Community English Program (CEP) Level A4 SPRING 2013

Basic Information Instructor: Yutong Chen, Matt McGinniss Time: 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Course Description: This class will focus on speaking, listening, reading, writing, and grammar skills. Students will learn through a more communicative approach (working in pairs, groups, as a class) so they can improve English communication skills. While we will also lecture, you are encouraged to ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. We want to make sure everyone learns as best as possible. Students will be assessed based on attendance and participation, the midterm exam, and the final exam (described below). Course Requirements: Attendance and Participation (20%): Your participation will be included as part of your grade. This includes speaking in class, quizzes, doing your homework, and doing reading assignments. If you cant come to class, please send us an email and let us know. Please come to class on time and attend all classes! If you are absent 5 times or late 10 times, you will fail. If you are 30 minutes late, you are absent. Midterm Exam (30%): The midterm exam will be an in-class exam. It will test the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar skills learned in the course so far. There will be a written part and a speaking part. They will be taken on the same day. We will give you a review and more information before the midterm. Final Exam (50%): The final exam will be an in-class exam. It will test ALL of the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar skills learned in the course. There will be a written part and a speaking part. They will be taken on the same day. We will give you a review and more information before the final exam. Grading: 97-100 A+ 94-96 A 90-93 A87-89 B+ 84-86 B 80-83 B77-79 C+ 74-76 C 70-73 C0-69 F Email: yc2764@tc.columbia.edu, matthewmcginniss@gmail.com Classroom: Mondays and Wednesdays: HM 146, Thursdays: HM 148

Required Texts (available at the Columbia University bookstore): Daise, D. (2003). In Charge 2 AND the workbook for In Charge 2 The Community Language Program (CLP) is a unique and integral part of the TESOL and Applied Linguistics Programs at Teachers College, Columbia University. It provides English as a second language and foreign language instruction to adult learners of diverse nationalities and backgrounds. In addition, the CLP serves as an on-site language education lab in which TESOL and Applied Linguistics faculty and students enrolled in the programs teach the courses and use the CLP as a setting for empirical inquiry. Here at Teachers College we believe that observation and classroom research are the best way to learn about how we teach and gain insights into how effective teaching might take place. Additionally, assessment and program evaluation play a major part in our program as well. Thus, we encourage observation and classroom research and want people to use it as a tool for learning.

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Objectives Orientation and introductions Talk about influences Use the subjunctive to express urgency, necessity, or advice Listen for excerpts and summaries Recognize various spellings of the same sound Use visual aids Read conversations Write using other people's ideas with paraphrases and quotations Talk about preferences Gerunds and infinitives Take question and answer notes Delivery Read for credibility Create a bibliography and gather information Describe objects and processes, define terms Word order in noun phrases Order adjectives Listen for definitions Use thought groups to determine sentence stress Explain steps of a process Recognize literary language Write the research paper

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Feb. 13

83-87

Feb. 14

87-88

Feb. 18

89-94

Feb. 20

95-100 100105 105109 110113 113117 118118

Feb. 21

Feb. 25

8,9

Feb. 27

Feb. 28

March 4

March 6

Flex day

March 7 March 11 March 13 March 14

Flex day

Flex day 119122

Midrerm review

7-9

MIDTERM!

March 18-22 March 25 March 27 March 28 April 1

SPING BREAK! NO CLASS! Return and review the midterm Make plans and speculate about the future Future perfect Future perfect progressive Sentence fragments and run-on sentences Listen for details Use stress-timing and linking Use and deal with communication blocking tactics Recognize descriptive language Considering the audience (write an introduction) Complain and challenge an argument Irregular nouns Countability Listen for explicit and implicit assumptions Give a persuasive talk Evaluate an argument Memorable closing (write a conclusion) Tell and explain jokes Possession: 's and of Parallel structures Listen for supporting details Give an impromptu talk Recognize humor Revise a paper Prepare a list of references Flex day 123125 125127 127130 130134 135140 140142 143146 147151 152154 154158

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10

10

10

April 3

11

April 4

11

April 8 April 10 April 11 April 15 April 17 April 18 April 22 April 24 April 25

11

12

12

12

12

Flex day

12 159162

Review

7-12

FINAL EXAM Return and review the final exam Surprise