American River College

ESLL 40 Intermediate Low Listening/Speaking Syllabus for Fall 2005

Professor: Marcy Siegfried Course Number: 11904 M/W 3:00 4:50pm, Room D206 Phone: Instructor Website: http://webpages.csus.edu/~siegfrie E-mail: siegfrm@arc.losrios.edu Office Hours: W 5:00 5:30pm Office Location: D401 Mailbox: Humanities Office, D330

PREREQUISITES Completion of ESLL 30 with a C or better, or placement through assessment process. You must show proof of placement during the first week of class or be dropped from the course. COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a course to develop the listening and speaking skills needed to succeed in college courses. You will also practice stress, rhythm, and intonation of American English. TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES Now Hear This!, second edition, by Barbara H. Foley. Pronunciation Plus: Practice Through Interaction, by Martin Hewings & Sharon Goldstein. A 60-minute audio cassette tape (new and good quality) with your name on it. Access to a good quality tape recorder. Optional: You can have copies made of the tapes for Now Hear This! and Pronunciation Plus in the Learning Resource Center (LRC). If you want copies, take eight 90-minute cassette tapes to the LRC (four tapes for each textbook). Ask them to make copies of tape #7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 (for Now Hear This) and tape #30.01, 30.02, 30.03, 30.04 (for Pronunciation Plus). Put a label on each tape with your last name and the tape # before you take the tapes to the LRC. You may need to listen to the tapes for homework. ZipMail or some other email account. Note: To get a ZipMail account, go to http://zip.arc.losrios.edu/ and click on Request a Zip account. COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND LATE WORK You will have dictation/spelling and pronunciation tests, tape assignments, and homework. College students should expect up to 2 hours of homework for each hour of class (or 8 hours each week). Assignments must be turned in at the beginning of the class on the due date. I will only listen to tape assignments which are rewound to the beginning of the current assignment and begin with your name, date, and assignment number. If you are absent, you should have someone else bring me your assignment on time. I will not accept late work. No make-up quizzes or tests will be given unless I have given you permission before or on the day of the test or assignment. No make-ups for the midterm or final except in cases of extreme emergency. ATTENDANCE College students are expected to attend all sessions of their courses, arrive on time, and stay for the whole class. If you have more than three absences, you may be dropped from the class. If you are absent, call another student to find out what you missed. If

you are absent for more than one class, call me so that I know you havent dropped the class. If you arrive late, see me after class to have your absence changed to a tardy. If you stop attending the class, you are responsible for officially dropping the class. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Differentiate between sounds of American English. Identify stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns. Recognize the difference in mood and meaning created by applying stress, rhythm, and intonation correctly. Communicate through conversations and role-playing scenarios on a variety of topics. ACADEMIC HONESTY Cheating in any form is not acceptable. Any student caught cheating or helping another to cheat may receive a zero on that test or assignment. Cheating on the final exam may result in the student failing the course. How NOT to cheat: Do not use any notes on a test. Do not look at anyone elses paper during a test and dont let anyone look at yours. Do not talk to anyone during a test. If you have a question, raise your hand and ask your teacher. Do your own work. COMMUNICATING WITH ME You can see me during my office hours in my office D401. You can phone me or leave a message if Im not there. You can email me anytime. Thats the best way to contact me because I check my email many times a day during the week and a couple of times a day on weekends unless Im out of town. Dont feel shy about asking for help! STUDY BUDDIES If you must be absent, you should call a classmate to find out what you missed. Write down names and phone numbers of at least two classmates you can call: Classmates names and telephone numbers: Name ___________________________Phone __________ E-mail ___________________ Name ___________________________Phone __________ E-mail ___________________ CLASSROOM LANGUAGE AND ETIQUETTE You need to speak only English in this class. It might be difficult at first, but it is important for you to practice English as much as possible. It is also important to be polite in class. When your teacher or a classmate is speaking, please listen; dont interrupt or have private conversations. Please turn off any cell phones. If you dont understand something, please raise your hand and ask me. GRADING CRITERIA Dictation tests Pronunciation tests Tape assignments Midterm Final Total Points Possible 500 points 400 points 300 points 200 points 200 points 1600 points

GRADING SCALE 90 100% A 80 89% B 70 79% C 60 69% D 0 59% F ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT CLASS MEETING 1. Purchase books and supplies. 2. Read syllabus carefully and write down any questions you may have. 3. Read the Fall Schedule on the next page for Week 1. FINAL THOUGHTS Do you want extra practice? Visit my website at http://webpages.csus.edu/~siegfrie and click on Links to ESL websites. Be sure to sign up for a student Zipmail account at http://zip.arc.losrios.edu/

Welcome to ESLL 40. Get ready to work hard and have fun. I look forward to a wonderful semester working with and getting to know you!

ESLL 40 Fall 2005 Tentative Schedule

This schedule may change depending on the needs of the class. Remember to write homework assignments into this schedule.

Weeks

Dates Mon 8/15

Class Activities Courses Introduction

Homework for next class Buy books; get tapes

Week 1 Aug. 15 & 17

Wed 8/17 Mon 8/22

NHT 1 PP 1 NHT 1 PP 1

Voicemail

Week 2 Aug. 22 & 24 Wed 8/24

NHT 1 PP 2

Study for dictation

Week 3 Aug. 29 & 31

Friday, Aug 26 Last day to drop and get a fee refund Mon Dictation Test #1 Study for pronunciation test 8/29 PP 3 Wed 8/31 Pronunciation Test #1 (PP 1-3) NHT 3 Holiday No Class NHT 3 PP 52 NHT 3 PP 4 Dictation Test #2 (NHT 3) PP 5 Study for dictation Study for pronunciation test

Week 4 Sept. 5&7

Mon 9/5 Wed 9/7

Week 5 Sept. 12 & 14

Mon 9/12 Wed 9/14

Weeks Week 6 Sept. 19 & 21

Dates Mon 9/19 Wed 9/21

Class Activities Pronunciation Test #2 (PP 52, 4-5) NHT NHT PP 7 Sign up for individual conferences

Homework for next class Tape #1

Week 7 Sept. 26 & 28

Tuesday, 9/20 Last day to drop without a W notation Mon NHT 9/26 PP 8 Wed 9/28 PP 11-12, PP 55 Midterm Individual conferences Study for Midterm

Week 8 Oct. 3&5

Mon 10/3 Wed 10/5 Mon, 10/10 Wed, 10/12

Week 9 Oct. 10 & 12

NHT PP 23 NHT PP 24 NHT PP 25 Dictation Test #3 PP 26 NHT PP 27 NHT PP Study for dictation

Week 10 Oct. 17 & 19

Mon 10/17 Wed 10/19 Mon 10/24 Wed 10/26

Week 11 Oct. 24 & 26

Weeks Week 12 Oct. 31 & Nov. 2 Week 13 Nov. 7&9

Dates Mon 10/31 Wed 11/2 Mon 11/7 Wed 11/9 Mon 11/14 Wed 11/16 Mon 11/21 Wed 11/23

Class Activities NHT PP 28 Dictation Test #4 PP 29 Pronunciation Test #3 NHT NHT PP 33 NHT PP 35 Dictation Test #5 PP 36 Pronunciation Test #4 (PP 33-36) NHT NHT PP 41

Homework for next class Study for dictation Tape #2 Study for pronunciation test

Week 14 Nov. 14 & 16

Study for dictation Tape #3 Study for pronunciation test

Week 15 Nov. 21 & 23

Week 16 Nov. 28 & 30 Week 17 Dec. 5&7 FINAL Dec. 12

Mon 11/28 Wed 11/30 Mon 12/5 Wed 12/7

Sunday, 11/20 Last day to drop with a W grade NHT PP 42 NHT PP 43 PP 60 Review for final exam Study for final exam

Monday, Dec. 12, 3:00 5:00pm