Santa Monica College / Fall 2009
ESL 10G / Section 3290
Mon & Wed 12:45-3:50 LA 236
Instructor: Rena Horowitz
E-mail
Office Hour: M 4:00-5:00 pm
Homepage: http://homepage.smc.edu/horowitz_rena

ESL 10G Multiple Skills Preparation: Listening, Speaking, & Grammar

Catalogue Description:
ESL10G is a low-intermediate multi-skills course designed to improve the English language skills of non-native speakers. This course concentrates on listening, speaking, and grammar. It is recommended that students take this course concurrently with ESL 10W. *Course credit may not be applied toward satisfaction of Associate in Arts Degree requirements.

Required Books and Materials
Text:
Tanka, Judith and Paul Most. Interactions 1: Listening & Speaking, Silver Edition. NY: McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT, 2007.
Kim, Elaine and Jack Darcy. Interactions 1: Grammar, Silver Edition. NY: McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT, 2007.

Other Materials
-A good portable English-English dictionary such as the Cambridge Dictionary of American English or The Newbury House Dictionary of American English. (Electronic translators may not be used in class; only English-English dictionaries may be used.)
-Loose-leaf binder paper and a loose-leaf binder

Objectives:

A. / Demonstrate listening comprehension with in-class presentations
B. / Choose appropriate synonyms and definitions for paraphrasing of listening passages
C. / Identify main ideas, supporting details, facts, and opinions in 2-5 minute listening passages
D. / Identify contextual clues, transition words, word forms in listening passages (conversation, broadcast, academic lectures)
E. / Identify and use the following in speaking: statement and question formation; count/noncount nouns; pronouns; singulars and plurals; subject-verb agreement (including there is/are); prepositional phrases of location, direction, and time; simple modals; present, past, and future time (simple and continuous)
F. / Identify parts of speech
G. / Use contextual clues and cohesive markers to determine meaning in 2-5 minute listening passages
H. / Report information from conversations, lectures, tapes in pairs and small groups
I. / Plan and give oral presentations
J. / Practice stress, intonation, and vowel/consonant sounds and use them to determine meaning
K. / Demonstrate conversational and classroom etiquette
L. / Demonstrate ability to follow instructions

Method of Presentation
Lecture 30%
Small Group and Pair Activities 35%
Student Presentations 20%
Audio-Visual/Guest Speakers 15%

Course Content

Percentage
of Term / Topic /
30% / Grammar work in pairs/small groups, and whole group explanations/discussions of grammar points including statement and question formation, count/noncount nouns; pronouns; singulars and plurals; subject-verb agreement (including there is/are), prepositional phrases of location, direction, and time; simple modals; present, past, and future time (simple and continuous).
25% / Listening to 2-5 minute passages (conversations, news reports, and lectures) to identify grammar structures, parts of speech, and contextual clues and cohesive markers; to find main ideas, supporting facts and details; and identifying pronunciation features to determine meaning and identifying conversational and classroom etiquette.
25% / Speaking including prepared and spontaneous oral tasks including presentations, role playing, dialogues, interviews and practicing conversational and classroom etiquette. Practice pronunciation including stress, intonation, and vowel/consonant sounds.
5% / Reading supplemental materials for use in reports and oral presentations and group discussions.
15% / Testing including quizzes in listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar (units tests, midterm, final)

Homework
Students must complete homework to succeed in the class. Classroom activities depend on completion of the assignments. Although not every assignment will be graded, most assignments will be collected or checked in class.

Final Exam
You will have a comprehensive final exam for ESL 10G, which means it covers material from the entire semester.

Method of Evaluation for ESL 10G:
In-class activities/ participation 200 points
Oral Presentations 200 points
Homework 200 points
Tests 200 points
Final Exam200 points
Final Grade (Final course grades of A, B, or C qualify students for ESL 11A.)
900-1000 points =A
800-890 points = B
700-790 points = C
600-690 points = D
0-590 points = F

Policies:
1) Attend class regularly. If you miss class, you will miss important work, and your grades will suffer.
2) Come to class on time. Roll call is taken at the beginning of class, important announcements are made at that time, and homework is often checked at that time.
3) Turn in papers when they are due. No late papers will be accepted.
4) Keep a notebook. In the notebook record new vocabulary and other information from class. Keep all homework; a loose-leaf notebook is best for keeping homework assignments.
5) If you miss class, call a few classmates to find out what you missed. Have a friend or relative turn in your assignment. Call or e-mail the instructor to let her know why you missed the class. A missed class is no excuse for an uncompleted assignment.
6) No food or drinks are permitted in the classroom. All pagers and cell phones should be shut off during class. Electronic dictionaries are not allowed in class.Students must make every effort to communicate in English during class time. Disruptive students will be asked to leave.
7) To improve your English, do homework, read, and study everyday.
8) Sit next to someone who does not speak your first language, and use English in every class to improve your speaking and listening.
9) Cheating on tests, quizzes, and writing assignments is not tolerated. If you talk or copy from someone, you will receive a 0. If someone else talks to you, ignore that person to prevent cheating or getting a 0 on the assignment.

Tutoring & Support Services
1. Free tutoring is available in the ESL Center; sign up by going to the SMC ESL Department homepagehttp://www.smc.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=74 and click on the link to Make a tutoring appointment online!
2. Students may use computers in the Cayton Center, the library, the Science Building, Drescher Hall 203 & 204.
3. Academic counselors can be reached in the ISC (434-4217) and in Counseling (434-4210 or 434-4589). Counselors are available in the ESL Building Mondays 3:30-5:00, Tuesdays 5:00-6:30, Wednsedays 10:30-12:00, and Thursdays 11:45-1:15. No appointment is necessary to see these counselors.
4. Psychological counselors can be reached at 434-4262 or through Student Health.

See my homepage http://homepage.smc.edu/harclerode_janet
for extra practice with language skills and for reference materials.

Communication with Instructor
The best way to contact me is in person after class or via e-mail. Telephone calls generally cannot be returned as easily or quickly as e-mail. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me as soon as possible.

ESL 10 Tentative Schedule*

*Please note that this schedule may change at the instructor's discretion.

Week/ Dates / Topics / Assignments
1/ Aug 31 & Sept 2 / Academic Life Around the World (Chapter 1) Be, simple present, personal pronouns
Sept 7 / No Class/ Labor Day
2/ Sept 9 / Academic Life Around the World / possessive adjectives and pronouns/
Test 1
3/ Sept 14 & 16 / Experiencing Nature (Chapter 2) There is/ there are. questions with whose, possessive nouns,
4/ Sept 21 & 23 / Experiencing Nature/ present continuous, nonaction verbs, modals: can, may, might, will/
Test 2
5/ Sept 28 & 30 / Living to Eat or Eating to Live (Chapter 3)/ Nouns and expressions of quantity, comparisons,
6/ Oct 5 & 7 / Living to Eat or Eating to Live/ modal verbs: requests, offers, and permission
Test 3
7/ Oct 12 & 14 / In the Community
(& Santa Monica) (Chapter 4)/ future verbs, phrasal verbs
8/ Oct 19 & 21 / In the Community
(& Santa Monica) / prepositions of time & place, articles
Test 4
9/ Oct 26 & 28 / Home (Chapter 5)/ simple past tense, used to, simple past tense
10/ Nov 2 & 4 / Home/ past tense of be, connecting words
Test 5
11/ Nov 9 & 11 / Cultures of the World/ (Chapter 6)/ present perfect tense; superlatives; comparisons with so, too, either, and neither; but
Test 6
12/ Nov 16 & 18 / Health/
(Chapter 7)/ verb + object + infinitive, modals: should, had better, have to, must, reflexive pronouns, tag questions/
Test 7
13/ Nov 23 & 25 / Entertainment & the Media
(Chapter 8)/
past continuous, simple past vs. past continuous, infinitives, someone, anyone
14/ Nov 30 & Dec 2 / Social Life
(Chapters 8 & 9)/ present perfect continuous vs. present perfect, adverbs of degree (so, such, enough, too)
15/ Dec 7 & 9 / Test 8 (Media & Social Life)
Lab Final Wednesday
16/ Dec 14 / Review
Dec 16 8:00-11:00 / Final Exam