Syllabus ( ESL )

BASIC COMPOSITION AND GRAMMAR I & II ESLN 007 and ESLN 008 ESLN 007 and ESLN 008 Instructor: Paul Thomas Office: 209W Office Hours: 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday Lab Fee: $10.00 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a writing composition and grammar course designed for students with limited writing skills. The focus is on the writing process, integrated with listening, speaking and reading skills with a strong grammar component. COURSE GOAL: The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of grammar and writing concepts in preparation for academic programs. It will also provide students with basic writing skills of a personal or vocational nature. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students will be able to: create a positive attitude toward writing by overcoming anxiety. build a sense of community in the classroom. build awareness and appreciation of other cultures. develop proficiency in expressing ideas at the sentence, paragraph and multi-paragraph levels. develop proficiency in the writing process: generating and organizing ideas, composing multiple drafts, giving and responding to feedback, editing and revising ideas. develop a sense of purpose and audience. reinforce basic rules of grammar and structure. integrate reading, speaking and listening with the writing component. LEARNING ACTIVITIES: Dictation Total Physical Response (TPR) Picture stories Poetry Riddles Freewriting Focused freewriting Quizzes Composition Journal writing GRADING: A B C 60-69 D (Student must repeat the course.) 59- F BREAKS: February 21-26 Mardi Gras April 9-12 Spring Break EXAMS: Midterm: Tuesday, March 10, 7-10 p.m. Final: Tuesday, May 5, 7-10 p.m. ATTENDANCE AND TARDINESS POLICY: Absences of more than 12 hours: Student may be dropped from the course. Students who are ten minutes late will be marked absent for one class hour. POLICY ON DISABILITY: It is the general policy of Delgado Community College to assure equal opportunity for all qualified persons. Reasonable accommodation for qualified persons with disabilities will be made, provided the students have identified themselves with the Office of Disability Services and have provided the required documentation. Individual instructors will modify the methods, requirements and procedures of courses and examinations appropriately to accommodate the special needs of students with disabilities, provided the academic integrity of the course examination is not violated and the health and welfare of all students are safeguarded. COURSE OUTLINE: COMPOSITION GRAMMAR Week 1: Writing about a classmate Articles Week 2: Writing about oneself to be & third person Week 3: Writing about the family Auxiliary verbs & question forms Week 4: Overview of process writing Prepositions Week 5: Writing about holidays say/tell Week 6: Writing about daily activities Simple present tense Week 7: Writing about trips Present progressive Week 8: Idea mapping/webbing Simple past Week 9: MIDTERM EXAM Pronouns Week 10: Describing a familiar/favorite place Past progressive Week 11: Writing about a famous person Present perfect Week 12: Writing about favorite sports, Past perfect TV shows, music and food Week 13: Writing about the future Future tense Week 14: Writing about meeting people/ Comparative & Superlative making friends Week 15: Writing about driving Adverbs of frequency Week 16: FINAL EXAM COURSE TEXTS: Basic English Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar Idea Exchange I by Linda Blanton TYPES OF ASSESSMENT: Composition projects 30% Homework 20% Attendance & class participation 10% Quizzes 10% Midterm & final composition tests 30%