BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3000 Landerholm Circle SE

Bellevue, WA  98007

Fall Quarter, 2005

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE INFORMATION

 

Course:                         ESL 065D – Level 5 (Item 7281)

Dates:                           Tuesday & Thursday; September 20-December 6, 2005

Time:                            5:30 PM – 8:50 PM

Room:                           R209

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

 

Name:                          Mark Paulson

Office:                          R-130 Part Time Office

Office Hours:                By appointment

Contact Phone:              (425) 564-3142

E-mail:                          paulsonmark@hotmail.com

No classes:                   October 4th College Issues Day; November 24th Thanksgiving Holiday

 

COURSE OUTCOMES

We will work on the following items so that by the end of this quarter 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 and participate as a volunteer in Service Learning.

 

 

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 four unexcused classes this quarter;

·         do not make progress;

·         miss the pre or post CASAS test or other required assessments. These pre and post CASAS 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, if possible.

 

Strategies for Success. by H. Douglas Brown. Longman Publishing.

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

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl.

 

STANDARDS FOR CONTINUED ENROLLMENT IN ESL CLASSES

 

Students in this program are expected to make progress each quarter and finish a level in  3 quarters or less of instruction. You cannot take a class at the same level for a 4th quarter. This is a rule of the college. If you want to take a class for the 4th quarter, you must write an appeal (a letter) and state clearly why you need one more quarter. You need to give this letter to the Program Chair of Developmental Education for consideration.  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.

 

To find out if the campus is open during bad weather, go to: http://status.bcc.ctc.edu/     or call (425) 401-6680