501.4 English as a Second Language IV 120
classes
Prerequisite(s):
ESL III or Intermediate placement test score
Textbook: NorthStar: Listening and Speaking Intermediate, 2nd ed., 2004 (or comparable text); F. J. Ferrraro et al, Intermediate English 4: A Handbook of twenty basic lessons, Spanish-American Institute, 2002 (or comparable text).
Course Description: A fourth level ESL course that introduces intermediate students to a higher level of difficulty and fluency than ESL III requiring compound tenses and more extensive vocabulary.
Objectives: To develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that utilize compound tenses and more extensive vocabulary.
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:
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Class Participation |
25% |
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Assignments |
50% |
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Exams |
25% |
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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%.
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Weeks |
Topics |
Assignments and
Tests |
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1-3 |
Dialogue Situation: The Party Conversational emphasis: government and officials, education and schools, the office Grammar Elements:
reflexive pronouns, prepositions followed by gerunds, "used
to" to express past habitual time, time expressions, conjunctions,
punctuation |
Text Exercises: Unit 27 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 21-23 |
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4-6 |
Dialogue Situation: Congratulations, Paulo! Conversational emphasis: the factory, the department store, the hotel Grammar Elements: adverbs of manner, adverbial comparison, adverbial clauses, spelling rules |
Text Exercises: Unit 28 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 24-26 |
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7-9 |
Reading and Refocus Situation: Michael's Brother, Gary; An Application
to College; At A Coffee Shop Conversational emphasis: to want someone to do something, literature and art, science and math Grammar Elements: adverb review, -ed vs. –ing adjectives, more spelling rules |
Text Exercises:
Unit 29 exercises Handbook:
reading passages and exercises, lesson 27-28 Test |
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10-12 |
Dialogue Situation: Asking Directions Conversational emphasis: asking directions, religion, social institutions, trade and professions Grammar Elements: modals, real conditionals, more spelling rules |
Text Exercises: Unit 30 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 29-31 |
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13-15 |
Dialogue Situation: How Marta Met Michael Conversational emphasis: interrupted action in the past, the post office, vacations, business Grammar Elements: interrupted action in the past, noun plurals and possessives |
Text Exercises:
Unit 31 exercises Handbook:
reading passages and exercises, lessons 32-33 |
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16-19 |
Dialogue Situation: O'Neill's Cover Conversational emphasis: business Grammar Elements: gerunds with verbs or infinitives, prefixes and suffixes |
Text Exercises:
Unit 32 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 34-35 Test |
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20-21 |
Dialogue Situation: The Reconciliation Conversational emphasis: how to find a job, the efficient worker, the friendly letter Grammar Elements: present perfect, irregular verbs |
Text Exercises: Unit 33 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 36-38 |
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22-24 |
Reading and Refocus Situation: Michael's Block; Sergeant O'Neill's
Report; Joe's Conversational emphasis: the business letter, American citizenship, family relationships Grammar Elements: articles, the hyphen, adjective order |
Text Exercises: Unit 34 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 39-40 |
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