ESL 1021

Course Description:

This course enhances speaking and cross-cultural communication skills through active participation in group projects and presentations. Students will learn techniques to effectively develop presentations for various academic disciplines. Pronunciation skills will be refined with focused effort on individual student needs. This course will explore in-depth the following general education attributes: 1) to acquire interpersonal and personal development skills; 2) to learn independently and collaboratively.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to do the following:

handle successfully most uncomplicated communicative tasks and social situations
initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation with a number of strategies appropriate to a range of circumstances and topics
produce speech acts that will have limited vocabulary but will show emerging evidence of connected discourse, particularly for simple narration and/or description
be understood by interlocutors not accustomed to dealing with speakers at this level, but repetition may still be required
have speech that is reasonably intelligible, but which will require significant listener effort because of speaker’s pronunciation/grammatical errors which impede communication and cause listener distraction. (Based on the Morley Speech Intelligibility Index)

Required Texts and Materials:

ü Communicating Effectively in English by Patricia A. Porter and Margaret Grant

ü Focus on Pronunciation 3 by Linda Lane

ü 2 CD-R CD-ROMs

Course Requirements:

1. Attendance: Regular attendance is expected. Your final grade will be lowered by 2.5% for each absence (excused or unexcused).

2. Homework: Homework is to be completed before the beginning of the class for which

it was assigned. Late homework will not be accepted. Any assignments not completed when due will receive a grade of "0."

3. Grades: Participation 10%; Homework 20%; Presentations 30%; Oral Interview 40% (This is not graduated. It is all: 40% A, or nothing: 40% F)

4. Withdrawal Policy: The last day to officially withdraw from the class is November 23 (with no refund). To withdraw from a class, you will need to go to the counselor's office to fill out the appropriate paperwork. The telephone number for Counseling is: 248-232-5490.

Grading Scale: 100-95%=A (Excellent Achievement, pass w/credit); 94-90%=A-; 89-87%=B+; 86-84%=B (Good Achievement, pass w/credit); 83-80%=B-; 79-77%=C+; 76-74%=C (Average Achievement, pass w/credit); 73-70%=C-; 69-67%=D+; 66-64%=D (Below Average Achievement, pass w/no credit); 63% and below=F (Poor Achievement, fail w/no credit)

ELLIS Computer Program: ELLIS is a computer program which provides ESL students opportunity for individual pronunciation practice. ESL students may also use this computerized program for individual grammar practice and to increase in American cultural knowledge, as well as to increase knowledge in other areas. ELLIS is available at the following public libraries: Auburn Hills, 248-370-9466; Farmington Community, 248-553-0300; Madison Heights, 248-588-7763; Oak Park, 248-691-7480; Orion Township, 248-693-3000; Pontiac, 248-857-7667; Rochester Hills, 248-656-2900; Southfield, 248-948-0460; Waterford Township, 248-674-4831; West Bloomfield, 248-682-2120; Wixom, 248-624-2512. Please contact the individual libraries about their specific use policies.

Tutoring: This is a free service to enrolled ESL OCC students. If you would like to request an ESL tutor, you may initiate your request in the PASS office. A specific tutor will be arranged for you. Our ESL tutors are specifically trained in teaching ESL students. Many students have found individual tutoring to be beneficial.

Academic Support Center (ASC): In the ASC, students may also receive individual help, and there are computerized grammar programs that may be used. There is also a "Study Skills" class offered to students, as well as other classes to help students be successful in college.

PASS Office: Room B112 Tel.: 248-232-4080

Students requiring special assistance (including those affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act) should contact the P.A.S.S. office which will inform the instructor of any special conditions pertaining to their learning.

Tentative Schedule for ESL 1021

Communicating Effectively in English (CEE)

Focus on Pronunciation (FP)

DATE	UNIT IN (FP)	CONTENT	PAGES IN (CEE)
Sept. 4	Diagnostic	Course Introduction, Content Overview	3-27
Sept. 11	1-2	Unit 1: Understanding Your Audience and Being Understood	3-27
Sept. 18	3-4	1^st Presentation: Reporting on Results of Class Survey
Sept. 25	5-6	Unit 2: Getting Information: Interviews and Conferences Interviewing a Classmate	29-59
Oct. 2	7-8	*2^nd Presentation: Reporting on an Interview with a Classmate*	29-59
Oct. 9	9-10	Interviewing Outside of the Classroom
Oct. 16	11-12	Interviews due, discuss interview material with class
Oct. 23	13-14	*3^rd Presentation: Reporting on an Interview Outside of the Classroom*	61-105
Oct. 30	15-16	Unit 3: Providing Information: Instructions and Demonstrations	61-105
Nov. 6	17-18	Perfecting Introductions and Conclusions
Nov. 13	19-20	*4^th Presentation: Instructions and Demonstrations*
Nov. 20	21-22	Putting together a video news program – organize and choose topics
Nov. 27	23-24	Interviews/Outlines due for video news program, practice in class
Dec. 4	25-26	*5^th Presentation: Video News Program Segments*
Dec. 11		Watch Video News Program, Final Exit-Oral Interviews, Grades and Conferences

Course Objectives:

Course Introduction, Content Overview

Unit 1: Understanding Your Audience and Being Understood

1st Presentation: Reporting on Results of Class Survey

Unit 2: Getting Information: Interviews and Conferences

Interviewing Outside of the Classroom

61-105

1^st Presentation: Reporting on Results of Class Survey