IENG 021 High Intermediate Critical Reading and Writing Syllabus

AUKIEPSPRING 2014

IENG 021 High Intermediate Critical Reading and Writing Syllabus

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AUK Mission Statement

The American University of Kuwait is a liberal arts institution based on the American model of higher education. It is dedicated to providing students with knowledge, self-awareness, and personal growth experiences that can enhance critical thinking, effective communication, and respect for diversity. AUK seeks to create leaders and lifelong learners who aspire to the highest standards of moral and ethical responsibility in their societies.

IEP Mission Statement

The mission of the American University of Kuwait (AUK) Intensive English Program (IEP) is to prepare students seeking admission to enter the academic degree programs of AUK, by enabling them to gain sufficient mastery of the English Language and successfully apply the critical thinking skills they need to excel as students both during and after their formal studies. IEP will achieve its mission by training non-native English speakers in specific uses of English for academic purposes, by providing quality English language instruction to all who have chosen English as their medium of communication for academic pursuits and by promoting international, intercultural and self-understanding.

Gender Segregation

All instructors, coordinators, and staff will conduct university activities in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and university policies and procedures. AUK accreditation by the Ministry of Higher Education (Council for Private Universities) depends on compliance with Article 6 of the Law on the Establishment of Private Universities (Law No. 34 for the year 2000). The Article says:

Private universities/colleges and branches of foreign universities shall abide by the following:

1.Operate its buildings to ensure gender segregation in all departments, disciplines and student activities.

2.Observe Islamic values and time-honored traditions in relation to students’ costumes and activities.

All faculty and staff must comply with Article 6 of the Law on the Establishment of Private Universities (Law No. 34 for the year 2000).

Catalogue Description

This course focuses on developing reading and writing skills necessary for success in the academic environment. Under the close supervision of the instructor and using the workshop method, the student will utilize academic text material to analyze, evaluate, summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize information and ideas taken from a variety of sources in the creation of paragraphs and short essays. The student is guided through methods of appropriately extending and supporting ideas contained within texts. Exit exam required. Credit earned cannot be used for graduation. Prerequisite: ACCUPLACER (LPT 78-93.5) (ESL Write Placer 3-4). Corequisite: IENG 020.

Goal

The goal of the course is for students to demonstrate reading and writing proficiency at the low advanced level.

Purpose

The purpose of IENG 021 is to build on the foundations set forth in the IEP Reading and Writing (new students as well as IENG 010 and 011 risers) to continue to develop the ability to read and write through intermediate academic topics with emphasis on expanding vocabulary, expanding basic paragraph formation, and developing critical thinking skills that will equip the students with the necessary skills needed to be successful in IENG 031.

Objectives:

Reading

Students will:

demonstrate reading comprehension skills.
employ effective reading strategies.
apply critical thinking skills to a variety of academic reading material.
identify significant andrhetorical elements in texts.
demonstrate their knowledge of the Academic Word List and vocabulary for their level.

Writing

Students will:

1. paraphrase and summarize multi-paragraph texts accurately.

2. analyze and synthesize information from a variety of sources.

3. integrate their own ideas and experiences into the topics discussed in multi-paragraph texts.

4. use basic MLA conventions.

5. compose papers free of serious grammatical and mechanical errors.

6. demonstrate comprehension of rhetorical elements.

7. employ correct paragraph and/or essay structure to all papers.

Student Learning Outcomes

Reading

Students will be able to:

apply reading comprehension skills to academic tasks to both fiction and non-fiction sources.
develop reading strategies to preview, predict, question, skim, and scan academic texts.
analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and infer information from texts.
identify main idea, supporting details, purpose, tone, and mode of organization in readings on a variety of topics.
Use knowledge of academic vocabulary to determine meaning in context.

Writing

Students will be able to:

summarize multi-paragraph articles accurately.
analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and infer information from texts to produce a composition.
compose a paperusing evidence from personal experience/observation.
attribute and/or cite information from sources according to MLA conventions.
demonstrate correct usage of English mechanics and grammar.
produce papers utilizing different rhetorical modes.
construct papers employing correct use of paragraph and/or essay structure.

Required Texts: Great Paragraphs(Folse, Solomon, and Vokoun)

Reading Explorer 2 (MacIntyre)

English Essentials(John Langan)

A pocket English-English Dictionary

A pocket Dictionary Thesaurus

Materials

Students may be required to purchase and have with them daily any or all of the following items or others as stated by the Instructor:

A 2 or 3-Ring Binder with paper protector pockets

A pack of college-ruled loose leaf lined paper (min. 100 sheets)

Highlighter

2 black pens, 2 blue pens, 2 red pens, 2 green pens

2 pencils with erasers

Flash memory/USB.

Course Policies

Students will not be admitted to class late without permission.
“In the event that the student misses 15% in any one or combination of classes (whichever comes first) for any reason, the instructor will inform the Director of the Intensive English Program, and the Director will advise the student to withdraw from the program. If the student hasn’t withdrawn by the last withdrawal date, the student may be subject to an administrative withdrawal or final grade of F” (AUK Catalog/IEP/Policy on Attendance and Lateness).
Medical excuses will not be accepted. Hospitalizations must be verified by the director. An acceptable excused absence is: a death in the immediate family (father, mother, brother or sister), you were hospitalized for 24 hours or more due to illness or surgery, or you have documented serious/fatal illness. All absences are subject to approval by the Director of IEP. The classroom instructor may not excuse you.
Students may not leave a classroom and re-enter without permission.
Students who attempt to attend class without all required materials may be dismissed from class and marked absent.
Students who miss a quiz for any reason will receive a zero for that quiz.
Students who miss an exam for an excusable reason will have one week to make it up. Students who do not make up the exam within that week will receive a zero. Students who do not have a legitimate, documented excuse for having missed the exam will receive a zero.
Students who miss class for any reason are responsible for all material covered AND for making sure that they are caught up and ready to participate in class when they return.
Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. (Plagiarism is grounds for dismissal from the University. Students are referred to the Student Handbook and to the AUK Catalogue and to Policies ACA 004 and 005 for details regarding Academic Honesty.)
Late work will not be accepted.

Classroom Behavior

Students may not use their mobiles during class.
Students may not use classroom computers except for class activities.
Eating, drinking, and smoking are not allowed in the classroom.
Disruptive or disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated.

Time

IENG 021 will meet 5 hours per day, 5 days a week, for 17 weeks.

Lab

IENG 021/020 students will be required to attend 1 hour of lab daily each day of the course. Attendance will be taken, and the 5% grade for Lab will reflect both attendance and completion of assigned lab work. When appropriate, grades will be integrated as part of the Quizzes grade as well.

Exit Exam

You will be required to retake the ACCUPLACER Exam at the end of the semester to compare your performance on it with your performance on the earlier test.

Grading System

A 90—100 Excellent

B 80—89 Very Good

C 70—79 Satisfactory

A "C" (70%) is the lowest grade that never involves an academic restriction or penalty.
Grades in the following range must repeat the course:

D 60—69 Must Repeat

F 59 and below Failure; No Credit Earned

Grading Distribution

Category / Weight (%)
Diagnostics / 0
CW/HW / 10
Quizzes / 20
Mid/Final / 20
Papers (Progress) / 10
Timed Writing / 10
Portfolio / 15
Exit Exam / 10
Lab (Reading Group only) / 5
TOTAL / 100

Portfolio Contents Level 2

Your portfolio must havethree to four revised papers using basic MLA formatting and two in-class/timed papers (beginning/end). You must also include the Progress Drafts of the papers in the portfolio. Papers must meet the following requirements:

Successful demonstration of composing two different modes of organization.
Successful demonstration of personal response writing in at least one paper.
Successful demonstration of summary writing using paraphrasing of a multi-paragraph text in at least one paper.
Successful demonstration of analyzing the ideas presented in a multi-paragraph source in at least one paper.
Successful demonstration of an in-class/timed paper.
Successful demonstration of composing a variety of sentences (simple/compound/complex) free of serious grammatical and mechanical errors in all papers.
Successful demonstration of constructing identifiable and clear topic sentences in all paragraphs and thesis statements in all essays.
Successful demonstration of development of unified paragraphs in all papers.
Successful demonstration of correct use of transition signals in all papers.
Successful demonstration of revision techniques taught in all papers.

(Progress Drafts of all revised papers required.)

SPRING SCHEDULE 2014 IENG 021

NOTE: DATES & SUBJECT MATTERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Jan. / New Student & Faculty Orientation/Workshops/General Meeting
Sun / 26 / De-Registration for non-payment of Tuition
Mon / 27
Tues / 28
Weds / 29 / IEP New Student Orientation
Thurs / 30 / 2ndDe-Registration for non-payment of Tuition Last Day Tuition & Fees Due
WEEK 1 / Feb. / Syllabus, Orientation, RW Diagnostics, Reading Explorer 2 (RE2) Unit 3 (U.3) History Detectives, Great Writing 2 (GW2) Unit 1 (U.1) What is a Paragraph?
Sun / 2 / Classes Begin/ Orientation/Syllabus
Mon / 3 / Reading/Writing Diagnostic Test
Tues / 4
Weds / 5
Thurs / 6 / Add/Drop Deadline/Last Day to Withdraw with a 90% Refund
WEEK 2 / Feb. / RE2 U.3 cont.,GW2 U.1 cont.
Sun / 9 / Final De-Registration for Non-Payment
Mon / 10
Tues / 11
Weds / 12
Thurs / 13 / Last Day to Withdraw with a 50% Refund
WEEK 3 / Feb. / RE2 U.4Great Destinations, GW2 U.1 cont., U.3 The Topic Sentence (S-V Agree), Lab Starts
Sun / 16
Mon / 17
Tues / 18
Weds / 19
Thurs / 20
WEEK 4 / Feb. / RE2 U.4cont., GW2 U.3 cont.
Sun / 23
Mon / 24
Tues / 25 / National/Liberation Day Holiday – University Closed
Weds / 26 / National/Liberation Day Holiday – University Closed
Thurs / 27 / National/Liberation Day Holiday – University Closed
WEEK 5 / March / RE2 U.5 Storms, GW2 U.3 cont. , Timed Writing 1
Sun / 2 / Classes Resume
Mon / 3
Tues / 4
Weds / 5
Thurs / 6 / Timed Writing 1 (Basic Paragraph),First Tuition Installment Due
WEEK 6 / March / RE2 U.5 cont. RE2 U.6 Reef Encounters, GW2 U.4 Supporting and Concluding Sentences
Sun / 9
Mon / 10
Tues / 11
Weds / 12
Thurs / 13
WEEK 7 / March / RE2 U.6 cont.RE2 Review 2: Underwater Wonders, GW2 U.4 cont. , Paper 1
Sun / 16
Mon / 17 / CEA Site Visit
Tues / 18 / CEA Site Visit
Weds / 19 / CEA Site Visit
Thurs / 20 / Paper 1 Due (Basic Paragraph),CEA Site Visit
WEEK 8 / March / RE2 U.7Sweet Scents,GW2 U.5 Paragraph Review
Sun / 23
Mon / 24
Tues / 25
Weds / 26
Thurs / 27
WEEK 9 / Mar/April / RE2 U.8 Great Explorers, GW2 U.6 Definition Paragraphs Midterm Exams
Su-Th / 30 / Listening Midterm Exam
Mon / 31 / Reading/Writing Midterm Exam
Tues / 1 / Speaking Midterm
Weds / 2
Thurs / 3 / Midterm of Semester
WEEK 10 / April / RE2 U.8 cont.,GW2 U.6 cont.
Sat / 5 / Midterm Grades Due via AUK Self-Service by 11:59pm
Sun / 6 / Classes Resume Midterm Grades Available to Students at 9pm, Academic Advising for Fall 2014, Second Tuition Installment Due
Mon / 7
Tues / 8 / Registration for Fall 2014 begins
Weds / 9
Thurs / 10
WEEK 11 / April / RE2 U.9 Traditions & Rituals, GW2 U.6 cont., U.7 Process Analysis Paragraphs, Paper 2
Sun / 13 / Paper 2 Due (Definition)
Mon / 14
Tues / 15
Weds / 16
Thurs / 17
WEEK 12 / April
Sun / 20-24 / Spring Break
WEEK 13 / Apr/May / RE2 U.9 cont., Review 3: Cities of Gold & Mud, GW2 U.7 cont., (Adjectives), Timed Writing 2
Sun / 27 / Classes Resume/ Last Day to Withdraw with a W
Mon / 28
Tues / 29
Weds / 30
Thurs / 1 / Timed Writing 2 (Process Paragraph)
WEEK 14 / May / RE2 U.10 Global Warming,GW2 U.9 Opinion Paragraphs
Sun / 4
Mon / 5
Tues / 6 / Third Tuition Installment Due
Weds / 7
Thurs / 8 / Last Day of Lab
WEEK 15 / May / RE2 U.10 cont., RE2 U.11: Incredible Insects, GW2 U.9 cont., U.10 Narrative Paragraphs, Paper 3
Sun / 11
Mon / 12
Tues / 13
Weds / 14
Thurs / 15
WEEK 16 / May / RE2 U.11 cont., GW2U.10 cont., Timed Writing 3, Portfolio Revision, Exit Exams
Sun / 18 / Paper 3 Due (Summary/Opinion/Personal Response Paragraphs)
Mon / 19
Tues / 20
Weds / 21
Thurs / 22 / Timed Writing 3 (Narrative Paragraph)
WEEK 17 / May / RE2 U.12 Going to Extremes, GW2 U.11 Paragraphs in an Essay: Putting It All Together, Portfolio Revision
Sun / 25 / Prophet’s Ascension – University Closed
Mon / 26
Tues / 27
Weds / 28
Thurs / 29 / Portfolios Due, Last Day of Classes
WEEK 18 / June / FINAL EXAMS
Sun / 1 / Reading/Writing Final Exam/ Reader 2& 3
Mon / 2 / Listening/Note Taking Final Exam
Tues / 3
Weds / 4
Thurs / 5 / All Faculty Office Hours
WEEK 19 / June / SEMESTER BREAK – June 8-12
Sat / 7 / Final Grades Due via AUK Self-Service by 11:59pm
Sun / 8
Mon / 9 / Final Grades Available to Students at 9pm
Tues / 10
Weds / 11
Thurs / 12 / Graduation – University Closed

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