BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3000 Landerholm Circle SE

Bellevue, WA 98007

Winter Quarter, 2005

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE INFORMATION

Course: ESL 075C – Level 5

Dates: Monday and Wednesday; January 3, 2005 to March 23, 2005

No class Monday, January 17^th and Monday, February 21, 2005

Time: 5:30 PM – 8:50 PM

Room: L210

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name: Donna Holstad

Office: R130 Adjunct Office

Office Hours: By appointment

Contact Phone: (425) 564-2513

E-mail: dholstad@bcc.ctc.edu

COURSE OUTCOMES

We will work on the following items so that by the end of this year you will be able to:

• respond accurately to spoken English in a variety of situations and extract meanings when intonation, rhythm, stress, body language, and phrasal verbs are used;
• effectively begin, participate in, and end conversations in one-to-one, group, and large group situations;
• accurately locate, read, and interpret a variety of reading materials, especially longer articles, books, charts, graphs, tables, and forms;
• use English structures and mechanics to write and edit business letters, forms and multi-paragraph essays about a single topic;
• set and track the progress of your goals;
• use a variety of strategies to learn English;
• know about Service Learning and how you can participate.

ATTENDANCE

The only excused reasons for missing class are personal or family illness or a death in the family. Please call me and leave a message if you cannot come to class. Vacations, job problems, and other classes, long illnesses or taking care of family members for a long time are unexcused and are not reasons for missing class. You will not be allowed to enroll next quarter if you:

· miss 20% (4 days) of class sessions this quarter;

· do not make progress;

· miss the pre or post test or other required assessments. These pre and post tests are very important. You cannot be a student in this program unless you take all of the pre and post tests.

GRADING SCALE

I will write comments on the assignments and homework you hand in mark assignments and homework, as well as test and quizzes, with the following grades:

4 or + ………………. Exceptional

3 or √+ ………………. Competent

2 or √ ………………. Developing

1 or √- ………………. Beginning

Each student will keep a portfolio. The portfolio will include the following:

• Feedback Sheets with your assessment scores from the end of each quarter;
• all Attendance Sheets;
• all tests and quizzes from every quarter you attend Level 5;
• two or three samples of your writing from each quarter of Level 5; and
• any work you choose that shows you are achieving your goals.

TEXTBOOKS

You will need to buy your own textbooks this year. They are available in the BCC Bookstore. If you cannot afford to purchase these books, let me know and I will bring one to class.

Longman dictionary of American English. (1997). Addison Wesley Longman: New York.

News for You, New Readers Press: Syracuse, New York.

Otsuka, Julie. (2002). When the emperor was divine. Anchor Books: New York.

Trump, K., Trechter, S., & Holisky, D. (1992). Walk, amble stroll: Vocabulary building through domains, level 2. Heinle & Heinle: Boston.

STANDARDS FOR CONTINUED ENROLLMENT IN ESL CLASSES

Students attending ESL classes at Bellevue Community College are expected to make significant and sustained academic progress for their program and level. If academic progress, as defined in program policy, is not met, students may not continue in the program. Academic progress is determined by the teacher based on classroom work, tests (including CASAS pre and post tests), demonstration of competence on performance tasks, and attendance. Students will be informed near the end of the current quarter that they need to improve their performance or they may not be offered enrollment in future classes. Students with verified and documented educational disabilities must demonstrate the same progress as other students with reasonable accommodations, such as additional time. It is the responsibility of the student requesting reasonable accommodation to provide verification of disability and to disclose this information to the program and to the office of Disability Support Services.

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

Bellevue Community College’s “Affirmation of Inclusion” is posted in each classroom and states that we will all treat one another, students, faculty, staff members and administrators, with respect and dignity even if we don’t agree philosophically. This supports the idea of free speech in a free society—we have the right to express unpopular ideas as long as we don’t show disrespect for people who might not believe the same as we do. Appropriate student behavior is expected as outlined in the Arts and Humanities student expectations guidelines.

WHAT IS THE CLASS SCHEDULE FOR ESL LEVEL 075C WINTER 2005?

The following class schedule is subject to modification as the quarter progresses.*

MONDAY	Tues.	WEDNESDAY	Thurs.	Fri.
January 3	4	5	6	7
10	11	12 Writing Lab	13	14
17 HOLIDAY No Classes	18	19 Writing Lab	20	21
24 With Anthropology Class Guest Speaker -- Dr. Gomes BCC’s Scholar-in-Residence	25	26 Service Learning Discussion #1 Theme: Family & Community Writing Lab	27	28
31	Feb. 1	2 Writing Lab	3	4 No Classes
7	8	9 Service Learning Discussion #2 Theme: Food & Culture Writing Lab	10	11
14	15	16 Writing Lab	17	18
21 HOLIDAY No Classes	22	23 Service Learning Discussion #3 Theme: Language & Communication Writing Lab	24	25
28	March 1	2 Writing Lab	3 No Classes	4
7 Service Learning Discussion #4 Theme: Discussion of “When the Emperor was Divine”	8	9 Writing Lab	10	11
14	15	16 Writing Lab	17	18
21		23

*If class is cancelled by the college due to inclement weather or for any other reason, assignments

will be due or tests will be given on the very next class meeting.