ESL conversation 50C

Course: ESOL 040C Credit hours: 1.5 Course Title: ESL CONVERSATION SKILLS Lecturer: Ms. Livingston Office: 211 Room: 238 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 EMAIL: mayamel2003@yahoo.com Telephone: 822-3787 X115 Consultation: Consultations are by appointment Required Text: Marc Helgesen & Steven Brown: Active Listening 2; Building skills for understanding. Cambridge University Press Resource/Supplementary Text: Interactions 1: listening/Speaking Internet Picture dictionary Pronunciation power Materials: Dictionary Listening journal folder Folder paper/computer paper Headphone 2 Blank CD (to record listening activities) Cassette (*) Tape recorder*, MP4 etc (a recording device) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday LAB-Individual Listening Plan (sometimes students will participate in assigned tasked to complete in the lab… (student must keep a log of activities and submit for a grade and assessment at quarter’s end) Bring headphone/ recording devices Active listening – students will participate in a series of listening activities (Bring text) Circle time- 1. continue activities from active listening if necessary 2. students will participate in large group and small group activities (Bring text) Share- Students will share information about. experiences latest news/ weather event (come prepared to relate experiences in Belize or your listening event to the class) Course Description: This course builds upon spoken discourse and listening strategies introduced in ESOL 030C. It improves fluency and competency through a variety of language tasks such as listening to take notes, listening for specific details, drawing inferences, making class presentations, initiating discussions, sustaining and ending conversations, and reporting past events. Course Objectives: At the end of this level/course, learners will: Develop listening strategies to understand information necessary for everyday life (e.g. weather forecasts, new broadcasts.) Understand simplified, extended narratives (e.g. lectures, dialogues) Understand interactions in conversational and lecture contexts Conversational structures to be covered: (Please see the correct course description.) Making justifications and giving substantiating evidence Expressing necessity and making requests: direct and polite Expressing intentions, expectations Listening to take notes Listening for specific details; following the logic of a story Initiating conversations Ending/wrapping up conversations Checking, verifying and indicating understanding Listening and making predictions Conversing for pleasure Intonation: polite and rude Making presentations Classroom Procedure: Students must attend 80% of classes. (See ESL Policy) Students must actively participate in classroom activities. Students MUST NOT speak any Spanish in English conversation class. Students MUST speak Standard English at all times. Students must be on time for classes. Students must complete all assignments on time. (1 point will be deducted for each late day). Students cannot make up a test without proof of illness. If you miss a test, you will get 0% for that particular test. (See student handbook) Students must put phones on vibrate or turn them off while in the classroom (students may not answer phone calls in the room). Evaluation: Grading Criteria: NO. Breakdown% Management Listening journals (students will present news/listening summary to class every Thursday 5 20 % Thursdays Small Group tasks 4 40 % Bi-monthly Lab activities/ *participating in individual corrective/improvement measures 1 10% Weekly (as needed) Recorded interview/conversation 1 5 % Week 2 Active participation in class discussions 1 5 % Individual task (final assessment) 1 20 % Weeks 6-8 Students will: Listen to one media program per week (5 to 10 minutes) oral summarize to present to class every Thursdays. (Each student must speak 3-4 minutes long in Standard English in reported speech). One international news program Actively participate in all classroom activities (students will prepare and participate in role plays/group activities) Individual task: Student will select a topic (an aspect of your country, culture). Students will research the topic, prepare a presentation Students will present this topic to the class individually. Regional Language Center Semester 1-QTR 1-Aug 2009 Course Outline