Fall 2011
ESL S1-1
Instructor: Susan Kelly
Email address: sksogang@yahoo.com
Office Hours: M & W, 4:15 - 5:15pm and by appointment
Texts
Azar Interactive Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar (Prentice-Hall) online
Reading - handouts
Praxis Ed Vocabulary
An English Language Learners’ Dictionary
Student Learning Objectives
By the end of this semester, students should be able:
To prepare give a short (5 minute) speech which is part of a group presentation
To appropriately express a contradictory opinion and form follow up questions
To listen to a short lecture (10 minutes) and take notes
To understand the importance of learner autonomy
To write a paragraph with a topic sentence and varied sentence structure
To scan, skim and read a short academic reading passage
To summarize a short reading and answer comprehension questions
To participate in academic discussion at a basic level
Schedule
Every week
Independent extensive reading. Goal: read one book every week.
Reading: Selected from Cultural Readers, newspapers and other ESL texts
Blog: Interactive writing project
At any time a student may request a review or mini lesson on an area of
grammar.
Our conversation practice will come from Azar and Great Sentences
Notetaking practice
Week of
9/12
Introductions, class expectations outlined, ice breaker conversation tasks,
write a letter to the teacher. Critical thinking pair work.
Week of
How to build vocabulary, introduction to Praxis
9/19
Reading: Selections from Units 1 & 2 cultural reader, introduction to
Extensive Reading
Writing: Biographical poems, final draft due Sept. 26
Speaking & Listening: notetaking
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Week of
Reading: Unit 2 Cultural reader, introduction to weread.com
9/26
Writing: Sentence work, begin class blog
Speaking & Listening: Unit 1 Pronunciation Pairs (PP), small group
discussions
Grammar: Getting started with Azar
1st weekly Vocabulary Quiz, which will continue throughout the
Week of
semester
National Holiday -- Homework - Praxis
10/3
Week of
10/8
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 1, Introduction to Six Plus 1 Traits, descriptive
sentences
Speaking & Listening: Randall’s Listening Lab, pair discussions, PP Unit 2
Grammar: Azar Unit 1 & 2
Week of
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 2, lesson on word choice
10/17
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 3
Grammar: Azar Unit 3
Week of
10/24
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 3, lesson on sentence fluency
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 4
Grammar: Azar Unit 4
Midterm Exam on Thursday
Week Eight
10/31
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 5
Grammar: Azar Unit 5
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 4
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Week Nine
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
11/7
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 6
Grammar: Azar Unit 6
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 5
Week of 11/14
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 7
Grammar: Azar Unit 7
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 6
Week of
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
11/21
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 8
Grammar: Azar Unit 8
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 7
Week of
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
11/28
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 9
Grammar: Azar Unit 9
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 8
Week of
Reading: handouts and article emailed to you on Thursday. Print out and
bring to class on Monday.
12/5
Speaking & Listening: PP Unit 10
Grammar: Azar Unit 10
Writing: Great Sentences Unit 9
Week of
Review and exam
12/12
Homework
Students need to:
• Post a blog entry at least twice a week
• Complete a listening quiz on Randal’s Listening Lab 3 times a week
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• Sign up for www.weread.com and connect to my account
• Complete the Azar Interactive assigned unit for the week and
• Complete a daily Praxis lesson six times a week.
When you sign up for Azar Interactive use Kelly0653615A to join our course.
Grades
All assignments are important. People learn to communicate well in a language through authentic
daily study and practice. Consequently, I value daily work as opposed to infrequent exams with lots of
points. High stakes exams encourage cramming, which I, like many Western teachers, believes
undercuts learning.
So each assignment or test has a total number of possible points. You will receive points for everything
you do. I simply add up all your points and divide them by the number of possible points. Just keep
track of your points and you will always know how you’re doing.
Late work will lose 10% for each day it’s late.
“What about grammar?” you might ask. Grammar points are embedded in the writing work.
Letter grades are assigned as follows:
A
B
C
D
F
100 - 90%
89 - 80%
79 - 70%
69 - 60%
59% & below
Academic Honesty
To take this course, you must sign and agree to the Academic Honesty policy of Coastline College.
Western education has a long tradition of valuing academic honesty and I take this tradition seriously
as I strongly believe that the best way to learn is by hard work. When a student is dishonest, that
destroys the trust between the student and the teacher. So serious consequences are needed to deal
with academic dishonesty. Any student who is caught cheating on an exam or plagiarizing will receive
negative points for that work. For example, if a student cheats on an exam worth 50 points, that
student earns -50 for that exam. Usually, this means the student will fail the course.
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