Syllabus
ESL 082/083/084 - (Reading II)
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Level Coordinator: |
Debbie
Kemp-Jackson Phone: 908-659-5144 E-mail: kjackson@ucc.edu |
Other coordinators at Level 6:
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064/065 (Level 6 Grammar) |
092 (Level 5 Writing I) |
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Ellen Stavitsky Office E-211 908-659-5122 Email: stavitsky@ucc.edu |
Maria Mattaliano Office E-711 #4 Tel: 908-659-5145 Email: mattaliano@ucc.edu |
Mahua De Office E-718A Tel: 908-659-5143 |
Prerequisites
ESL Placement Test or ESL 081
Co-requisites
ESL 064, ESL 065, ESL 092
Course Description
Level 6 Reading (ESL 082) is a full semester advanced academic sequence for students whose native language is not English. ESL 082 or [ESL 083 (Reading for Business 101) or 084 (Reading for Psychology 101)] and ESL 092 meet once per week for 3 hours. ESL 064/065 meets twice per week for 6 hours. All three courses meet for 16 weeks including exam week.
The general objective of 082 is to continue to reinforce reading skills introduced in level 5 and to prepare students to handle college level material. Accordingly, students will also be expected to keep reading journals, do oral reports or a library project.
Students who are successful in passing this course are finished with ESL reading, but students may require Eng 088 or ENG 089 or no further reading course depending on their performance. Students who need more time at this level must repeat the entire course.
Course Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes
§ To comprehend authentic college-level fiction, non fiction and academic texts.
§ To apply reading strategies, such as skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, summarizing, paraphrasing, and using context clues
§ To make connections between texts and real-life experiences, and to understand the wider cultural, political and social implications
§ To respond to texts using various writing activities, such as freewriting, journals, note taking, and outlining
§ To summarize and paraphrase the significant ideas and/or events orally or in writing
§ To identify varied American cultural and historical themes to develop an awareness of multiculturalism through fiction and non-fiction
Information Literacy
By the conclusion of the semester, all students who pass this course will demonstrate an understanding of the research process in at least one graded project, oral or written. This will include attending a library orientation, doing basic research, evaluating sources, appropriately incorporating those sources into the project without plagiarism, and preparing a bibliography. Some of the sources used must be electronic, including a database and the internet.
Requirements
· Students will take a midterm and final exams.
· Students will take frequent quizzes and complete homework assignments.
· Students will complete a research project which will be presented in oral or written form.
· Students keep weekly journals, responding to readings.
· Students will take a standardized reading test (ETS ELPT) at the end of the semester.
Suggested:
Students will have midterm conferences with instructors to discuss their progress.
Student Resources
Textbooks (Choose from the list.)
Topics for Today, 3rd Edition, by Smith and Mare
Reader’s Journal
Academic Encounters
Reader’s Choice, Split Edition, Book 2
Novels
Growing Up by Russell Baker
The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
Other appropriate materials:
Articles from Newsweek, Time, journals, newspapers, academic texts, online articles, etc.
Suggested Final Grade Calculation
To pass the course and go to ESL 082, a student must receive a passing overall final average for the semester. Student work for the complete semester will determine the final grade. Possible final grades are: A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, D, and F, or Stopped Attending (UF). Students who receive an F or UF must repeat the entire course.
Midterm 20%
Final Exam 20%
Homework and Quizzes 20%
Journals 15%
Attendance/Participation 15%
Oral/Written Research Project 10%
Final Exam
Students will take exams which follow the format below
a) Questions related to the novel(s) read during the semester.
b) A new reading from a journal, magazine or academic text, with new questions
c) Optional- a journal activity where students produce a journal entry on their exam.
NRR- no more reading is required
089- one semester of Developmental reading required
088- two semesters of Developmental reading required
082- repeat level 6 reading, (or students can also take 083 or 084)
Suggested Methodologies and Activities
Students will apply reading strategies that they will use throughout their college careers. These strategies include skimming, scanning, identifying main idea, increasing reading speed, recognizing word forms, building vocabulary, and inferencing. These strategies will be applied to academic contexts including novels, authentic readings from newsmagazines and journals, and academic texts.
Coordination with Writing and Grammar Classes
Students discuss content and practice skills being covered in writing, listening and grammar.
Popular themes from the novels which have been used successfully in ESL 082:
1) Biography of famous people
2) A cross-section of American literary traditions and experiences.
3) Social Issues such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Child Abuse, Adoption, American Legal system etc.
4) Minority rights/issues
Students will write an assigned number of pages or journal entries per week in response to readings. Journals will be graded by quality and quantity.
· Reaction journal- students choose sections of the text and respond to it personally. No summary of text allowed.
· Write a letter to a character
· Pretend to be a character in novel and write journal entries as that character
· Finish the story (if mystery or open-ended)
· Project endings of story (what will happen in 5 years, etc.)
· Summarize a particular chapter or section of the book to check comprehension.
· Keep a vocabulary list of new/important vocabulary words
· Make questions- make up questions for your classmates from each chapter.
Students are required to do research on a theme related to the novels being read. Projects may follow one of the examples below:
CALL/ALC