Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0353 Advanced Reading for Foreign Speakers
CRN 55310 – Fall 2011
Northline Campus – Room 220 / 11:50AM-2:00PM Tues/Thurs
3 lecture/2 lab / 80 hrs per semester / 16 weeks
Professor:
Office phone:
Email:
Office location:
Office Hours:
Mel Shaw
713-718-8181
mel.shaw@hccs.edu
Room 310
2:00-2:30PM Tues/Thurs or by appointment
Textbooks: Inside Reading 4 by Richmond, Kent, Oxford UP (2009); To Kill a
Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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. Develop reading skills such as previewing, scanning, using context clues to
clarify meaning, finding the main idea, summarizing, and making inferences.
3. Read and discuss with understanding an English-language novel.
Attendance & Tardiness: According to HCCS policy, you may be dropped if
you miss 12.5% (four days) of class. Being on time is very important in the
United States. 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. You must return from lunch and break on time.
Make-up Policy: Missing a test is a serious matter. Make-up tests will only be
given in extreme cases. If you have a serious emergency, it is your responsibility
to call me before the scheduled exam so that I can make arrangements with you.
Scholastic Dishonesty: Giving or receiving information from other students on
a test or project is cheating. Students who cheat will receive a zero for the
assignment. Repeated incidents can result in suspension from the class.
Disability Support: Students who need reasonable accommodations for
disabilities should contact the Disability Support Service counselor to make
necessary arrangements. Ms. Kim Ingram is the NE College DSS counselor.
Her number is 713-718-8420. Teachers are only authorized to provide
accommodations requested by that office.
Electronic Devices: When you enter the classroom, turn off your cell phone.
Text-messaging is not permitted during class. Any other electronic device
(laptops, IPODs, etc.) not authorized by the professor must be turned off.
Withdrawal Policy: Faculty cannot withdraw students on their final semester roll
sheets. If you cannot complete the course, you must complete the withdrawal
form before the official “Drop” date. Otherwise, you will receive a grade, probably
an “F.”
EGLS3 -- Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System
At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is
necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be asked
to answer a short online survey of research-based questions related to instruction. The
anonymous results of the survey will be made available to your professors and division
chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the survey as part of the
Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term.
Grading Criteria:
Daily work/Homework/Lab
Vocabulary Quizzes
Unit Tests
TKM Quizzes
Grading Scale:
90-100=
80-89 =
70-79 =
Below 70=
A
B
C
IP or F
10%
20%
50%
20%
Level IV Reading
Course Calendar
Week Date Assignment
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8/30
Introduction to course and diagnostic testing
9/1
Unit 1 (1-8)
9/6
Unit 1 (9-16)
9/8
Unit 2 (17-23)
9/13
Unit 2 (24-32)
9/15
Unit 3 (33-39)
9/20
Unit 3 (40-48)
9/22
Test #1 (Units 1, 2, & 3)
9/27
Unit 4 (49-56)
9/29
Unit 4 (56-64)
10/4
Unit 5 (65-72))
10/6
Unit 5 (72-80)
10/11 Unit 6 (81-87)
10/13 Unit 6 (87-96)
8
10/18 Unit 7 (97-103)
10/20 Unit 7 (104-112))
9
10/25 Test #2 (Units 4, 5, 6, & 7)
10/27 Unit 8 (113-120)
10
11
11/1
Unit 8 (121-128)
11/3
Unit 9 (129-136)
11/8
Unit 9 (136-144)
11/10 Unit 10 (145-152)
12
11/15 Unit 10 (153-160)
11/17 Test #3 (Units 8, 9, & 10)
13
11/22 Discuss TKM Chaps 1-10
11/24 Thanksgiving Holiday
14
15
16
11/29 TKM Quiz #1; Part 1 of movie
12/1
Chaps 11-20; Part 2 of movie
12/6
TKM Quiz #2; Chaps 21-26
12/8
Chaps 27-31; Part 3 of movie
12/13 TKM Quiz #3