LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
II
ENGLISH 112—FALL 2006
Section 7
Colin S. Cavell,
Ph.D. Course Room No.: S17-119
Class UTH:
Office Hours: By appointment Office No.: S17-263
VOICE: 17438775 (W) 17729091 (H)
Course
Aims:
The aim of the course is to
develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing; to expand
students’ working vocabulary and their familiarity with functions and
grammatical structures.
Course
Objectives: By the end of the course, students should be
able to:
·
Extract
propositional content from speech;
·
Recognize
aural contextual cues;
·
Recognize
speakers’ attitudes;
·
Recognize
implications in conversation;.
·
Speak
for two minutes on a chosen topic;
·
Hold
a conversation with the teacher using the functions learned;
·
Read
and understand extensive levels of a factual nature;
·
Recognize
textual structures such as sequence and argument;
·
Infer
meaning from a text;
·
Recognize
the attitude of the writer to his/her subject;
·
Write
a composition of 150-180 words as required.
Grading Policy: 25% for Test 1;
25% for Test 2; and 50% for the Final Exam
Test Dates: Test 1,
Test 2,
Final
Exam,
Attendance
Policy*: Attendance in class is mandatory. It is the student’s responsibility to sign
the attendance sheet each day of class; failure to sign the attendance
sheet—even if in attendance—will be counted as an absence. If your unexcused absences exceed 25% of the
total number of lectures of the course in this semester [25%=12 classes], you
will be automatically withdrawn from the course and be given a grade of (WF)
which will be counted towards your GPA.
As well, you are expected to follow the syllabus and accordingly be
prepared for each day's class. This
means that you must read the pre-assigned readings before class so that you
will be prepared to discuss in class the subject matter scheduled for that day
and answer questions related to the issues being covered.
Cell
Phone Policy: TURN OFF all cell phones during class. Any student whose cell phone rings, sounds
alarm, or makes any noise whatsoever during class must immediately leave
the classroom for that day. This policy
applies to any electronic device students carry with them.
* Absence from class may be made up by preparing a two-page, typed (i.e. using maximum 12 point font size and maximum
double-spaced text with one-inch margin on all sides), summary on the missed material scheduled to be covered the
day(s) of your absence. The summary must
be in your own words and must not be copied material from the text(s),
the internet, or any other source(s).
Times New Roman font is strongly recommended; however, if you use an
alternative style, make sure your font does not resemble italic or bold text. Also, Comic Sans MS font is not allowed.
Required Text:
O'Neill,
Robert, Michael Duckworth & Kathy Gude.
1997/2008. New Success at
First Certificate.
Duckworth,
Michael & Kathy Gude.
1997/2004. New Success at
First Certificate WORKBOOK. Oxford,
UK: Oxford University Press.