English as a Second Language--Level 2
Spring 2015
Sections #3236
Monday & Wednesday
CSB 206
6:50 to 10:00
Instructor: Julie Larson
Office Hours: MW 6:40 – 6:50
and 8:30 - 8:50 & 10:00 - 10-05
Phone #: (661) 362-2737
Required Texts:
English in Action 2nd edition by Barbara H. Foley and Elizabeth R. Neblett
ISBN: 978-1-4240-4992-9
English in Action Workbook 2nd edition by Foley and Neblett
ISBN: 978-1-111-00563-4
Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs 4th edition by Keith s. Folse, April MuchmoreVokoun and Elena Vestri Solomon
ISBN: 9781285194882
Any English dictionary (The Dictionary of American English 4th edition by Pearson
is excellent ISBN: 978-0-13-244980-9)
Class Schedule:
Week one (2-9 & 2-11) Introduction/Diagnostic tests/Begin unit 1 Foley—The First
Week and unit 1 Folse—Understanding Sentence Basics
Week two (2-18 only) Unit 2 Foley—The Average American/Cont. unit 1--Folse
(No class Monday 2-16—President’s Day)
Week three (2-23 & 2-25) Begin unit 2—Folse
Begin unit 3 Foley—Spending and Saving
Week four (3-2 & 3-4) Unit 4 Foley—The States/Continue unit 2 Folse—Connecting
Sentences and Paragraphs
Week five (3-9 & 3-11) Unit 5 Foley—Technology/Begin unit 3 Folse—Writing
About the Present
Week six (3-16 & 3-18) Unit 6 Foley—A Healthy Lifestyle/Continue unit 3 Folse
Week seven (3-23 & 3-25) Unit 7 Foley—Around the World/Begin unit 4 Folse—
Writing about the Past
Week eight (3-30 & 4-1) Unit 8 Foley—Moving
Continue unit 4 Folse
Week nine (4-6 & 4-8) No Class—Spring Break
Week ten (4-13 & 4-15) Unit 9 Foley—Natural disasters/Begin unit 5 Folse—
Describing Actions
Week eleven (4-20 & 4-22) Unit 10 Foley—Wedding Plans/Continue unit 5 Folse
Week twelve (4-27 & 4-29) Unit 11 Foley—At Work/Begin unit 6 Folse—Writing
About the Future
Week thirteen (5-4 & 5-6) Unit 12 Foley—Working Parents/Continue unit 6 Folse
Week fourteen (5-11 & 5-13) Unit 13 Foley—Crime/Begin unit 7 Folse—Writing
Sentences with Adjective Clauses and Place Phrases
Week fifteen (5-18 & 5-20)—Unit 14 Foley—Careers/Continue unit 7 Folse
Week sixteen (5-27 only) Unit 15 Foley—City Life/Unit 8 Folse—Review
(No Class Monday 5-25—Memorial Day)
Week seventeen (6-3) Final Examination
Final Examination will be given June 3rd from 8:00 to 10:00 pm.
Your final course grade will be based on the following:
--In-class essays and assignments...................................................25 % of final grade
--Out of class homework ……………............................................25 % of final grade
--Class participation (i.e. group work and presentations)...............10 % of final grade
--Quizzes and Final examination….................................…...........40 % of final grade
Late assignments: All assignments will be lowered 2/3 grade for each class day they are
late. (Note: Late assignments will never be penalized below 70 %)
Student Learning Outcomes:
1) Upon completion of this course, students will produce writing that incorporates highbeginning grammatical structures.
2) Upon completion of this course, students will compose multi-sentence compositions of
100 words.
Student Learning Outcomes continued:
3) Upon completion of this course, students will read and comprehend elementary texts
and be able to identify the main idea of a paragraph.
4) Upon completion of this course, students will analyze and use vocabulary at a highbeginning level.
5) Upon completion of this course, students will comprehend informal English
conversation on a familiar topic.
6) Upon completion of this course, students will participate in a simple conversation on a
familiar topic.
The Learning Center
If you need help or feedback while you are working on your assignments, visit the
Learning Center, located on the first floor of the Library building. Tutors there will assist
you in many areas: writing, reading, research, and homework assignments.
At the completion of the course, students will …
1) improve in their ability to write in English,
2) improve in their ability to speak English,
3) have a greater understanding of English grammar,
4) have the ability to write a developed paragraph,
5) improve in their ability to comprehend the subject matter of native English
speakers,
6) increase their vocabulary substantially,
7) improve their pronunciation.