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1 SYLLABUS: (ESL 232A & ESL 232B) Intermediate Listening and Speaking 1) Instructor: Rick Robinson Term: Spring 2017 2) Class codes: ESL 232A Level: 22240 ESL 232B Level: 22292 3) Classroom: E204 4) Class hours: 8:00 to 9:50 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays 5) Office hours: 12 - 1 p.m., Mondays & Wednesdays; 10 - 11 Tuesdays & Thursdays (or by appointment) 6) Office/contact: Tower 405 Phone number: (510) 464-3164 (Leave a message or write if you are absent.) E-mail: [email protected] Word Press Blog: http://RickBRobinson.wordpress.com 7) Class type: Basic Skills credit 8) Pass/fail option: Request P/F (credit/non-credit) Room A-109, Admissions & Records, before February 10. 9) Prerequisite: Successful completion of ESL 283B: High Beginning Listening and Speaking or ESL 250B: Speaking 2 or placement by Peralta Colleges multiple measures assessment . 10) 1 required textbook: English in Action 4 (2nd edition); (approximately) $31.75 (new), $24.50 (used) Seven Things to Learn About English — Mr. Robinson’s ESL 232 Listening/Speaking Reader $15.75 (new), $12 (used) (The prices listed above may be slightly higher or lower, depending upon supplier costs.) 11) Important note: Please, do not use a translator or a dictionary during class hours. 12) PURPOSE: This class provides intermediate level students with oral practice using English grammar structures, expressions and idioms. This class is primarily an oral grammar class which encourages students to speak in controlled situations. (This is not a conversation class.) 13) SLO’s (Student Learning Outcomes): For ESL 232A Students: For ESL 232B Students: 1. Express ideas fluently, accurately, 1. Express ideas fluently, accurately, and appropriately in spoken American and appropriately in spoken American English at an intermediate ESL level. English at a high intermediate ESL level. 2. Comprehend and respond appropriately 2. Comprehend and respond appropriately to spoken American English at an to spoken American English at a high intermediate ESL level. intermediate ESL level. 3. Demonstrate intermediate ESL 3. Demonstrate high intermediate ESL knowledge and use of American cultural knowledge and use of American cultural conventions in oral communications. conventions in oral communications. 14) Attendance Policy: STUDENTS WHO MISS MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS OF CLASS WILL BE DROPPED. (Three tardies equal one hour of absence.) (From the Laney College Catalogue:) "When a student has accumulated absences totaling one more than the number of class meetings in two weeks, the student should be dropped from the class for non-attendance. However, the instructor should have made every effort to confer with the student regarding class attendance and its importance before dropping the student." 15) School policy: A student must attend the first class meeting to hold his/her place in class. 16) Weight of quizzes and examinations: Grading Rubric: Written exams, homework= 50% of total grade 90-100% = A 60-69% = D Oral participation = 30% of total grade 80-89% = B 59-below = F Final exam = 20% of total grade 70-79% = C TOTAL =100% 17) Other factors which may affect your final grade include attitude and class participation. 18) Homework assignments are due on the day assigned, not later. Late homework may mean a lower grade. 19) Attendance for the final class meeting, Thursday, May 25, is required. There will be a final graded activity on that day, and students who do not attend will receive a zero for the activity, which will cause their class grade to be reduced one full grade. (That is, an A will be changed to a B, a B to a C, a C to a D, or a D to an F.)

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SYLLABUS: (ESL 232A & ESL 232B) Intermediate Listening and Speaking

1) Instructor: Rick Robinson Term: Spring 2017

2) Class codes: ESL 232A Level: 22240 ESL 232B Level: 22292 3) Classroom: E204

4) Class hours: 8:00 to 9:50 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays

5) Office hours: 12 - 1 p.m., Mondays & Wednesdays; 10 - 11 Tuesdays & Thursdays (or by appointment)

6) Office/contact: Tower 405 Phone number: (510) 464-3164 (Leave a message or write if you are absent.) E-mail: [email protected] Word Press Blog: http://RickBRobinson.wordpress.com

7) Class type: Basic Skills credit

8) Pass/fail option: Request P/F (credit/non-credit) Room A-109, Admissions & Records, before February 10.

9) Prerequisite: Successful completion of ESL 283B: High Beginning Listening and Speaking or ESL 250B: Speaking 2 or placement by Peralta Colleges multiple measures assessment .

10) 1 required textbook: English in Action 4 (2nd edition); (approximately) $31.75 (new), $24.50 (used) Seven Things to Learn About English — Mr. Robinson’s ESL 232 Listening/Speaking Reader $15.75 (new), $12 (used)

(The prices listed above may be slightly higher or lower, depending upon supplier costs.)

11) Important note: Please, do not use a translator or a dictionary during class hours.

12) PURPOSE: This class provides intermediate level students with oral practice using English grammar structures, expressions and idioms. This class is primarily an oral grammar class which encourages students to speak in controlled situations. (This is not a conversation class.)

13) SLO’s (Student Learning Outcomes):

For ESL 232A Students: For ESL 232B Students:

1. Express ideas fluently, accurately, 1. Express ideas fluently, accurately, and appropriately in spoken American and appropriately in spoken American English at an intermediate ESL level. English at a high intermediate ESL level.

2. Comprehend and respond appropriately 2. Comprehend and respond appropriately to spoken American English at an to spoken American English at a high intermediate ESL level. intermediate ESL level.

3. Demonstrate intermediate ESL 3. Demonstrate high intermediate ESL knowledge and use of American cultural knowledge and use of American cultural conventions in oral communications. conventions in oral communications.

14) Attendance Policy: STUDENTS WHO MISS MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS OF CLASS WILL BE DROPPED. (Three tardies equal one hour of absence.)

(From the Laney College Catalogue:) "When a student has accumulated absences totaling one more than the number of class meetings in two weeks, the student should be dropped from the class for non-attendance. However, the instructor should have made every effort to confer with the student regarding class attendance and its importance before dropping the student."

15) School policy: A student must attend the first class meeting to hold his/her place in class.

16) Weight of quizzes and examinations: Grading Rubric: Written exams, homework = 50% of total grade 90-100% = A 60-69% = D Oral participation = 30% of total grade 80-89% = B 59-below = F Final exam = 20% of total grade 70-79% = C TOTAL =100%

17) Other factors which may affect your final grade include attitude and class participation.

18) Homework assignments are due on the day assigned, not later. Late homework may mean a lower grade.

19) Attendance for the final class meeting, Thursday, May 25, is required. There will be a final graded activity on that day, and students who do not attend will receive a zero for the activity, which will cause their class grade to be reduced one full grade. (That is, an A will be changed to a B, a B to a C, a C to a D, or a D to an F.)