Spanish-American Institute

501.1 English as a Second Language I 120 classes

Prerequisite(s): Beginner's placement test score

Textbook: New English 900 Book 1, Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing Group, 1997 (or comparable text); F. J. Ferrraro et al, Elementary English 1: A Handbook of twenty basic lessons, Spanish-American Institute, 2002 (or comparable text).

Course Description: A first level ESL course that introduces beginning students to basic vocabulary, spelling, grammar, conversation, pronunciation, and other ESL skills.

Objectives: To develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that utilize the present and simple past tenses.

Instructional Methods: Daily classes encourage application of newly-learned skills to everyday situations both on and off campus through conversation, reading, and writing. Language elements are introduced, used, and reused in different written, oral, and aural situations within contexts drawn from daily life. Instruction may be supplemented with ESL video material and ESL pronunciation tapes.

Grading: The final grade is based on the following:

Class Participation	25%
Assignments	50%
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	Topics	Assignments and Tests
1-2	Dialogue Situation: Welcome to the World's Fair Conversational emphasis: greetings and introductions Grammar Elements: personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns "this/that"; numbers 1-15; English alphabet;	Text Exercises: Unit one exercises Handbook : reading passages, lesson 1
3-4	Dialogue Situation: Late for Work Conversational emphasis: asking questions, the classroom Grammar Elements: present tense of "to be"; simple present "what/how much, what time" questions; numbers 16--	Text Exercises: Unit two exercises Handbook: reading passages, lesson 2
5	Review and introduction to adjectives and the week	Text Exercises: Unit two exercises using adjectives Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 3-5 Quiz
6-7	Dialogue Situation: At School Conversational emphasis: "where and why" questions, months Grammar Elements: plural subject pronouns with "to be"; possessive adjectives; affirmative commands, prepositions of place	Text Exercises: Unit three exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 6
8-9	Dialogue Situation: In the Cafeteria Conversational emphasis "who" questions, the family Grammar Elements: negative and question statements with "to be"; tag questions	Text Exercises: Unit four exercises Handbook Exercises: lesson 7 reading and exercises Test
10	Review and plural nouns, mass/count nouns; the garden	Text Exercises: Unit four exercises using plurals and mass/count nouns Handbook Exercises: reading passages and exercises, lesson 8
11-12	Dialogue Situation: What Are You Doing? Conversational emphasis: present continuous Grammar Elements: present continuous, object pronouns; possessive nouns	Text Exercises: Unit five exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 9 Quiz
13-14	Dialogue Situation: At Home With the O'Neills Conversational emphasis: "when" questions with present continuous and simple past; the house Grammar Elements: simple present, simple past	Text Exercises: Unit six exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 10
15	Review; food and meals	Reading passages and exercises, lessons 11-13
16-17	Dialogue Situation: At The Fair Conversational emphasis: using modals; the body Grammar Elements: modals, simple present tense	Text Exercises: Unit seven exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 14 Test
18-19	Dialogue Situation: A Dinner Party Conversational emphasis: expressing wishes and wants; clothing Grammar Elements: "have to/want to/like to" plus auxiliary verb	Text Exercises: Unit eight exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 15
20-21	Dialogue Situation: I Need A Job! Conversational emphasis: "why" questions and "because" responses Grammar Elements: simple present with tag questions	Text Exercises: Unit nine exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 16
22-23	Dialogue Situation: Mr. Yamamoto's Market Conversational emphasis: non-count and count nouns; dressing Grammar Elements: possessive pronouns; additional questions words	Text Exercises: Unit ten exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 17
24	Review; the weather and the store	Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 18-20 Quiz

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