Spanish-American Institute

501.5 English as a Second Language V 120 classes

Prerequisite(s): ESL IV or equivalent

Textbook: New English 900 Book 5, Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing, 1997 (or comparable text); F. J. Ferrraro et al, Advanced English 5: A Handbook of twenty basic lessons, Spanish-American Institute, 2002 (or comparable text).

Course Description: A fifth level ESL course that introduces advanced students to a higher level of fluency than previous ESL courses, including compound and complex sentence structures.

Objectives: To develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that utilize more compound and complex sentence structures.

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
1-3	Dialogue Situation: Seen Any Dragons Lately? Grammar Elements: more present perfect, "how come?" meaning "why";	Text Exercises: Unit 35 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 1-2
4-6	Dialogue Situation: The Competition Grammar Elements: "that" as conjunction and relative pronoun, relative pronouns	Text Exercises: Unit 36 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 3-4
7-9	Reading and Refocus Situation: Another Letter From Miguel; A Note From Nora; The Space Building Opens Grammar Elements: parallel structure, inverted word order, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses	Text Exercises: Unit 37 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 5-6 Test
10-12	Dialogue Situation: You're Invited To A Party Grammar Elements: indefinite relative pronouns, transition words	Text Exercises: Unit 38 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 7-9
13-15	Dialogue Situation: Going Home Grammar Elements: gerunds as subjects, infinitives with anticipatory "it," modal "ought to"	Text Exercises: Unit 39 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 10-13
16-19	Dialogue Situation: A Pseudonym Grammar Elements: "like/as," hyphenated adjectives, linking verbs, verbs taking noun + gerund, object complements	Text Exercises: Unit 40 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 14-15 Test
20-21	Dialogue Situation: Sleepless Nights Grammar Elements: present perfect continuous, passive voice, "have got to"	Text Exercises: Unit 41 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 16-18
22-24	Reading and Refocus Situation: Something For Everyone; A Letter From Brazil; A Thousand Voices Grammar Elements: more passive voice, participial phrases, past tenses, nouns as adjectives	Text Exercises: Unit 42 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 19-20

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