Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0346 Intermediate Reading for Foreign Speakers
CRN 76008 – Spring 2011
Northline Campus – Room 218 / 11:50AM-2:00PM Tues/Thurs
3 lecture/2 lab / 80 hrs per semester / 16 weeks
Professor:
Office phone:
Email:
Office Hours:
Fernando Cardenas, M.Ed.
713-718-8181
fernando.cardenas@hccs.edu
By appointment
Required Texts:
(1.) Cause and Effect, third edition, Patricia Ackert
Heinle & Heinle, 1999.
(2.) Reading Power, second edition,
Beatrice Mikulecky.
Course Description: A continuation of ESOL 0342. An intermediate course in
reading academically oriented English. Emphasis in placed on expanding English
vocabulary and developing reading skills such as identifying main ideas, separating
fact from opinion, and organizing information.
Course Goals/Objectives: Students will be able to summarize and recognize
the main idea of a passage as well as locate specific facts. They will be able to
infer the meaning of new vocabulary and implied information. They will also
develop their vocabulary and word study skills.
Absence and Tardy Policies: According to HCC policy, the teacher may
drop any student who has missed 12.5% of the classes. If you are more than 30
minutes late, you will be marked absent.
In addition, after the 3rd absence, one point will be deducted from the final
grade for each absence. For example, if you are absent 5 times, 2 points will be
deducted from your final grade average.
Make-up Policy: It is very important that you be in class on test days because
there will be no make-up tests except in extreme emergencies. You must call the
office or notify me if you have an emergency. The office telephone number is
713-718-8181.
You must call the office or notify me if you have an emergency. The office
telephone number is 713/718-8181.
Scholastic Dishonesty: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic
dishonesty are prohibited by college system policy and the rules of the class.
Plagiarism involves using the ideas of words of another person (either in whole or
in part) without crediting the source. Cheating involves fraud and deception for
the purpose of violating legitimate testing rules. A student guilty of a first offense
will receive a grade of F on the assignment involved. For the second offense, the
student will receive a grade of F for the course.
Disability Support: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical,
learning, psychiatric, developmental, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange
reasonable accommodations 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. Ms. Kim Ingram is
the Northeast College’s DSS counselor. Her telephone number is 713-718-8420.
NOTICE: Effective Fall 2006, HCC charges a higher tuition rate to students
registering for the third or subsequent time for certain courses. Students who enroll
for most credit and CEU classes for a third or more time will be charged an
additional $50 per semester credit hour and $3.00 per contact hour, except for
courses exempted by The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
*** 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 Scale: A= 90-100
B= 80-89
Grading Criteria:
C= 70-79
below 70 = F or IP
(Progressing, but not passing)
Reading Tests (4)=
Homework/Quizzes=
Please read attendance policy, as it affects final grade
50%
50%
100%
Course Calendar for Level II Reading (ESOL 0346)
Week 1
1/18
1/20
Introduction and diagnostic testing
RP Unit 1, C&E Unit 1 Lesson 1
Week 2
1/25
1/27
RP Unit 1 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 1 Lesson 2-3
Week 3
2/01
2/03
RP Unit 2 & Reading Faster
C&E Unit 1 Lessons 4-5
Week 4
2/08
2/10
RP Unit 2 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 2 Lessons 1-2
Test 1
Week 5
2/15
2/17
RP Unit 3 & Reading Faster
C&E Unit 2 Lessons 3-5
Week 6
2/22
2/24
RP Unit 3 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 3 Lessons 1-2
Week 7
3/01
3/03
RP Unit 4 & Reading Faster
C&E Unit 3 Lessons 3-4
Week 8
3/08
3/10
RP Unit 4 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 3 Lesson 5
Test 2
3/14 - 3/20 Spring Break- No HCCS Classes
Week 9
3/22
3/24
RP Unit 5 & Reading Faster
C&E Unit 4 Lessons 1-2
Week 10
3/29
3/31
RP Unit 6 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 4 Lessons 3-4
Week 11
4/05
4/07
RP Unit 6 & Reading Faster
C&E Unit 4 Lesson 5
Week 12
4/12
4/14
RP Unit 7 & Thinking Skills
C&E Unit 5 Lessons 1-2
Test 3
April 14 last day for administrative/student withdrawals
Week 13
4/19
4/21
RP Unit 7
C&E Unit 5 Lessons 3-4
Week 14
4/26
4/28
RP Unit 8
C&E Unit 5 Lesson 5
Week 15
5/03
5/05
RP Unit 8
Review
Week 16:
5/10
Test 4