SPEAKING/LISTENING 2A

Instructor:                            Chris Hall

Meeting times                      Monday-Friday        3:30-4:20

Office hours/Phone:          C230 Monday-Friday 9:30-10:20;  564-2254

e-mail:                                   chall@bcc.ctc.edu

Text:                                      Talk It Up by Joann Rishel Kozyrev/

COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

· Ask and answer questions

· Be able to respond clearly, logically and grammatically to a variety of real life situations

· Take notes

· Ask for clarification

ACTIVITIES

· Lectures

· Pair, small and large group work

· Class discussions

· Video study

· Idiom/vocabulary study

· Pronunciation study and practice

GRADING POLICY

Attendance                            -3 points per absence or consistent lateness

Homework                             5-10 points each

Quizzes                                  25 points each

Idiom Presentations              15 points each

Participation                          20 points per week

Speeches                              25 points each

Comprehensibility                 (an important factor in passing or not)

GRADING SCALE

94-100            A

84-93              B

75-83              C

65-74              D

below 65        F

MATERIALS

8 1/2” X 11” WHITE college ruled paper

CALENDAR

· TOEFL                             February 10

· No classes                       January 15, February 20

· Final Exam                       March 15, 1:30

· EOQ  Celebration           March 16, 1:30

IT IS IMPORTANT TO:

1. Be on time to class. (Students consistently late will lose 3 points per day late.)

2. Come to class everyday.  (Any hour that you are not in class is counted as an absence.  Students who miss more than 10 hours of this class will not receive a passing grade.  Students who miss more than 12 hours of this class may be dismissed from ELI.  (See student handbook.)

3. Bring your own texts, dictionary, paper and pencils with you daily.

4. Have your homework done on time.  Do it yourself.  Cheating will result in a “0” for the assignment for the first offense.  Subsequent offenses will result in the loss of one full letter grade for the class per offense.

5. Speak English only.

6. See or e-mail me when you’re unsure about a lesson or an assignment.

7. Get extra help when needed.

8. Talk to me immediately after you are absent.

9. Be respectful of your classmates and your teacher.

10. No eating, smoking or using cell phone/pagers during class

11. Keep all homework, quizzes and tests in a notebook in chronological order for review and in the event of a question concerning a score

12. Think positive.