Level 4 BLA 054 #7218
Level 5 BLA 055 #7232
Bellevue Regional Library ESL Course
Summer Quarter 2009
Instructor
Information
Name: Sue Clary
Office: C 227
Office
hours: By appointment
Phone
number: (425) 564-2125
E-mail: sclary@bellevuecollege.edu
Course
Schedule
Dates: Monday/Wednesday, June
29 – August 11
Time: 10 – 11:50 am
Room: Bellevue
Regional Library, Room 1
Outcomes
a) Reading:
At the end of this
quarter, successful students should be able to:
1) Apply appropriate reading strategies to determine the
meaning of unfamiliar words in context.
2) Identify common roots
of words, prefixes, and suffixes;
3) Identify the main
idea and analyze the supporting details;
b) Writing:
At the end of this
quarter, successful students should be able to:
1)
Determine the purpose and audience
for communicating in writing;
2) Organize writing ideas and create a legible, comprehensible
draft;
3)
Convey ideas in well-linked
paragraphs with supporting details;
4) Use correct punctuation;
c) Listening:
1) Identify essential information in an announcement or a
report.
2) Apply active listening strategies to understand short, but sustained and connected
conversations which contain negative statements, tag endings and questions,
reduced speech, linked words, phrasal verbs and common idioms.
3) Apply active listening strategies to identify the gist of
face-to-face conversations on a variety of subjects spoken at normal speed with
common patterns of reduced speech, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, and complex grammar
speech patterns.
4) Identify accurate and applicable information and adjust
listening strategies when appropriate in a variety of listening contexts (e.g.
on the telephone, meetings, lectures, etc.)
Attendance
Attendance
is very important for your progress to the next level. If you miss 20% of the total class time (5
classes), you will receive a grade of “No Progress” for the quarter. Also, if you come to class more than one-half
hour late or leave more than one-half hour early, the time you miss is part of
the 20%.
Important:
If you will be absent from a class, please leave a message on my voicemail or
send me an email.
To
go to the next level, you must show progress in your listening, reading and
writing. If you miss the CASAS reading
test and the writing task at the end of the quarter, you will receive a grade
of “No Progress.”
You may repeat a class only three times.
Textbook
Edwards,
Roberta. (2009). Michelle Obama, Mom in Chief. Grosset &
Dunlap:
New York, NY.
Books are available at University
Bookstore near Bellevue Square. The cost
is $4.99 + tax. 15 copies have been
ordered.
About Class
·
You will need a notebook, dictionary, pens,
and pencils. Bring them to each class.
·
Come to class on time.
·
Do all homework and participate in
class (work in groups/pairs, ask questions).
·
Be polite and respect your
classmates. We learn from each
other. We can help each other. We must treat one another with respect, even
when we have different ideas. We will
use professional student behavior that does not disturb others.
Grading
On
some your homework, I will write these numbers:
|
4
or É |
Exceptional |
|
3
or P |
Competent |
|
2
or P- |
Developing |
|
1
or - |
Beginning |
If you rewrite your homework based
on the feedback from your instructor, you may be able to earn a higher grade.
Gifts
The
students in this program often like to do nice things for their teachers at the
end of the quarter. A card with words
from all the students, flowers, and food are good ways to thank your teacher. Please do NOT buy your teacher a gift or give
money.
Campus
Closure
As our class meets at the Bellevue
Regional Library, please follow these steps during inclement weather:
1. Call
2. If
the library is open, then call Bellevue College (BC) at
425-401-6680 to check if classes
have been cancelled.
3. If
the classes at BC have been cancelled, we will NOT meet at the library even
when the library is open.
4. When
both the library is open and the classes at BC have not been cancelled,
we will meet at the library.
Students in ESL
classes at
You can review Student Procedures and Expectations
policies at www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum
Students with
disabilities must progress like other students.
You should tell the teacher about your disability, special illness, or
your need for special arrangements in class.
If you want to know
about Disability Resource Center (DRC), call 564-2498 or go to the DRC office
in room B132.
We do not
wish other people (parents, spouses, and friends of students) to speak for
students about school performance because this can slow student growth and
progress. We do this because
we would like students to speak for themselves and be independent. We also do it because federal law (the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act) says that we must protect the privacy of
student education records. It is BC
policy to keep school performance between the school and the student. If a
student asks for a parent, spouse, or friend to be at any instructor-student
discussion of academic performance, instructors will look at each situation and
make the final decision. You can see all of this policy, Arts and Humanities Commitment to Student Growth and Development, at
www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum