Spanish-American Institute

501.6 English as a Second Language VI 120 classes

Prerequisite(s): ESL V or Advanced placement test score

Textbook: New English 900 Book 6, Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing, 1997 (or comparable text); F. J. Ferrraro et al, Advanced English 6: A Handbook of twenty basic lessons, Spanish-American Institute, 2002 (or comparable text).

Course Description: A sixth level ESL course that introduces advanced students to a higher level of fluency and more complex structures than previous courses.

Objectives: To develop more advanced listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that utilize complex sentences.

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: Good-Byes Grammar Elements: whether or not, modal "might," "had better," passive form: "going to/will"	Text Exercises: Unit 43 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 28-29
4-6	Dialogue Situation: Only Five More Days Grammar Elements: present perfect and present perfect continuous passive forms of "can/may," past time with modals	Text Exercises: Unit 44 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 30-31
7-9	Reading and Refocus Situation: All Found; It's Not The Same; Art Competition Brochure Grammar Elements: passive voice review, passive with modals, the agent in passive voice	Text Exercises: Unit 45 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 32 Test
10-12	Dialogue Situation: The Birthday Party Grammar Elements: past perfect, "wish" with past subjunctive	Text Exercises: Unit 46 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 33-34
13-15	Dialogue Situation: The Unveiling Grammar Elements: present contrary	Text Exercises: Unit 47 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 35
16-19	Dialogue Situation: Still Looking Grammar Elements: reported speech	Text Exercises: Unit 48 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lesson 36 Test
20-21	Dialogue Situation: The Judgment Grammar Elements: past contrary	Text Exercises: Unit 49 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 37-18
22-24	Reading and Refocus Situation: A Birthday At the Fair; Position Available; A Letter From London Grammar Elements: more on reported speech, resume writing, contrary-to-fact clauses	Text Exercises: Unit 50 exercises Handbook: reading passages and exercises, lessons 39-40

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