LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR: ANTONIO LEIJA NON-CREDIT ESL 1 SYLLABUS Spring 2015 Part 1: PHONEMIC STRUCTURE RULES OF PHONOLOGYAND ARTICULATION FEATURES WITH ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTIONS CONTINUALLY PRACTICED THROUGHOUT CLASS Part 2: RULES OF SYNTAX INTERNALIZING GRAMMER Part 3: 350+ MOST COMMONLY USED VERBS 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 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 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 1 WEEKS 1 AND 2: Feb 9th thru Feb 20th Lesson 1 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 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) 2 WEEKS 5 AND 6: March 9th thru March 20th Lesson 3 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 nd 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 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 rd 3 Objective due 3 WEEKS 11 AND 12: April 20th thru May 1st Lessons 6 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” 4