Intensive English Program
Northeast College
ESOL 0356 – Advanced Conversation for Foreign Speakers
CRN 76033 Spring 2011
Northline Campus – Room 220 / 11:50-2:00PM Mon/Wed
3 Lec / 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
2:00-3:00p.m.
Text: Mosaic 2 by Hanreddy & Whalley, McGraw-Hill 2007
Course Description: This course is designed to improve the student’s listening
and speaking skills in academic and informal settings.
Course Objective: Students will show proficiency (1) in discussing current
issues and relevant topics, (2) in note-taking on a college-level lecture, and (3) in
preparing a 5-15 minute oral presentation with accompanying Power Point.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Produce pronunciation accurate enough to be comprehended with little effort
by those unaccustomed to interacting with non-native English speakers
2. Demonstrate fluency while participating in class discussions on a variety of
topics ranging from social to workplace to academic
3. Produce a major researched oral presentation using a variety of visual
resources
Attendance Policy: If you are absent for four class periods during the
semester, you may be dropped from the course. You are responsible for all work
missed while absent. It would be wise to have the telephone number of one or
more classmates who can be contacted about material covered during the
absence.
Tardiness: If you are 5 minutes late for a class period, you will be counted
tardy. If you are more than 15 minutes late, you will be counted absent for that
class hour. This includes after breaks. 3 tardies =1 absence
Make-up: If you are absent on the day of an oral presentation, you must give
yours on your first day back. There will be a 10-point penalty. If you miss a
listening or note-taking quiz, there is no make-up. You will receive a 50 the first
time and a zero thereafter.
Scholastic Dishonesty: Giving or receiving unfair assistance from another
person on a test or assignment is cheating. The first offence will result in a zero
on the test or assignment. Repetition of the offence will result in an F for the
course.
Disability Support: Students who need reasonable accommodations for
disabilities should go to the Disability Support Service Office in Room 108 or call
Ms. Kim Ingram, the NE College DSS counselor, at 713/718-8420 to make the
necessary arrangements. Teachers are only authorized to provide
accommodations requested by that office.
Cellular Phones: Turn off your cell phone when you enter the classroom.
Talking and text messaging on the cell phone are not allowed during class time.
Course Repeaters: Students who repeat a course three or more times may
soon face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and other Texas public
colleges and universities. If you are considering course withdrawal because you
are not earning passing grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as
possible about your study habits, reading and writing homework, tests-taking
skills, attendance, course participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other
assistance hat might be available.
Grading Criteria:
Oral Presentations
Chapter Tests
Lab & Participation
Final Exam
50%
30%
10%
10%
Class participation is judged by your overall willingness to do what is asked for in
class activities and to express your thoughts, ideas, feelings, and opinions. If
you are absent when discussions or group activities take place, your participation
grade will go down.
Grading Scale:
90 – 100 =
80 – 89 =
70 – 79 =
Below 70 =
A
B
C
IP (In Progress)
Level IV Conversation
Course Calendar
Spring 2011
Week Date Assignment
1
1/19
Course introduction; Diagnostic Quiz
Getting Acquainted Interviews
2
1/24
1/26
Chapter 1 “Language and Learning”
3
1/31
2/2
Chapter 2 “Danger and Daring”
4
2/7
2/9
Presentation # 1
Chapter 3 “Gender and Relationships”
5
2/14
2/15
Chapter 3
Current Events Discussions
6
2/21
2/23
Holiday
Chapter 4 “Aesthetics & Beauty”
7
2/28
3/2
Chapter # 4
Chapter 5 “Transitions”
8
3/7
3/9
Chapter # 5
Presentation #2
3/14-3/18
Spring Break
9
3/21
3/23
Chapter 6 “The Mind”
10
3/28
3/30
Current Events Discussions
Chapter 7 “Working”
11
4/4
4/6
Chapter # 7
Presentation # 3
12
4/11
4/13
Chapter 8 “Breakthroughs”
13
4/18
4/20
Chapter 9 “Art and Entertainment”
14
4/25
4/27
Chapter 10 “Conflict and Resolution”
15
5/2
5/4
Presentation # 4
16
5/9
Final Exam Interview