Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0348 – Intermediate Grammar for Foreign Speakers
CRN 76011 - Spring 2011
Northline Campus – Room 218 / 9:00-11:10AM / 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
8:30-9:00a.m.Mon/Wed. or by appointment
Textbooks: Focus on Grammar 3 (Third Edition), Fuchs et al.
Focus on Grammar 3 Workbook (Third Edition), Fuchs
Course Description: A continuation of ESOL 0344, this course develops low
intermediate proficiency in English grammar and usage.
Course Prerequisites: ESOL 0344 or placement testing
Course Objectives: Students gain confidence in their ability to speak and write
English accurately and fluently at this level of proficiency.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Use verb tenses to express appropriate time relationships.
2. Use modal verbs to express logical relationships.
3. Use adjective, adverb, and noun forms to express logical relationships.
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:
5 Unit Tests
Lab/Homework
Final Exam
70%
15%
15%
Level II Grammar
Course Calendar
Spring 2011
Week Date
Assignment
1
1/19
Testing and Course Introduction
2
1/24
1/26
Unit 1 Present Progressive and Simple Present
Unit 6 Future Tense
3
1/31
2/2
Unit 7 Future Time Clauses
Review Units 1, 6, 7; Test #1
4
2/7
2/9
Unit 3 Simple Past
Unit 4 Past Progressive and Simple Past
5
2/14
2/16
Unit 5 Used to; Unit 8 Wh-Questions: Subject and Object
Review Units 3, 4, 5, 8; Test #2
6
2/21
2/23
Holiday
Unit 11 Ability: Can Could, Be able to
7
2/28
3/2
Unit 12 Permission: Can, Could, May, Do you mind if
Unit 13 Requests: Can, Could, Will, Would, Would you mind
8
3/7
3/9
Unit 14 Advice: Should, Ought to, had better
Test #3 (1st period: Part 1; 2nd period: Part 2)
3/14-3/18
Spring Break
9
3/21
3/23
Unit 16 Present Perfects: Since and For
Unit 17 Present Perfect: Already and Yet
10
3/28
3/30
Unit 18 Present Perfects: Indefinite Past;
Unit 19 Perfect and Simple Past
11
4/4
4/6
Unit 20 Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect
Review Units 16,17,18,19, 20; Test # 4
12
4/11
4/13
Unit 23 Adjectives and Adverbs
Unit 24 Adjectives: Comparisons with As…as and Than
13
4/18
4/20
Unit 25 Adjectives: Superlatives
Unit 26 Adverbs: As …as, Comparatives, Superlatives
14
4/25
4/27
Review Units 23, 24, 25, 26; Test # 5
Unit 31 Too and Enough
15
5/2
5/4
Unit 33 Preferences: Prefer, Would prefer, and would rather
Unit 34 Necessity: Have to, Must, Don’t have to, Must not, Can’t
16
5/9
Final Exam