
tone, and evaluating arguments.
Attendance Policy: The HCCS policy is that if a student is absent for 12.5% of the time (4
class days during a 16 week semester), she or he may be dropped from the course. The
student is responsible for all work missed while absent. If you are more than 15 minutes late,
you are considered absent. You must return from lunch and breaks on time. Attendance is
marked beginning the first official day of classes, not the day that you register/enroll.
Tardies: Being on time is very important in the United States. If you arrive more than
fifteen minutes late, you will be counted tardy. (3 tardies = 1 absence) If you are more
than thirty minutes late, you will be counted absent. A student who is tardy may sign the
roll at the end of class. A tardy student who fails to sign the roll will be counted as
absent. You must sign the role sheet in order to receive credit for being in class.
Excessive tardies, either individual or as a class, are an interruption of instruction.
Official tardy count is recorded as follows: three tardies (or early leaves) count as one
class absence.
Make-Up Policy: It is very important that you be in class on test days because
there will be no make-ups except in cases of extreme emergencies. You must call
the office at 713-718-8181 if you have an emergency.
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Scholastic Honesty: I expect all of you to be responsible students. That means if you
have problems doing the work, ask me for help, not another student. On tests and
quizzes, do not cheat by getting “help” or by “helping” others. It is important to do your
own work. A student who cheats will be given a grade of zero for that assignment.
Multiple instances of cheating may result in a failing grade for the course.
Cell Phones and Electronic Devices: All cell phones and any electronic devices
must be turned off or set to vibrate during class. Turn off your cell phone before you
enter the classroom. Talking and text messaging on the cell phone are not allowed
during class time. The only reason you should be disturbed during class is for a
real emergency. If you must be reached in an emergency, the person should call
the Intensive English office. Someone will come to get you out of class. Laptop
computers, iPods, and any other electronic devices must be put away while you
are in class.
Classroom policy: I am extremely allergic to perfumes, colognes, lotions, hairsprays,
and cigarette smoke. Please do not wear any to class and do not smoke directly before
class or on a break. I may ask you to leave class if I cannot breathe you. This will
count as an absence or early leave.
Student Conduct: Sleeping in class is disrespectful. If you sleep during class,
you will be asked to leave. This will count as one absence.
Disability Support: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning,
psychiatric, developmental, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable
accommodation must contact the Disability Support Services (DSS) Counselor at the
beginning of each semester, Faculty members are authorized to provide only the
accommodation requested by the DSS Office. Students who need reasonable
accommodations for disabilities should go to the Disability Support Service Office or call
713-718-8085 to make necessary arrangements.
TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972, 20 U.S.C. A§
1681 ET. SEQ.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires that institutions have policies
and procedures that protect students’ rights with regard to sex/gender discrimination.
Information regarding these rights are on the HCC website under Students-Antidiscrimination. Students who are pregnant and require accommodations should
contact any of the ADA Counselors for assistance.
It is important that every student understands and conforms to respectful behavior
while at HCC. Sexual misconduct is not condoned and will be addressed promptly.
Know your rights and how to avoid these difficult situations.
Log in to: www.edurisksolutions.org . Sign in using your HCC student e-mail account,
then go to the button at the top right that says Login and enter your student number.
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NOTICE: Students who repeat a course for a third or more times may soon face
significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities.
Please ask your instructor about opportunities for tutoring/ other assistance prior to
considering course withdrawal or if you are not receiving passing grades.
***Students are limited to a total of 6 W’s during the course of their academic
careers.
DROPPING COURSES: It is the responsibility of the student to officially drop or
withdraw from a course. Failure to officially withdraw may result in the student receiving
a grade of “F” in the course.
Grading Criteria:
Participation
Unit Exams
Final Exam
Grading Scale:
90-100=
80-89 =
10%
75%
15%
A
B
70-79 =
Below 70=
C
IP or F
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Level IV Reading: Course Calendar
(Assignments may be changed to suit the needs of the class)
Week Date
Assignment
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1/19-21
Course Intro; Unit 1 “Vocabulary in Context” (21-34)
2
1/26-28
Unit 1 Review (36-44); Mastery (45-56)
Unit 1 Exam
3
2/2-4
Unit 2 “Main Ideas” (57-70); (71-80)
Unit 2 Review (81-90);
4
2/9-11
Unit 2 Mastery (91-102);
Unit 2 Exam
5
2/16-18
Unit 3 “Supporting Details” (103-111) (111-119)
Unit 3 Review (120-128);
6
2/23-25
Mastery (129-140);
Unit 3 Exam
7
3/1-3
Unit 4 “Implied Main Idea” (141-155)
Review (156-168)
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3/8-10
Unit 4 Mastery (169-180)
Unit 4 Exam
MARCH 14-18 -- NO CLASS -- SPRING BREAK
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3/22-24
Unit 5 “Relationships 1” (181-192); Review (199-202)
10
3/29-31
Unit 6 “Relationships 2” (221-236); Review (242-245)
Mastery (265-272)
11
4/5-7
Units 5 & 6 Exam
Unit 7 “Inferences” (273-282); (282-293)
12
4/12-14
Unit 7 Review (294-306);
Mastery (307-318)
13
4/19-21
Unit 7 Exam
Unit 8 “Purpose and Tone” (319-327); (328-336)
14
4/26-28
Unit 8 Review (337-350);
Mastery (351-362)
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15
5/3-5
Unit 8 Exam
Review for the Final Exam
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5/10
Final Exam: Tuesday, May 10 11:50 a.m. – 1:50 p.m.
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