ESL Level 6 - Spring Quarter 2010
Course Schedule
Dates: Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 5:30-9:00 PM
Room: C155
No Class: 05/31/2010
Instructor Information
Name: Marcela Pop
Office: R130
Office Hours: by
appointment
E-mail: mpop@bellevuecollege.edu
Contact Phone: (425) 564-2513
School Closure Line: (425) 401-6680
Required Materials:
Linda Lee - ALL STAR 4 Textbook and Workbook, McGraw-Hill, ISBN
#0-07-322343-3
Children of The River by Linda Crew ISBN# 0-440-21022-4
An English / English dictionary (Random House College, Webster’s or Longman)
A binder for
your notes, your syllabus, and assignments
By
the end of this quarter, successful students should be able to:
Speak So Others Can Understand
use
appropriate vocabulary, show control of basic grammar and use a variety of
sentence types
learn and use different strategies
to help you be a better speaker
learn about informal language, such
as phrasal verbs and idioms
Listen Actively
understand longer conversations, stories and detailed
instructions that are at normal speed in
English
learn and use strategies to improve
listening and respond appropriately to conversations
Read With Understanding
read common and unfamiliar words
expand your vocabulary
find important information in texts
use reading strategies (scanning,
skimming, predicting outcomes, summarizing, main ideas) to
help you to understand the text better
Convey Ideas in Writing
learn to plan before you write a
paragraph
write an organized paragraph with a
clear topic and supporting details
revise and edit your writing
Attendance
You
need to come to class every time. Please call or email me if you cannot come to
class. Students who miss 20% (4 days) or more of the total class time in one
quarter will automatically receive a “No Progress” evaluation, even when other
criteria for student progress (assessments, homework, participation, and
attitude) are considered. The only reasons to miss class are for personal or
family illness or death in the family. Please call me and leave a message if
you cannot come or if you could not come the night before. Vacations, childcare
problems, illness for a long time, other classes, and job problems are
unexcused. In addition, students must be present for CASAS pre-and post-tests
scheduled at the beginning and end of each quarter. Failure to do so will
result in an automatic “No Progress” for that quarter. These tests are very important; you cannot continue to be a student in
this program unless you take all the pre and post tests. Tardiness (late
arrival) and early departure from class of more than one-half hour is part of
the 20% maximum time you could miss and still continue to progress.
Important Information for you:
Be
on time, do all the homework and participate in class. We all learn from each
other. Please respect your classmates and the teacher; do not disturb others by
having personal conversations in class. No cell phones on in class please!
Progress and completion will be based on many things, including test/assessment
scores, homework, attendance, class participation, etc. You will not be allowed
to enroll next quarter if you:
-Miss four classes, or 16 unexcused
hours, this quarter
-Do not make progress in class
-Miss the pre or post test or other
assessments.
Grading:
I
will write comments on the assignments and homework you hand in, and mark tests
and quizzes with the following grades:
4 +/- ……………Excellent
3 +/-…………….Good
2
+/-……………..OK with problems
1
+/-……………..Needs a lot of work
Each
student will keep a folder. The papers in the folder will help show how much
English you have learned.
Include
in your folder:
-attendance
sheets from every quarter at BCC
-goal
sheets from every quarter
-ARM
sheets with your CASAS scores from every quarter
-tests,
quizzes and feedback sheets from every quarter
-two
samples of your writing from every quarter
Academic
Honesty
According to the website http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/policy.html “The principle of academic honesty underlies
all that we do and applies to all courses at Bellevue College. One kind
of academic dishonesty is plagiarism, which may take many forms, including, but
not limited to, using a paper written by someone else, using printed sources
word-for-word without proper documentation, and paraphrasing or summarizing the
ideas of others without acknowledging the source. Plagiarism can also
occur when non-written ideas are taken without documentation-using someone
else's design or performance idea, for example. In short, plagiarism is
passing off someone else's ideas, words, or images as your own; it amounts to
intellectual theft-whether or not it was your intention to steal.
Bellevue College instructors have access to commercial plagiarism detection
software, so please be advised that any work you submit may be tested for
plagiarism.”
Plagiarism,
which we will discuss in class, will not
be tolerated. Plagiarism work will receive a grade of 0 without the possibility of make up. Cheating, stealing and
plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without
crediting the source) are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue
College http://bellevuecollege.edu/writinglab/Plagiarism.html
Four Rules to Practice in Every College Class
1. Respect everyone in class
and their right to learn.
2. Listen when the instructor
is talking.
3. Listen when another
student is talking.
4. Raise your hand when you
want to speak. The instructor will call on you when the time is appropriate.
If disruptive behavior
occurs, the instructor will speak to the student concerned and give a verbal
warning. The student is then responsible for immediately ending the
disruptions. If the behavior continues
after a verbal warning has been given, the student will be asked to leave the
class immediately and will not be allowed to return until they have met with
the Dean of Student Services (Office B-125), or Tom Graham, Program Chair,
Department of Developmental Education (R-130). If a student continues to be
disruptive after a meeting, the student can be dropped from the class at the
determination of the instructor and division head.
Students with mobility
challenges who may need assistance in case of emergency situation or
evacuation should register with Disability Resource Center, and review those
needs with the instructor as well. Students in
Students with disabilities must progress like other students. You
should tell me about your disability, special illness, or your need for special
arrangements in class. I can tell you about our Disability Resource Center (
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.