ESL 51B

Intermediate Listening and Speaking

Instructor: Dr. Jenny SimonOffice: H-321E

E-mail:ffice Hours: MTWTh 7:30am-8:00am

Phone Number: (310) 660-3187 (or you may make an appointment)

Website:

Prerequisite: ESL 51A with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment.

Schedule and Location: MTWTh 8:00-11:30a.m.H-309

Required Books and Materials: (Available in the El Camino College bookstore.)

  1. All Clear 3: Listening and Speaking (2nd ed.), by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis, Thomson-Heinle, 2007.
  2. English Pronunciation Made Simple (with Audio CDs) by Paulette Dale and Lillian Poms, Longman, 2005.
  3. A blank audio cassette or access to a digital recording device.
  4. A CD player or computer with CD drive.
  5. One to two packages of index cards.

Course Website: General information about ESL 51B may be found at 51B.html. If you lose your syllabus, a new one may be downloaded from here.

Course Description: “This intermediate course helps ESL students gain greater confidence in listening and speaking English. Students participate in a wide range of activities such as listening to mini-lectures and taking notes, presenting impromptu speeches, prepared speeches, and oral reports, conducting group out-of-class surveys and one-on-one interviews, and planning, performing, and critiquing debates. Students are taught listening and speaking strategies, shown how to improve their pronunciation, intonation, and stress, and are introduced to American culture, idioms, and humor.” (El Camino College Course Catalog).

Course Objectives:

  1. Recognize and pronounce phonemes approximating standard American pronunciation.
  2. Recognize and use approximately correct American sentence stress and intonation patterns, including the appropriate use of contractions and reduced forms.
  3. Apply culturally appropriate conversation management techniques, such as asking for clarification or politely disagreeing.
  4. Comprehend and employ common American idiomatic expressions.
  5. Identify the main ideas of a lecture or other oral presentation and record the information through note-taking.
  6. Prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, with attention to speaking loudly and clearly enough to be understood, making eye contact, avoiding distracting habits, using visuals appropriately, and considering the interests of the audience.
  7. Express opinions, explain ideas, defend viewpoints, and support ideas verbally.

Course Work:

Quizzes: I will be giving frequent quizzes on the All Clear and English Pronunciation Made Simple lessons. Please see the calendar for the dates of these quizzes.

Homework: Homework will be assigned from All Clear and English Pronunciation Made Simple. In addition, you will be expected to turn in weekly listening logs and keep index cards of new vocabulary words and expressions as well as the phonetic symbols that we discuss in class. There will also be several big projects that you will need to work on outside of class.

Tests: There will be two listening tests (one in the middle of the semester, and one at the end of the semester as part of the final test). The final test will also include material from all chapters of All Clear.

Projects: There will be several individual or group projects throughout the semester, including: a monologue tape (individual), a group survey project (group), an impromptu speech (individual), a prepared speech (individual), a movie review (individual), and a debate (group/individual). More details will be given about these projects throughout the semester.

Course Policies:

Absences: You are allowed three absences. Please try to save up these absences in case of illness or emergency. At the fourth, you could be automatically dropped from the class unless you convince me of your motivation to stay in class. Please come talk to me if there are extenuating circumstances that make you have to miss class. Final grades in this class will be affected by a poor attendance record because absence affects your ability to participate effectively.

Tardiness: Excessive tardiness will count as an absence. If you are frequently late to class, I will start counting those days as absences. It is very important that you come to class on time.

Late/Missed Work: Your grade will be marked down by 10% for each class a project is late (e.g. speeches, reports, debates, monologue tapes). If you miss class on the day your project is due, then you can turn it in or present it at the next class period with a 10% penalty (i.e. your grade will be lowered by 10% for each class it is late). Late homework/listening logs will only be accepted on the day it is due, and one class after that—for half credit. (Please see the end of this syllabus for a coupon, which will allow you to turn in one late homework assignment or listening log). If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to make up the work. You should get the phone number and/or e-mail address of a trustworthy classmate in case you miss class.

Name: ______Phone/E-mail: ______

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Tests/Quizzes: There will be no make-up tests or quizzes. If you are absent on the day of a quiz, you will not be able to make it up, but I will drop your lowest quiz score at the end of the semester. If you are absent on the day of a test (the mid-semester listening test or the final test), you will receive an automatic ‘F’ on that in-class writing unless you can present documented evidence that your absence was caused by extreme illness or emergency. If you genuinely are ill or have an emergency, it is your responsibility to notify me as quickly as possible so that we can make other arrangements. Going on vacation or having to work on the day of a test will not be counted as legitimate excuses.

Academic honesty: Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. If you are caught copying someone else’s work, you will receive an automatic “0” on the assignment, test, or quiz. If you are caught copying another author’s writing without giving credit to that author (plagiarism), this will also count as cheating, and you will receive a “0” on the assignment.

Miscellaneous:

Disabled Students: Also, please note that students with disabilities who may need special academic accommodations should discuss options with the instructor during the first week of class.

Grading:

Your grade will break down as follows:

Listening Logs10%

Quizzes10%

Homework/Daily Participation10%

Tests15%

Projects55%

Monologue Tape 5%

Survey Project10%

Impromptu Speech 5%

Prepared Speech15%

Movie Review 5%

Debate15%

Important Dates:

Last day to add the class; last day to drop and be eligible for a Thurs., June 25

refund of enrollment fee

Last day to drop without a notation on transcriptWed., July 1

Independence DayHolidayThurs., July 2

Last day to drop with a “W”Mon., July 20

Last day of semesterThurs., July 30

Course Schedule:

AC=All Clear

EPMS=English Pronunciation Made Simple

Week / Day / Date / In-Class Activities / Current Projects
Week 1: / M / June 22 / Syllabus; Introductions
T / June 23 / EPMSCh. 2-4; AC, Ch. 1; discuss monologue tape assignment
W / June 24 / EPMSCh. 5-6; AC, Ch. 1 / Monologue tape
Th / June 25 / Listening Log 1 due; EPMS Ch. 7-8; AC, Ch. 1 / Monologue tape; study for Quiz #1
Week 2: / M / June 29 / Listening Log 2 due; Quiz #1;
AC, Ch. 2 / Monologue tape
T / June 30 / EPMS, Ch. 10, 13, AC, Ch. 2
W / July 1 / EPMS, Ch. 14, AC, Ch. 2; introduce surveys / Study for Quiz #2; survey project
Th / July 2 / INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY—NO CLASS
Week 3: / M / July 6 / Monologue tape due; Listening Log 3 due; introduce impromptu speeches; AC, Ch. 2 / Study for Quiz #2; survey project; impromptu speeches
T / July 7 / Quiz #2; check index cards; work on surveys in class, EPMS, Ch. 15-17 / Survey project; impromptu speeches
W / July 8 / Impromptu Speeches; EPMS, Ch. 17; AC, Ch. 3 / Survey project
Th / July 9 / Listening Log 4 due; AC, Ch. 3; finish work on surveys / Survey project
Week 4: / M / July 13 / Listening Log 5 due; Survey project presentations; Review for pronunciation test #1 / Study for pronunciation test #1; quiz #3
T / July 14 / Pronunciation Test #1; Quiz #3; library orientation (debate project) / Debate
W / July 15 / Start AC, Ch. 4; discuss consonants of American English (EPMS, Ch. 23) voiceless stops [p, t, k] (EPMS, Ch. 25, 36, 45) start discussing prepared speeches / Prepared Speech; debate; study for quiz #4
Th / July 16 / Listening Log 6 due; Discuss voiced stops [b, d, g] (EPMS, Ch. 26, 37, 46); pronunciation of past tense verbs (EPMS, Ch. 53) AC, Ch. 4; Start discussing debates / Prepared Speech; debate; study for quiz #4
Week 5: / M / July 20 / Listening Log 7 due; AC, Ch. 4; Discuss voiceless continuants [s, θ, ʃ, f, h] (EPMS Ch. 24, 27, 30, 38) Work on debates in class / Prepared Speech; debate; study for quiz #4
T / July 21 / AC, Ch. 4; discuss voiced continuants [z, ð,ʒ, v, l, r] (EPMS Ch. 24, 28, 32, 39, 42, 43), pronunciation of plurals (EPMS, Ch. 54); Work on prepared speeches in class / Prepared Speech; debate; study for quiz #4
W / July 22 / Prepared Speeches Due; Discuss semi-vowels; [w, j] (EPMS, Ch. 33, 41) / Debate; study for quiz #4
Th / July 23 / Listening Log 8 due;Quiz #4; Discuss sounds [dʒ, tʃ] (EPMS, Ch. 30, 33); work on debates; start AC, Ch. 5 / Debates; study for final exam
Week 6: / M / July 27 / Discuss nasals [m, n, ŋ] (EPMS, Ch. 47, 48, 49); AC, Ch. 5 / Debates; study for final exam
T / July 28 / Work on debates in class; review for final; AC, Ch. 5 / Debates; study for final exam
W / July 29 / Debates Due; final review / Study for final exam
Th / July 30 / Final exam—pronunciation test and AC Chapters 1-5

Coupon

This coupon entitles the bearer to turn in one assignment late without penalty (please see bottom of coupon for rules). On the day the assignment is due, clip this coupon, fill in the following information, and turn it in instead of the completed assignment. Then at the next class meeting, turn in the late assignment.

Student Name: ______

Date: ______

Name/Description of Assignment: ______

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1. This coupon may only be used one time!

2. In order to receive credit for the assignment, the assignment must be turned by the next class period. After the next class period, the normal rules for late assignments apply.

3. This coupon can only be used for homework assignments or listening logs; it may not be used for quizzes, tests, or projects.

Syllabus1ESL 51B

SimonSummer 2009