welcome to the esl center
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Welcome to the ESL Center. Goals. ESL 403 – Fall 2013. Improve your writing. Practice grammar. Follow directions carefully Do well in your ESL class. What will you be doing in ESL 403?. Write paragraphs brainstorm (5min) + write (40 min) print 2 copies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to theWelcome to theESL CenterESL Center
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Goals
ESL 403 – Fall 2013
• Improve your writing
• Practice grammar
• Follow directions carefully
• Do well in your ESL class
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1. Write paragraphs • brainstorm (5min) + write (40 min)• print 2 copies• get red ESL Center stamp on them• HW: fill out self-editing worksheet
2. Meet with tutors to revise the paragraph• HW: revise paragraph
3. Do grammar practice exercises online• print out “Scorecard” at end of semester• do NOT email your instructor your results
4. Participate in workshops on writing topics • take notes during the workshops
5. Keep a portfolio of your work from class = all notes, assignments etc. from the class• at least 75% to pass ESL 403!
What will you be doing in ESL 403?
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•Using FaceBook
•Sending messages via e-mail or text messages
•Surfing the internet.
If you use the Internet for activities not related to this class, you will be asked to leave the ESL Center and you will not get attendance credit for the class hour.
(There is no way to make up this time)
What will you NOT be doing this semester in the lab?
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• You must attend the same class days and hours every week.
• Homework for this class (check Assignment Sheet for due dates):
• Self-editing paragraph worksheet
• Revise paragraph after you see a tutor
• There are no books or lab fees for this class.
• Class is taken for Pass /No Pass, not a letter grade!
• Make sure on your class schedule that this class is for P/N! YOU must do this – if not, you will get a “C” or an “F”.
Some general information
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1. Laptops• ESL 403 website • Exercise Central website
(grammar exercises)• Microsoft Word (write
paragraphs)
2. Printer• To print 2 copies of each paragraph
– no other assignments!
Tools for you to use in Center
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Tools YOU need to bring
Every time you come to the ESL Center, you must bring the following:
1. Your PCC photo ID card (Lancer Card)
2. Your portfolio folder, with
• your class schedule print out
• your ESL 403 Assignment Sheet
3. Your flash drive to save your paragraph
• Sometimes the computer shuts down and you could lose your paragraph!
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Who Can Help Me During ESL 403?
• Your lab instructor = faculty workshop instructor / check your self-editing worksheets / sign your Assignment Sheets/grade your portfolios at end of semester
• Peer tutors = help you with paragraph assignments
•The lab technician/front desk staff = help you with computer questions and problems
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Your colored assignment sheet lists the assignments to complete each time you come in for class.
•Front desk stamps it when you arrive and when you leave.
•Instructor will sign it after tutoring or workshops.It helps record your grade, so don’t forget to bring it!
What’s an Assignment Sheet?
You will get your Assignment Sheet next week.
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What if I lose my Assignment Sheet?
Do not lose your assignment sheet! It is your proof for attending the class and for getting credit at the end of the semester.
If there is any problem with the electronic record of your attendance, your assignment sheet will prove that you have been attending class.
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The portfolio is a folder where you keep the documents and your work from the class. You must get 75% or better in order to pass ESL 403.
You will turn it in at the end of the semester to your ESL 403 instructor for grading.
You might give it to your 122 instructor at the end of the semester if s/he asks for it.
It will be graded for completeness on the last day of ESL403 class.
What’s a Portfolio?
Recommended folder: 2-pocket folder or 3-ring binder
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1. Assignment Sheet
2. Class registration print-out
3. Your typed paragraphs (brainstorming + first + final draft + self-editing worksheet.)
4. Your notes from workshops
5. Exercise Central Score-card (end of semester)
6. Portfolio Checklist/Grading sheet (end of semester)
What goes in Portfolio?
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What’s a Portfolio Checklist/Gradesheet?
• Way for your ESL 403 professor to grade your Portfolio
• You must get 75% on it to pass ESL 403.
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Writing Paragraphs•45 min only – no extra time
•Follow proper formatting (see last page of syllabus for a sample – next week we’ll discuss it more)
•Brainstorm on another piece of paper + staple it to par.
•Save to flash drive regularly (Do you remember why?)
•Print 2 copies in the lab (take laptop to printer and plug in)
•Have both copies stamped at the front desk.
•Homework: Self-editing sheet (each self-editing sheet = 5 points); staple to the front of paragraph+ brainstorming. (This will be called your paragraph “packet”)
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Always save some time to print!
If the printer is not working: - Use printer in LAC or in computer lab on 1st floor.- You will need a Printing
Venda-card!
Remember: always save some time to print!
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Printing With a Vendacard
In the LAC D-300
To get a Vendacard, you insert a $1.00 bill into one of the five Card Vending machines. (The card includes five copies @ 10 cents a page.)
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TutoringTutoring is one of the most important services that we offer. You will meet with a different tutor each time to look at your paragraphs.
Three-four students will be tutored at the same time.
The next time you have tutoring, all of you will see another tutor together, not the same one from the last tutoring session.
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Walk-in tutoring at times outside of this lab class during ESL Center open hours can not be used as a substitute for attending your regular lab class hours.
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When You Meet With a Tutor
Your assignment sheet tells you when you will meet with the tutor.
1.Faculty member will sign your Assignment Sheet (only if you are prepared and have done the HW) = each signature = 10 points.
2.You will work together with your tutoring partners and the tutor on your paragraph.
3.For homework, you need to revise and re-type the paragraph that you worked on with the tutor.
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How do I get a Faculty Signature?
Faculty member will sign your Assignment Sheet if:
• You have brainstorming, stapled to the paragraph
• You have done the self-editing sheet, and it’s stapled
• You have two copies of the paragraph, with ESL Center red stamps on them
• You have done the revision HW when assigned
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Acceptable ESL 403 Work
• You must work on ESL 403 assignments during this hour:– Exercise Central (online grammar exercises)– Tutoring for ESL lab assignments– Write paragraph assignment on the laptop– Class workshop + taking notes
• You must not do– Online research for your other ESL classes or PCC
classes– Homework for other classes
Next week we’ll look at Exercise Central
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•Class will end 5 minutes before the time listed in the Schedule of Classes and you can check out by swiping your Lancer Card.
•Bring your Assignment Sheet to the front desk for check-out stamp.
Do not leave class without checking out!
Checking In and Out
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ESL 403: P/NP Grades
You will be given a Pass or No Pass grade based on the following:1. A computer-generated report reflecting the times (and total number of hours) you attended the ESL 403 lab hour.
2. Original copy of assignment sheet. You must submit this on the last day of class.
You need to change your grading
Option to P/NP in the L bldg
records dept!
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ESL 403 Grades – P/NP only!
You must go to the Records office to change your grading option for this class. You must do this before the school deadline. If you do not, you may get a “C” or an “F” instead of a “P” or an “NP”, and that will affect your GPA.
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We will take roll electronically each class by swiping your I.D. card when
you enter the ESL Center. Don’t forget to swipe your card!
Attendance
If the computer doesn’t work, you will sign in on a clipboard that gets passed around after class starts.
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Keep Track of Your Time!• You are expected to stay for at least 50
minutes every time that you come to the ESL Center during your registered lab hour.
• At the end of the semester, if you don’t have hours of attendance, you will not pass this lab class.
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More than 5 minutes late= absent from the class.
• You can still come in and do your work
• You can not scan your card = no credit for that class time
• No attendance stamp “IN” on your Assignment Sheet
Coming Late
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Absences
Come every week during your registered lab hour.
If you are absent more than twice, you will receive a “No Pass” grade for the class.
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• Don’t use up your 2 absences in the first half of the semester because you may need them later.
• There are no make-up classes for the ESL Center lab classes.
• If you miss a paragraph-writing day – contact professor for the topic, do brainstorming, paragraph and self-editing and bring to tutoring; no signature but you will have something to revise for HW.
• If you miss a grammar day: do the exercises at home (ask another student which ones).
• If you miss a tutoring day: no make-up work possible; no signature.
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You cannot take ESL 122 without ESL 403. They must be taken together on the same semester with the paired class that is posted on the Schedule of Classes.
Your ESL 403 grade can affect your ESL 122 grade. Ask your ESL 122 instructor about this.
If you stop coming to the lab class, you will not automatically be dropped, so you need to do it yourself. If you don’t drop yourself, you will get a NP grade instead of a “W” (withdrawal) for ESL 403.
Important: if you don’t pass your ESL 122 class and you take ESL 122 again, if it’s paired with ESL 403 lab class, you will have to repeat ESL 403, too!
ESL 122 & ESL 403
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Like all labs on campus, the ESL Center has certain rules that we must ask you to observe.
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• Change the computer system settings
•Install or download programs
•Damage the computer hardware
•Bring in ANY food or drink (not even bottled water)
•Take a break longer than 5 minutes
•If you take a break, bring your Assignment Sheet to the front desk.
While in the ESL Center, please do not :
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Please turn off all cell phones before coming to class; a vibrating phone is still a distraction!
You must not text message or talk on your cell phone while working in the lab.
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Due to insurance regulations, no children or other guests are allowed in the ESL Center
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Homework for next week:
1. Get a portfolio folder
2. Bring Lancer ID card + flash drive to class.
3. Change the grading option for this class to P/NP
4. Read the syllabus carefully!
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Any questions?