Welcome to
Intermediate Core
Summer 2007
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Instructor: Joan Crawford |
English Language Institute |
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Office: Krug 201 E |
Intermediate Core |
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Homepage: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jcrawfo |
Krug 205 |
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E-mail: jcrawfo5@gmu.edu |
Class meetings: Mon-Fri: 10:30 - 12:10 |
Syllabus
Intermediate Core Syllabus
Summer 2007
Instructor: Joan Crawford Office: Krug 201E
Mon-Fri: 10:30 – 12:10 Phone: 993 3660
Location: Krug 205 E-mail: jcrawfo5@gmu.edu
Text and Materials:
Quest 1
Description:
1) writing skills and grammar
review and add verb tenses
recognize and use modals, gerunds and infinitives
recognize and use compound and complex sentences and clauses
2) reading skills and vocabulary
to recognized main ideas and supporting details
to predict reading content
to individually read an entire book
to learning skimming and scanning
to increase vocabulary
Objectives: By the end of this class you should be able to:
write complex sentences with correct sentence structure, verb tenses and punctuation
write an organized composition with main idea and supporting details
read for enjoyment, skim, scan and understand main ideas
understand and be able to use new vocabulary both in writing and orally
feel more confident about speaking and listening English outside the classroom
Course Requirements:
daily reading and writing assignments
oral presentations
role plays
LDC
assignments (
independent reading/reporting on a novel
participation in class discussions
Policies:
1. Attendance. Coming to class is important; more than 7 absences in this class results in NG grade according to ELI policy. If you are 20 minutes or more late, it will be counted as half an absence.
2. Participation. You will be expected to participate in small group and interactive activities as well as volunteer your ideas in class discussions and ask questions in class.
Participation will account for 10% of your final grade.
3. Exams. There will be weekly quizzes. There are no make-ups for quizzes. Some quizzes are announced, others may be unannounced. Quizzes and exams will account for 40% of your final grade. A midterm and final exam will each count as two quizzes. Exams may be made up if the instructor is notified at least 24 hours before the exam. The final exams for reading and writing will be Wednesday, August 1, 2007.
4. Homework: Written assignments (reading .writing, vocabulary and grammar) will account for 30% of your final grade. If you are absent, you are still responsible for doing the assignments. Homework is due at the beginning of the class period; late assignments may be turned in within one week of the due date, but will be one grade lower. If you e-mail homework it must be sent before 10 a.m. on the due date.
5. Oral presentations: Several shorter talks will be assigned as well as a longer project presentation. Oral presentations will account for 20% of your final grade.
6. Plagiarism. As a student of the ELI you may not cheat, plagiarize, steal or lie in matters related to this class. Copying any published or printed material without acknowledgement is a violation of GMU’s honor code. If you turn in written work that is plagiarized from the web or other source you will receive an automatic NG for the class. Material must be paraphrased or summarized in your own words or placed in quotation marks.
7. Midterm Conference. One individual teacher-student conference will be held the week of July 2, but suggestions and comments about the class are welcome at any time.
8. Grading Criteria
Daily homework assignments (written & voice mail) 30%
Quizzes & exams(vocabulary, dictation, listening) 40%
Oral presentations 20%
Attendance & participation 10%
Please don’t forget:
Cell phones are to be turned OFF during class.
This is an “English only” classroom!