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ESL 153DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ESL 153 - 61 High Intermediate Grammar and Writing
Spring 2003
Instructor: ANGELINA KHAN
E-mail: angelinakhan@yahoo.com
Classroom:G 9
Voice mail: (408) 864-8999 x. 3044
Time: MW 6:00-7:40 PM
Office Hours: MW 7:40-8:10 PM
in F 31 C
Prerequisites: ESL 144 or qualifying score on the ESL Placement Test. Restricted to students whose native language is not English.
Corequisite: ESL 125 (This is a 0.5-unit lab course. Go to De Anza College Readiness Lab in LC 138 to register.)
ESL 153 students may also enroll in ESL 151 and 152 concurrently.
Course Description:
In ESL 153 you will study intermediate grammar, write descriptions, explanations, and short connected narratives using a variety of sentence patterns and following the forms and conventions of standard written English. ESL 153 must be taken together with ESL 125. You need to pass both ESL 153 and ESL 125 in order to move on to the next level, ESL 163.
Required Texts and Materials:
1) Elbaum, S. Grammar in Context, 3rd edition.
2) Folse, K. Great Paragraphs.
A good monolingual dictionary, 8.5” by 11” lined loose-leafed paper, a binder/folder.
Important Dates for Spring 2002 Quarter:
Apr. 18 - Last day to add/drop for a refund
Apr. 25 – Last day to drop with no grade
May 2 – Last day to request P/NP
May 30 – Last day to drop with a “W”
May 24-26 – Holiday
June 25, Wed (6:00-8:00) –FINAL EXAM
Grading Criteria:
Quizzes - 40 points
Writing Assignments - 20 points
Midterm - 20 points
Final - 20 points
A 90-100 points
B 80-89 points
C 70-79 points
D 60-69 points
F 60 points and below
Attendance: You have a better chance to succeed in the class if you attend regularly. There will be announced and unannounced quizzes with no make-ups, and missing them will eventually lower your grade. More than three absences may lower your grade. If you miss more than two classes in a row, you may be dropped, but it is your responsibility to formally drop the class in the Administration Building if you no longer wish to attend the class. Being late to class is not courteous, and consistent tardiness may lead to receiving fewer points for the class, and consequently, a lower grade. It’s very important to speak only English in class.
Homework: Your homework may be checked at random throughout the quarter. It is very important to come to the class prepared. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out from your classmates, or your teacher, what your home assignment is.
Writing Assignments: You will write a number of paragraphs on various topics.
Instructions for writing paragraphs:
1) Each paragraph needs to be approximately 150 words long. (If you are using a pen or pencil to write and if you write on every other line, it will take about 1 page.)
2) Write on the assigned topic. Talk to your instructor if you are not sure what to write.
3) Do your own writing. Remember that you will lose points for plagiarism (material written by somebody else without mentioning the name of the real author).
4) Use standard size paper (8.5 by 11 inches).
5) Leave a margin of at least 1 inch on all 4 edges of the paper.
6) If you are using a computer or a typewriter, double-space your work.
7) If you are using a pen or a pencil, write on every other line so that your instructor has room to write comments.
8) Identify your work: write your name, class, assignment number, and topic in the upper left-hand corner.
9) Rewrite your paragraph a couple of times before turning it in.
10) Don’t turn in messy papers (no crossed out words or white out).
11) Don’t put your papers in a folder.
12) Assignments turned in after due dates will lose points. Turn in your assignments on or before the day they are due.
Quizzes: There will be announced and unannounced quizzes throughout the quarter. They may be in the beginning, the middle, or the end of the class, so if you are constantly late to class or leave early, you may lose points.
Midterm: If you have serious circumstances which can be verified, and you are absent on the day of the midterm, you will not lose your points. Instead, your final score will be doubled.
Plagiarism and cheating policy:
Plagiarism, presenting somebody else’s work as your own, will not be tolerated. You must write your own papers. If you want to use somebody else’s words in your writing, you need to mention that in your paper.
Cheating on quizzes and exams is a serious offense, and will be treated accordingly. Cheating on exams/quizzes includes the following: communicating with any person other than the instructor (including by cell phone), looking into another student’s work, using written material other than the exam, and using an electronic device such as a computer or dictionary (including electronic dictionary).
Should any of this happen, the first time you will receive a “0” on the assignment, the second time ten points will be deducted from your final grade, the third time you will be asked to drop the class.
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