COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF QATAR Course Title :Level 3 Reading Course Rubric and Number: ESOL 0350 Semester and CRN Number: Spring 2011CRN 79083 Course Location: West Bay Campus Course Days and Times: M,W 12.00-2.00P Th 1.00-2.00pm Room: F10A Course Semester Credit Hours:3.2 Course Length: 16 Weeks Type of Instruction: Lecture-Lab Instructor: A.Elizabeth Gilfillan E-Mail: Elizabeth.Gilfillan@ ccq.edu.qa Office Hours: By Appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION:. This is a continuation of ESOL 0346. It is designed to further develop reading comprehension skills and expand vocabulary. It provides practice in skills such as identifying main ideas and supporting details, determining the sequences of events using context clues and drawing conclusions. COURSE PREREQUISITE(S): ESOL 0350 Advanced Intermediate Reading seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives: The help students read more effectively in English by teaching them a variety of reading skills and strategies which may include skimming, scanning, summarizing, finding the main idea and supporting details, discovering word meanings (general as well as specific vocabulary words) through context clues, and drawing conclusions. To introduce students to a vocabulary of approximately 1,500- 2,000 words, and help students increase their vocabulary through knowledge and understanding of word forms, prefixes and suffixes, and synonyms and antonyms. To expose students to a variety of reading sources which may include graded readers, computer reading software, Internet sites aimed at general reading/vocabulary development, as well as extensive reading of authentic English text through periodicals and books. To help students improve their critical thinking skills by analyzing various facets of their readings including understanding the author’s purpose and how the rhetorical styles are used in relation to this purpose COURSE OUTCOMES: After taking ESOL 0350, the student should be able to: Read to read a variety of texts of lengths ranging from 500-1,500 words on subjects of general academic interest. Be able to read a short work of fiction or non fiction outside of class and report on it to the class. Continue to develop basic reading skills: previewing, skimming, scanning, summarizing, determining meaning from context, drawing conclusions. Show familiarity with different rhetorical modes (e.g. process description, comparison/contrast, definition, cause /effect) and how they are realized in a text. GRADE BREAKDOWN: Your grade will be calculated as follows: Tests (7)……………………….. 70% Book Report ………………… 10% Lab Hw/CW………………………5% Final 15% Total 100% 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 69% or below IP or F TEXTBOOK: Interactions 2 Reading (Silver Edition) by Pamela Hartman and Elaine Kerr Mc Graw Hill Longman Dictionary of American English OR Oxford Advanced Learners English Dictionary 6. COURSE SCHEDULE NOTE: This schedule is approximate. I may make changes to it if necessary to cover the required material in the course. Week 1. Topics Chapter 1 Education and Student Life 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Chapter 1 continued Chapter 1 (Test #1) Chapter 2 City Life Chapter 2 continued Chapter2 (Test# 2) Chapter 3 Business and Money Chapter 3 continued Chapter 3 (Test #3) Chapter 4 Jobs and Professions Chapter 4 Chapter 4 (Test #4) Chapter 5 Lifestyles Around the World Chapter 5. Lifestyles Around the World. Chapter 5 continued Chapter 5 (Test #5) Chapter 6 Global Connections Chapter 6 continued Chapter 6 (Test #6) Chapter 7 Language and Communication Chapter 7 continued Chapter 7 (Test #7) Reading Project Final exam week. 1 folder for reading and white ruled paper. Calendar April 3-7 2011 Spring Break May 1-4 2011 Final exams May 5 2011 Grades due CLASS POLICIES: ATTENDANCE: You are expected to attend all your classes each semester We meet three times a week which is five hours. There are NO EXCUSED absences, even if you are sick or must work. If you miss more than 10 classes, you will lose 2 points from your final grade from every class missed thereafter. You must complete all your work assignments and tests that you miss. If you stop coming to class, you must see a counselor to drop your class before the drop deadline or you will receive an F ESL students must drop ALL of their classes. CCQ may grant exceptions to this policy for special circumstances such as extraordinary or prolonged illnesses and family emergencies. CCQ will not grant exceptions for work related absences.. TARDINESS: Please be on time for class. If you are more than 15 minutes late you will be marked absent for that class hour.. MOBILE PHONES You may not use mobile phones in class. Please turn them off and put them away while you are in class. MOBILE PHONE CAMERAS and RECORDING DEVICES You must get your teacher’s permission before recording or taping in the class. In any case, do not use a mobile phone for that purpose. MAKING UP MISSED TESTS OR ASSIGNMENTS: If you miss an in-class graded assignment, you must make it up upon returning to school. The makeup should be scheduled within 3 days from the day the student returns to class. Speak with your instructor to set a time. CCQ POLICY STATEMENT: LATE ASSIGNMENTS Assignments should be handed in at the time designated by the instructor. If the assignment is late 1 day, 10% will be deducted from the grade for that assignment; 2 days, 20%; 3 days, 30%. No late work will be accepted after the 4th day. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND CHEATING: You may not copy other people’s work. You may not copy work from the internet. You may not work with others on assignments unless you receive permission from your professor. You may study with others, but graded assignments must be your work exclusively. Violation of this rule may cause you to lose some or all credit for the assignment, and even for the entire course. CCQ GRADING SCALE: 100-90 is A; 89-80 is B; 79-70 is C; 69 or less is IP and this grade reflects that the student completed the course, including the final, but didn’t pass. F is for students who did not complete the course.