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San Diego Hope College

ESOL 22
(Beginning Speaking and Listening)
Course Syllabus & Outline
Spring 2017
Instructor: Xuan He Email: xuanhe@sandiego.edu
ClassMeeting:Tuesday&Thursday
Meeting Time: 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: EDC 203
You can do this, I can help!
Class Materials: 1. Textbook (21stCentury Communication ---Speaking, Listening, and Critical Thinking Student
Book and Online Workbook (1st Edition) by Jessica Williams. ISBN-13: 9781337275811
8 2. Pen/pencil
8 3. Notebook
4. Highlighters (optional)

[Be prepared before the class!]

Course Description and Objectives

This course provides English as a second language (ESL) students opportunities to understand spoken
English and to practice English speaking and English listening at the beginning ESL level. In this course,
students will have opportunities participate different types of communication and interaction based
activity, in order to develop personal English competence. Also, students will learn grammatical
structures related to developing speaking skills to meet their communicative needs. This course will
include lectures, discussions, cooperative group work, pair work and independent work.

[Notice: Please consider this syllabus as an important tool to help you with your English
learning throughout the whole semester! ]

Student Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to
1. Comprehend multiple listening materials;
2. Participate in communicative activities;
3. Produce important features of the English sound system clearly;
4. Have a smooth speaking communication with peers in the cohort;
5. Identify important content and concepts in oral and written sources.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Please make sure you UNDERSTAND your learning objectives of this course.

[In order to attain these objectives and succeed in this course, I highly recommend to use the
English Learning Progress Report Form to track you English learning week by week!]

English Learning Progress Report Form

Week Key Concepts youve learned New words
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Requirements for This Course

Attendance: Every student is required to attend to each class on time. Attendance will be taken
on daily basis and recorded as 15% of the final grade.
Preparedness: Every student is required to complete homework before classes. Students are
highly recommended to preview the lesson before the class.
Participation: Students are expected to not only answer questions when called on, but also
volunteer to ask questions and share personal opinions. Students are studying not only from
teachers, but also from peers. Students need to be respectful when others are talking and sharing
ideas.

[Please write down every question you meet during you English learning process.]

Grades
In this class, students English learning goals will be achieved through participation in class
relative activities, includes attendance, presentation, discussion, dictation, independent work,
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pair work, and group work, and so on. Each assignment will be assessed with a point value based
on criteria (provided with the assignments) and receive a percentage grade.

Graded assignments will include:

Final Exam ................................... 10%
Attendance ................................ 15%
Homework ................................... 20%
Presentations ............................... 25%
Quizzes/Exams ............................ 30%
Final Exam ................................... 10%
Total ................................................ 100%
Zero Tolerance of Plagiarism
DO NOT
Copying work off the internet and passing it as your own.
Presenting other peoples work in yours without any references.
Having a teacher or any other students write work for you that you submit as your own.

Week Dates and unit Topics Assignments

1 1/31, 2/2 9 Purchase textbook N/A
2 2/7, 2/9 Understand your textbook, ask questions about our discuss your favorite topic in
course the textbook
3 2/14 2/16 Sharing opinions with classmates; identify details in
speaking and listening
Unit 1
4 2/21 2/23 Prepare presentation Decide presentation topics and
Unit1 outlines
5 2/28 3/2 Identify details in listening, speaking

Unit 2
6 3/7 3/9 Identify causes and effect in listening materials; Quizlet vocabulary card
Unit 2 Understand and the skill of analyze, interpret, reflect, Textbook p34
evaluate and synthesize
7 3/14, 3/16 Prepare for the quiz reflection Unit 2 quiz
Unit 2

8 3/21, 3/23 Presentation Assess presentation by

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Unit 2 What have you learned in the section of presentation reviewing feedback and
comment, write a report
9 3/28, 3/30 Spring Break

10 4/4, 4/6 Identify important elements in suggestions Textbook page 70-71

Unit4

11 4/11, 4/13 Understand skills of interpret, reflect, synthesize, Make Quezlet cards
Unit 4 analyze and evaluate
12 4/18, 4/20 Interview & presentation outline Quiz
Unit 6
13 4/25 4/27 Presentation Evaluate personal individual
Unit 6 What have you learned? presentation and write report
14 5/2 5/4 Understand critical Thinking skills; Quizlet card
Unit 7
15 5/9 5/11 Decide presentation outline and topic Textbook P125,127
Unit 7
16 5/16 5/18 Final presentation Any comment on our course?
Unit 7 Suggestions?

English learning is a self-study-guiding process. I will try my best to help, but

you are responsible for your learning progress. Please cherish every
opportunity to learn and improve!

Suggestions: You are recommended to keep writing journals to reflect on your English learning
progress every week. This journal is not required for this course. But I HIGHLY RECOMMEND
you to write a journal every week. You can share ANYTHING in your journal, including your
reflection on a class, a problem that need to be solved, your feelings about current English
learning situation.

You can write your journal by choosing to answer one of the following questions:
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1. How satisfied am with I English learning this week? Why?

2. What have I learned this week? Whats my feeling about learning?
3. Whats the challenge? Whats my plan?

I will give your detailed feedback on your journal. Thus, consider your learning journal as an
opportunity we communicate with each other! Without your permission, I will not share your
journal with other. It only between us!

English learning is a lifelong process. As a non-native English speaker, I really understand you if
you have any problems about English learning, because I have been there. So please DONT
hesitate to share your thinking, your ideas or ask questions. I am here for you! Please Be
responsible to your academic success!

Think, Reflect and Write!

Be humble, you are made or earth; be noble, you are made of stars!