LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE
INSTRUCTOR: ANTONIO LEIJA
NON-CREDIT ESL 1 SYLLABUS
Spring 2015
Part 1: PHONEMIC STRUCTURE
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RULES OF PHONOLOGYAND ARTICULATION FEATURES WITH ANALYSIS
AND DESCRIPTIONS CONTINUALLY PRACTICED THROUGHOUT CLASS
Part 2: RULES OF SYNTAX
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INTERNALIZING GRAMMER
Part 3: 350+ MOST COMMONLY USED VERBS
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FROM PRESENT SIMPLE TO PAST MODALS AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TO
BASIC PHRASAL VERBS
 Simple Present Tense (Tenso Presente Sencillo)
 3rd Person Present Tense (Tercera Persona Singular)
 Present Progressive Tense (Tenso Gerundio)
 Simple Past Tense (Tenso Simple Pasado)
 Simple Future (Tenso Simple Futuro) with “going to”
 Simple Future (Tenso Futuro) with “will”
Continual Verb Conjugations and Review Throughout Class
Part 4: LACCD ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVIC OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
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Objectives to be Determined by Director of ESL Non-Credit Program
Lesson Plan Reference:
 http://esl.about.com/od/beginningenglish/LearningEnglishforBeginners
BeginningESLEFL.htm
Part 5: SOURCES
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American English Course Books 1 and 2 Units 1 thru 22 (hand-outs)
Side by Side Book 1 Textbook and Workbook, Life Skills, Standards and Test Prep
WEEKLY LESSONS
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WEEKS 1 AND 2: Feb 9th thru Feb 20th
Lesson 1
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Theme- Introductions
The revised language items will include: The verb “to be”
Revision of possessive adjectives: my, your, her, his, its, their
The new language items introduced will include:
 Affirmative and interrogative sentence structure with verb “to
be”
 The use of the present simple (1)
 The use of the first, second and third person singular in the
present Simple
 The use of names of countries
 Expansion of lexical set: basic greetings
 Expressions including: World and Americas Historical and
Linguistical influences
 Orthographic similarities and differences
Lesson 2 February 16th No Class President’s Day
CASAS TEST (Last week of February)
WEEK 3 AND 4: February 23rd thru March 6th
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Theme – The World Around Me
The revised language items will include: spelling skills
Revision of consonants of the phonemic alphabet
The new language items introduced will include:
 Affirmative and negative short answers with the verb “to be”
 The use of positive and negative short answers with the verb “
to be”
 The use of determiners: this, that, those and these
 The use of “a” and “an”
 Expansion of lexical set “everyday objects” – singular and plural
 Expressions including: basic opposite adjectives
 1st Objective (Last week of February)
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WEEKS 5 AND 6: March 9th thru March 20th
Lesson 3
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Theme – My Friends and I
The revised language items will include: singular and plural nouns, numbers 1 –
100, phone numbers, the use of the verb “to be” for giving personal information
The new language items introduced will include:
Affirmative and interrogative sentence structure with regular and irregular
verbs (other than verb “ to be”)
Giving personal information: name, marital status, phone number, address, age
Asking for and telling time, prepositions used for telling the time ‘at’, ‘past’ ‘to’
WEEKS 7 And 8: March 23rd thru April 2nd
Lesson 4
 Theme: A Day in the Life of…
 The revised language items will include:
 Times of day, the 12 hours clock – a.m. and p.m.
 Revision of basic verbs used to describe daily routines
 The new language items introduced daily routines’
 Expansion of lexical set ‘daily routines’
 Expressions including: verbs and nouns that go together, prepositions
used for times of the day- in the morning, afternoon, evening/ at night
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 2 Objective Due
March 31st Cesar Chavez Day
SPRING BREAK APRIL 6th thru APRIL 10th
WEEKS 9 AND 10: April 6th thru April 16th
Lessons 5
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Theme – The Workplace
The revised language items will include: continuation of the present simple
Revision of basic verb used to describe work tasks
The new language items introduced will include:
 The use of negative and question forms in the present simple
 The use of the first, second and third person plural in the present
simple
 The use of adverbs of frequency
 Prepositions of place and movement: ‘on’, ‘in’, ‘at’
 Expansion of lexical set ‘daily work routines’
 Expressions including: Asking for help and asking someone to repeat
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3 Objective due
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WEEKS 11 AND 12: April 20th thru May 1st
Lessons 6
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Theme – Talking about Work
The revised language items will include:
 Greetings and informal discussion about your work tasks
The new language items introduced will include:
 Expansion of lexical set ‘means of communication’
 Expressions including: terms used for talking about of
relationship between people in an office
WEEKS 13 AND 14: May 4th thru May 14th
Lesson 7
 Theme – The Ideal Office
 The revised language items will include:
 Revision of lexical set ‘things in the office’
 Revision of daily work tasks
 The new language items introduced will include:
 The use of ‘there is’ and ‘there are’ for descriptive purposes
and in the interrogative form
 The use of ‘some’ and ‘any’ in the positive, negative and
interrogative form
 Expansion of lexical set ‘furniture’ to include items commonly
found in an office.
 Expressions including: prepositions of place including: on, in,
near, next to, in front of, and between
WEEKS 15 AND 16: May 18th thru May 28th
Lesson 8
 Theme – The Interview
 The revised language items will include: verbs expressing skills and abilities
 Revision of expressions used for asking and giving personal information
 The new language items introduced
 The use of ‘can’ to express ability
 The use of ‘have got’
 Expansion of lexical set ‘skills and abilities’
 Expressions including: verb-noun collocations
May 25th No Class “Memorial Day”
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