ELI 70 (2): Listening Comprehension I: Intermediate Listening and Speaking
Fall 2003 Syllabus
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30-9:20
Moore Hall Room 228
Instructor: Moana Rosa
Phone: 956-4199
Office: Moore 471
Email: imoana@iwon.com
Office Hours: Monday 9:20-10:20 and Wednesday 9:20-10:20, or by appointment.
In hindsight, I would have made my office hours at two different times, on two
consecutive hours, as some students who had a class MWF at 9:30-10:20 had problems
coming to this time.
Course Goals :
The intermediate level course provides students the opportunity to improve their
listening and speaking skills in an academic context, paying particular attention to those
skills which will facilitate the comprehension of university classroom lectures, improve
participation in academic discussions and promote their ability to make more organized
and comprehensible academic presentations.
I think it would have been helpful to add specific objectives here. I am not sure
how specific they are overall.. but it would have been nice to have more specific
objectives.
Required Text (available at the Bookstore)
Hartmann, P. & L. Blass (2000). Quest: Listening and Speaking in the Academic World
Book 3. McGraw Hill.
I barely used this book, and did not end up requiring my students to buy it.. I
copied off the sections of this book and other books that I used in class.
Required Materials
One blank audiotape
I was glad this term that I specified audio cassette tape- last term I had so many
different mini tapes and recorders to deal with.
An e-mail account. It is essential that you have an e-mail account which you regularly
check. (If you change your e-mail address, you must inform me.)
Course Activities/Requirements
1. Active class participation: There will be in-class listening and speaking activities
such as small group and whole class discussions as well as short presentations
and listening for which active participation are expected. Participation includes
actively paying attention, listening, taking notes, and participation during class
assignments, such as small group discussions.
My class was really tired in the mornings- slow to warm up for
participation. I started devoting the first five minutes of class to spontaneous
speeches and interviews in pairs.. it really helped to wake the students up.
2. Regular textbook reading: You will be required to read the assigned chapters
from the textbook before class and prepare for in-class discussions. Many
assignments will be completed in class and cannot be turned in after that class.
Lack of preparation and lateness will also be reflected in your grade.
I could have deleted this.
3. Listening/Speaking Log: You will keep a listening/speaking log to reflect upon
your listening/speaking problems and strategies.
Most of my students think this is useless. Maybe instead I could require
that my students email me once a week with one way they have used what we
did in class in real life and what they thought about their successes/challenges.
5. Pronunciation Project: You will write and record a 5-minute speech. I will make
comments on your pronunciation strengths and difficulties.
I wish I would have done this at the end of the term too.
6. Presentations: You will be asked to give a three presentations.
 Two individual presentations to a small group.
 One group presentation to the whole class.
These both turned out great.. the final presentation in front of the whole
class turned into individual presentations as well.
Details about these projects will be provided later.
Grading
This is a Credit/No Credit course. In order to get credit, you must receive an overall
grade of at least 80% of the points given for the assignments listed above.
Grades:
Class Participation
Assignments/Class Work
Listening/Speaking Log
Pronunciation Project
Individual Presentations
Group Presentation
Grade Scale:
90%-100%
80%-90%
Below 80%
Honors
Credit
No Credit
30 points maximum (30%)
20 points maximum (20%)
10 points maximum (10%)
10 points maximum (10%)
15 points maximum (15%)
15 points maximum (15%)
Outstanding Work!
Satisfactory Work
Unsatisfactory or submitted late
Attendance
The university catalog states that "Regular attendance at class and laboratory sessions
is expected for all courses in which a student enrolls. Unavoidable absences should be
explained to the instructor."
In any language course, regular attendance and participation is vital for improvement
and success. If you do not attend this class regularly, and on time, you will fail the
course. Specifically, the ELI requires a minimum of 80% attendance and performance
for all credit/no credit courses. 80% attendance amounts to missing three weeks' worth
of courses. Accordingly, if you miss more than 9 classes, you will automatically
receive a grade of NO CREDIT.
If you are late or absent, it is your responsibility to contact the teacher or other students
to find out what you missed and to complete it by the due date.
A Note about Plagiarism
The ELI recognizes that rules regarding academic honesty and intellectual property are
different across cultures. We also recognize that UH students are expected to abide by
a particular definition of academic honesty, one that is common to universities in the US.
Students who do not follow these rules, for whatever reason, may be charged with
cheating or plagiarism. At UH, common punishments for such violations include failing
the assignment, failing the course, suspension from the university, or even expulsion.
The following definition of plagiarism comes from the UH-Manoa Student Conduct Code:
Plagiarism includes but is not limited to submitting, in fulfillment of an academic
requirement, any work that has been copied in whole or in part from another
individual's work without attributing that borrowed portion to the individual;
neglecting to identify as a quotation another's idea and particular phrasing that
was not assimilated into the student's language and style or paraphrasing a
passage so that the reader is misled as to the source; submitting the same
written or oral or artistic material in more than one course without obtaining
authorization from the instructors involved; or "drylabbing," which includes
obtaining and using experimental data and laboratory write-ups from other
sections of a course or from previous terms.
University of Hawai`i at Manoa Student Conduct Code (1992), p. 6
It is ultimately each student’s responsibility to understand the rules regarding plagiarism
and cheating at UH, and to learn how to avoid such violations. Please note that all ELI
writing courses include work concerning this. If you have questions about this, ask your
instructor and/or visit the ELI website:
http://www.hawaii.edu/eli/students/plagiarism.html
Visitors to the Classroom
Throughout the semester, there will probably be several visitors who come to observe
the instructor and the class. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that the
observer may be conducting research in order to try to improve the ELI. Another reason
may be that a graduate student in the Department of Second Language Studies is
conducting research on teaching language. Finally, as part of their professional
development, ELI teachers observe each other so as to improve our teaching. The
instructor will try to announce the visitor in advance and explain the purpose of the visit.
These visits will be kept to a minimum, and the visitors will be advised to not disrupt the
class. If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask your instructor. Mahalo for
your kokua in helping us to improve the quality of the ELI.
Important Dates
Holidays:
Monday, January 20, MLK Jr. Birthday
Monday, February 17, President’s Day
March 24-28 Spring Break
Friday, April 18
Last day of classes: Wednesday, May 7!!