Classes of English & Communication
ESL-091-M01 Intermediate Listening, Grammar, and Reading
Credits: 1.0
Prerequisite: Placement by TOEFL Exam
Textbook: Deborah Phillips Longman Introductory Course for the TOEFL Test (1996)
Course Description and Objectives
There are three skill components to this course: listening, grammar, and reading. The listening component consists of intensive practice to develop strategies and skills essential to understanding spoken exchanges, short conversations, and longer stretches of spoken discourses such as lectures. Activities include focusing on key ideas, restating topics, identifying suggestions and negatives, and drawing conclusions from spoken expression. The grammar component focuses on recognizing correct syntactic and morphological patterns in English. The reading component develops skills such as determining the main topic, anticipating questions, defining words in context, and recognizing restated information. Final assessment for this course is based on class participation, homework, and exams.
The main objectives of this course are to help learners raise their scores on the TOEFL exam so that they can take on academic study in English as soon as possible, and also to prepare them for the type of academic tasks which they will encounter in subject courses taught in English.
Grading Policy:
This course is graded “P” (Pass) or “NP” (No Pass). Attendance, homework, and active participation are required of all students, without exception. Specifically, students must attend 75% of classes and do all assigned readings and homework assignments. Tardiness may result in absence(s) from class. Performance in these areas, as well as quizzes and partial exams, must be satisfactory in order for students to qualify for the Institutional TOEFL at the end of the semester. Those students who demonstrate unsatisfactory performance will be notified by the professor and then reminded that continued problems may jeopardize their opportunity to take the final exam. Please note that more than 6 unexcused absences may result in an automatic “No Pass,” as well as no admittance to the final TOEFL exam.
Please remember that the purpose of the ESL courses is to aid students in improving their level of English in order to be able to handle academic study at the college level in English. Students will need to achieve the required level of proficiency in English by the end of their third semester, or they will not be allowed to take other academic coureses at the university.
Exam fee:
All students must pay a non-refundable Institutional TOEFL fee to take the TOEFL exam.
Syllabus:
Week 1:
Introduction: TOEFL diagnostic pre-test
Listening Hearing sounds accurately; matching letter and sound combinations
Grammar Subjects and verbs; singular/plural
Reading Skimming and scanning
Week 2:
Listening Restating meaning
Grammar Subjects and verbs; countable/uncountable nouns
Reading Reading for the main idea
Week 3:
Listening Recognizing the topic
Grammar Subject/object pronouns; prepositions; objects of prepositions
Reading Recognizing stated details
Week 4:
Listening Anticipating questions
Grammar Possessives; coordinate structures
Reading Recognizing implied details
Week 5:
Listening Passivization of ideas
Grammar Pronoun reference; verb tense
Reading Recognizing and identifying unstated details
Week 6:
Listening Interpreting negatives
Grammar Adjectives and adverbs; noun clauses
Reading Reading for content
PARTIAL EXAM
Week 7:
Listening Drawing conclusions
Grammar Modals; adjective clauses
Reading Vocabulary in context
Week 8:
Listening Interpreting suggestions
Grammar Modals; prepositional phrases
Reading Prefixes, suffixes, and other word parts
Week 9:
Listening Recognizing expressions of agreement and disagreement
Grammar Subject-verb agreement; expressions of quantity
Reading Finding information in the text
Week 10:
Listening Avoiding sign/sound problems
Grammar Parallel structures
Reading Key ideas and details in the text
Week 11
Listening Review of basic strategies and skills; TOEFL post-test
Grammar General grammar review; TOEFL post-test
Reading Review of strategies and skills; TOEFL post-test
Week 12:
Review. Intensive TOEFL practice. Exam tactics.
Final TOEFL Exam
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