Module #9 Course Design: Course syllabus & Cover letter





Eun Joo Lee

(032) 812-8845

Yeonsu-dong, , Incheon, Korea

December 17, 2010

Antoaneta Bonev, Ph.D.

California State University San Bernardino

5500 University Parkway

San Bernardino, CA 92374

Cover Letter

Dear Dr. Bonev and colleagues

This course is designed to help students improve to improve students’ grammar and reading skills. I designed this course by obtain idea through research and. I tried to project into the learner’s situation. Most students are tired of boring grammar, or perfunctory learning way that is just listening from teachers. This course is based on the attempt to solve the both hurdles in the debate interesting topics so that you can understand your own idea.

Teachers often find themselves explaining confusing customs and providing practical information. Often, teachers are a student’s only source of information about American life. With this course, I’d like to share both with you. This textbook connects grammar with American cultural context, providing learners of English with a useful and meaningful skill and knowledge base. Students learn the grammar necessary to communicate verbally and in writing, and learn how American culture plays a role in language, beliefs, and everyday situations.

This book is a great material to use to teach English various activities such as, a variety of contextualizes activities that keeps the classroom lively and targets different learning style, expansion activities which provide opportunities for student to interact with on another and further develop their speaking and writing skills, internet activities which encourage students to use technology to explore a wealth of online resources.

I hope this course will be a good chance for me to learn teaching style as well as for students to experience learning pleasure.

Sincerely,

EunJoo Lee 

Course Syllabus

Course Title : Intermediate grammar Course 1

Email: rachel8845@gmail.com

Instructor: EunJoo Lee

Year: 2010

Term Year : Three months (12 weeks)

Days : once a week
Class Time : each session 50 minutes
Grade laevel : 10th grade in EFL

 
Course Description
 

The purpose of this course is to improve students’ grammar and reading skills in English.
In this course grammar is presented in interesting and culturally informative readings, and the language and context are subsequently practiced throughout the textbook. This course connects grammar with rich, American cultural context, providing learners of English with a useful and meaningful skill and knowledge base.

 
Course Outline by Topic

Lesson 1   Grammar: the present perfect; the present perfect continuous

Reading: job resume and cover letter

Lesson 2  Grammar: passive voice: participles used as adjectives; Get+ participles

Reading: Charlie Chaplin

Lesson 3  Grammar: modals-the past continuous; the past perfect; the past perfect continuous

Reading: the titanic

Lesson 4   Grammar: the present and future; related expressions.

Reading: telemarketing

Lesson 5   Grammar: modal in the past

Reading: John Kennedy, Jr

Lesson 6   Grammar: adjective clauses; descriptive phrases

Reading: spam

Lesson 7   Grammar: infinitives; gerunds

Reading: charity and volunteering

Lesson 8   Grammar: adverbial clauses and phrases; sentence connectors

Reading: a nation of immigrants

Lesson 9   Grammar: noun clauses after verbs and adjective

Reading: a folk tale

Lesson 10  Grammar: unreal conditions

Reading: life 100 year ago


Course Goals and Objectives 

1.    Proficiency Goal:  Students prepare for school assignments and language tasks.

   -  Discussions, readings, compositions, and exercises involving higher-level critical thinking skills develop overall language and communication skills.

2.   Proficiency Goal:  students expand their knowledge of American topics and culture.

   - The reading in textbook help students gain insight into and enrich their knowledge of A merican culture and history. Students gain ample exposure to the practicalities of America life, such as writing a resume, dealing with telemarketers and junk mail, and getting student internships. Their new knowledge helps them adapt to everyday life in the US.

3.  Proficiency Goal:  students learn to use their new skills to communicate.

 -  The exercises and expansion activities in textbook help students learn English while practicing their writing and speaking skills. Students work together in pairs and groups to find more information about topics, to make presentations, to play games, and to role-play. Their confidence in using English increases, as does their ability to communicate effectively.

Objective

1.    Use correct grammar in talking and writing about variety topic.

2.    Write complete sentences in present progressive, future, simple past, and past progressive  tenses.

3.    Form verbs correctly according to modal verb tenses.

4.    Use time expressions, such as while and when, with correct verb tenses.

5.    Edit writing for punctuation

6.    Check writing for spelling.

Standards
TESOL ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students: Grades 4-8
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=113&DID=315

Course Requirements

-  Students are expected to preview and review everyday chapter

-   Students are asked to do comprehension check up for self study

-   Students should participate (talk and listen) in class activities. Part of grade is based on participation.

Course Format

Class sessions will include lectures as well as interactive pair and group activities.

 
Grading Scale

The passing grade is 80points.
Your grade will be based on the following
Homework completion  (15 points)

In-Class Writing  (20points)

Class Attendance/Participation  (15 points)
Quizzes /Test(including Mid-Term Exam)  (25 points)
Final  Exam  (25 points)
A: 100-92 ,  B: 91 -82 ,  C :81 - 72 ,  D :72 - 62 ,  F :61 - 0

 
Clourse policies

 -   Students come to class and be on time.

 -  Students are expected to attend each class-attendance will be taken.

 -  Each student is expected to read assigned material prior to class and participate in class.

 -  Students call the teachers if you are late, you are absent class.

 -  Make up assignments or tests will be given only if you missed the assignments or tests because you were seriously ill.

Course Tentative Outline