Speaking and Listening: ESL Levels 4 & 5
Spring Quarter 2011
Item # 7231/7245
Instructor Information
Name: Kathy Seregow E-mail: Kathleen.seregow@bellevuecollege.edu
Office: R 130
Phone Number: (425) 564-2047
Office Hours: By Appointment School Closure Line: (425) 401-6680
Course Schedule
Dates: April 6 – June 15, 2011
Time: Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Room: A240
WA Standards
1. We will learn and practice how to
speak so others can understand. At the end of this quarter, successful
students should be able to:
2. We will learn and practice how to
listen actively. At the end of this quarter, successful
students should be able to:
Attendance
You need to come to class every time.
If you are sick, call or email your teacher. If you leave class and cannot come back, tell
the teacher. Students who miss 20% (7.2
hours) will not make progress. Attendance is important to progress to the
next level. It is very important.
About Class
Grading
On some of your tests and on
your homework, you will receive these numbers:
4 or + . . . . . . . . . . Excellent
3 or √ . . . . . . . . . . .Good
2
or √- . . . . . . . . . . Needs more work
1 or - . . . . . . . . . . . .Beginning
Each class meeting will
require outside work in speaking or listening.
Assignments will be due the following week. For your final speech, your classmates and
your teacher will evaluate you.
Folders
Each student will keep a
folder. The papers in the folder will
help show you how much English you learn.
Always keep these papers in your folder:
Materials
We will use a wide variety of
materials to improve speaking and listening skills. We will have conversation worksheets,
proverbs, idioms, quotations, and vocabulary builders. We will be listening to news reports, songs,
stories and movie segments. We will focus on listening accuracy, getting
essential information and taking notes. We will make oral presentations using
clear speech, body language, paraphrasing, and pause fillers.
Affirmation of Inclusion
We value our different
backgrounds at
Academic Honesty
Plagiarism
(using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source)
will not be tolerated. Taking papers in
whole or part from the internet is unacceptable. This lab website gives more information: http://bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/links/plagiarism.html
Student Code
“Cheating, stealing,
plagiarizing and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of
the Student Code of Conduct at
All students registered for classes
at
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The
If you are a person who
requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire,
earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a
safety plan within the first week of the quarter.
The DRC office is located in
B 132 or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach us by video phone at
425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110.
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information into our program and other helpful links at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
Public Safety
The Bellevue College (BC)
Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous non-commissioned staff
provides personal safety, security, crime prevention, preliminary
investigations, and other services to the campus community, 24 hours per day, 7
days per week. Their phone number is 425.564.2400. The Public Safety website is your one-stop
resource for campus emergency preparedness information, campus closure
announcements and critical information in the event of an emergency. Public
Safety is located in K100 and on the web at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/
Policy Statement
We respond only to direct
inquiries from students. We discourage
third parties (parents, spouses, and friends) from involving themselves because
this can slow student growth and progress.
We do this because we are committed to student self-advocacy and
independence. We also do it because
federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) mandates that we
protect the privacy of student education records, and BC policy mandates that
we keep academic performance as a matter between the institution and the
student. Requests by students to include
third parties in any instructor-student discussion of academic performance will
be considered on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the instructor. You may see the full text of this entire
policy Arts and Humanities Commitment to
Student Growth and Development at www.bcc.ctc.edu/artshum