COURSE INFORMATION SHEET
SPRING 2013
Course: English as a Second Language 1065A – Level 5 (8 week course)
Description:
High Intermediate English proficiency level in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to meet academic, lifeskills, and work-related demands with little problem. Emphasis is on increased use of grammatical functions to prepare students for improved academic success at both high school and college levels.
Location: 3035 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA.
Instructor: Bonnie Cheeseman, MEd
Contact Information: english4work@yahoo.com, Class blog: http://myeslclass.blogspot.com
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 7:30a-10:40a
Required Texts/Materials: Summit 1 Text & Workbook, Second Edition,2012, Authors: Joan Saslow-Allen Ascher, Available at PCC Bookstore – Colorado Campus
Course Objectives:
Listening
Understanding conversation with native speakers with minimal repetition or rewording.
Satisfy most survival needs, i.e. shopping, visiting doctors, paying bills, etc.
Understanding some social demands i.e. oral directions, instructions, etc.
Communicate on the telephone on familiar topics.
Speaking
Participate in conversations on a variety of topics with minimum errors.
Reading
Understand printed material on familiar topics.
Use context clues to interpret the meaning of sentences or new vocabulary.
Writing
Can complete an order form.
Can fill out medical information forms and job applications.
Can write short personal notes and letters and make a simple log.
Use basic simple sentences and compound sentences correctly.
Use simple present, simple past, simple future, and continuous verb tenses correctly with some awareness of the present and past perfect forms.
Language Functions
Analyze, evaluate, and/or restate intended meanings from oral conversations.
Express values, express judgment.
Compromise, negotiate or bargain.
Culture
Demonstrate appropriate cultural behavior.
Contrast attitudes in different cultures toward behaviors such as winking, whistling, maintaining appropriate social distance.
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Use appropriate level ESL software in the ESL Lab.
Attendance Policy
Four consecutive absences can result in student being dropped. However, the instructor may allow limited excused absences as required. Students must notify the instructor ahead of time when possible. Explain absence to the instructor when you return. CEC Administration & Records maintains the official attendance policy.
Evaluation Policy:
Classroom participation 35%
Tests 35%
Attendance 30%
Office Hours:_Students may request an appointment or see instructor after class.
