Spanish-American Institute

201 Keyboarding (Basic Course) 120 Classes

Prerequisite(s): None

Textbooks: Scot Ober et al, College Keyboarding and Document Processing: Lessons 1-60, Glencoe: 2002 (or comparable text).

Course Description: While developing English language skills, Keyboarding (Basic Course) builds keyboarding speed and accuracy skills through the production of personal-personal and business correspondence in English.

Objectives: By the end of the course, students should be able:

• to apply rules for English spelling and word formation;
• to read and understand English letter combinations and words, word combinations, sentences, and passages;
• to recognize and correct spelling, punctuation, and other English language errors;
• to read and follow directions in English when practicing keyboarding exercises;
• to ask questions in English concerning concepts and implementation;
• to identify and correct English language errors in producing documents;
• to produce letters, reports, memos, tables, and other personal-business and business documents from hand-written and from printed text in English;
• to develop touch control of the keyboard and proper keyboarding techniques; and
• to build basic speed and accuracy skills (to 25 wpm keyboarding English text with no more than five errors in five minutes).

Instructional Methods: Classes include language development and theory sessions followed by hands-on practice and drills for speed and accuracy keyboarding in English using Word. Students completes periodic summary exercises that require application of all skills learned to date. Each student creates a portfolio of finished output.

Grading: The final grade is based on the the following:

Class Participation	25%
Progress tests and Post-tests	25%
Document Production	25%
Exams	25%
Total	100%

The grading scale is: A=90-100%, B+=85-89%, B=80-84%, C+=75-79%, C=70-74%, D=65-69%, F=60-64%.

Course Outline:

Weeks	Course Topics	Assignments and Tests
1-2	Unit 1. Identifying and keyboarding the English alphabet, using the shift keys, and using basic sentence punctuation.	Textbook exercises.
3-4	Unit 2. Identifying and keyboarding the alphabet, using the shift keys, and using basic English sentence punctuation (continued). Paragraph indenting.	One-minute timed writings.
5-6	Unit 3. Using horizontal, block, spread, and vertical centering; typing capitals.	Pre-test/practice/post-test: reaches.
7-8	Unit 4. Identifying and typing numbers. Review for exam.	2-minute timed writings Progress tests (including 2-minute timed writings on alphabetic copy and on copy with numbers; tests on centering). Exam.
9-10	Unit 5. Identifying and typing symbols. English word division. English language error correction.	Pre-test/practice/post-test: error correction.
11-12	Unit 6. Producing basic business letters and personal-business letters in English.	Letters 1-12
13-14	Unit 7. Producing simple reports in English; proofreading; enumerating; producing reports from rough-draft copy.	Reports 1-9. One-minute pre-test and post-test
15-16	Unit 8. Producing simple tables and tables in English with blocked column headings, with short centered headings, and with long centered headings. Review of tables, reports, and letters. Review for exam.	Pre-test/practice/post-test: tables with columns. Letters 13-14. Tables 1-12. Reports 9-10. Progress tests: 3-minute timed writing, letters, tables, and reports. Exam
17-18	Unit 9. Producing business correspondence in English: interoffice memos, postcards, envelops, folding letters, and letters with copies.	Memos 1-4. Postcards 1-4. Envelops 1-5 with letter 15. Envelops 5-6 with letters 16-17.
19-20	Unit 10. Producing bound reports in English; understanding and using proofreaders marks; and producing reports with footnotes and endnotes, with titles, and with tables of contents.	Pre-test/practice/post-test: reports. Reports 12-18.
21-22	Unit 11. Producing forms in English: interoffice memo forms, with and without enumerations, printed forms, job-application papers. Producing letter of application in English with job-application form.	Memos 5-8. Forms 1-5. Letter 18.
23-24	Unit 12. English language keyboarding skill refinement. Review of correspondence, letters, reports, memos, forms, and tables in English. Review for exam.	Pre-test/practice/post-test: letters and memos. Envelopes 7-10 with Letters 19-20; Letters 21-22; Memo 9-10; Tables 13-15; Forms 6-7; Reports 19-20. Pre-test/practice/post-test: tables. Progress tests: 3-minute timed writing, letter with modified block style, unbound report with footnotes, and purchase order. Exam.

rev. 2/04, 2/07