Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0341 – Beginning Conversation for Foreign Speakers
CRN 56400 - Fall 2010
Northline Campus – Room 222 / 11:50AM-2:00PM / Mon/Wed
3 lecture / 2 lab / 80 hrs per semester / 16 weeks
Professor:
Phone:
Email:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Mel Shaw
713/718-8181
mel.shaw@hccs.edu
Room 310
2:00-2:30PM Mon/Wed or by appointment
Textbooks: interchange (Third Edition) Intro Student’s Book and
interchange (Third Edition) Intro Workbook, Richards; Clear Speech from the
Start, Gilbert.
Course Description: A course developing conversational skills in simple English
with emphasis on vocabulary and grammatical structures used in day-to-day living.
Vocabulary, pronunciation, simple sentence structure, and intonation patterns are
stressed.
Course Prerequisite: Placement testing
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Comprehend simple spoken statements about familiar day-to-day situations.
2. Participate meaningfully in a simple conversation about familiar situations.
3. Produce reasonably accurate pronunciation of English words and sentences.
4. Produce a brief, informative presentation that is comprehensible to those
accustomed to dealing with non-native English speakers.
Absence and Tardy Policies: According to HCCS policy, the teacher may drop
any student who has missed 12.5% of class. If you arrive more than five minutes
late, you will be counted tardy. (3 tardies=1 absence) If you are more than fifteen
minutes late, you will be counted absent.
Withdrawal Policy: In Texas public colleges and universities, students who
enroll in the same course three or more times must pay higher tuition. Also, a
law passed in 2007 limits new students to six withdrawals during their college
careers. So do not drop (withdraw from) any class before you talk to your teacher
or counselor. If you need to drop, fill out the withdrawal form before April 15 in
order to receive a W.
Make-up Policy: If you have to be absent, you must talk to me about the work
you missed. It is very important to be present when we have a test. You can
only make up a test if you had an emergency.
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.
Cellular Phones: Turn off your cell phone when you enter the classroom.
Talking and text messaging on the cell phone is not allowed during class time.
Students with Disabilities: 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 (DSS)
Counselor at the beginning of each semester. Ms. Kim Ingram is the Northeast
College DSS counselor. Teachers can only provide the accommodation
requested by the DSS Office. The DSS office is in Room 108. Her telephone
number is 713/718-8420.
Course Grading:
A = 90-100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 – 79
IP= Below 70 (Progressing but not passing)
F= Below 70 (Not passing for 2nd semester)
Grading Criteria:
interchange quizzes
Clear Speech quizzes
Oral Presentations
Homework/ Lab
Attendance/Participation
Final Exam
25%
20%
30%
10%
5%
10%
Level I Conversation
Course Calendar
Fall 2010
Week Date
Assignment
1
8/30
9/1
Testing and Course Introduction
Unit 1 (2-4); CS 1 (2-6)
2
9/6
9/8
Holiday
Unit 1 (5-7)
3
9/13
9/15
Unit 2 (8-10); CS 2 (7-11)
Unit 2 (11-13)
4
9/20
9/22
Unit 3 (16-18); CS 3 (12-18)
Unit 3 (19-21)
5
9/27
9/29
Unit 4 (22-24); Presentation #1
Unit 4 (25-27)
6
10/4
10/6
Unit 6 (36-38); CS 4 (19-25)
Unit 6 (39-41)
7
10/11 Unit 7 (44-46); CS 5 (26-34)
10/13 Unit 7 (47-49)
8
10/18 Unit 8 (50-52): CS 6 (35-41)
10/20 Unit 8 (53-55)
9
10/25 Unit 9 (58-60); Presentation #2
10/27 Unit 9 (61-63)
10
11/1
11/3
11
11/8 Unit 5 (30-32); CS 8 (51-59)
11/10 Unit 5 (33-35)
12
11/15 Unit 12 (78-80); CS 9 (60-66)
11/17 Unit 12 (81-83)
13
11/22 Unit 13 (86-88); Presentation #3
11/23 Unit 13 (89-91)
Unit 10 (64-66); CS 7 (42-50)
Unit 10 (67-69)
14
11/29 Unit 14 (92-94); CS 10 (67-71)
12/1 Unit 14 (95-97)
15
12/6
12/8
16
12/13 Final Exam
Unit 15 (100-102); CS 11 (72-80)
Unit 15 (103-105)