Speaking and Listening: ESL Levels 4
& 5
Fall Quarter 2013
Item # 7229/47
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: September
25 –December 11, 2013
Time: Wednesdays, 5:30– 9:10 pm
No Class Wednesday, October 23
Room: L222
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
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. Our core text will be What A World 2
Listening, Milada Broukal,
Pearson Longman. It will not be necessary to purchase this book. A class set will be provided. We will cover
Unit 11. We will also have conversation worksheets, pronunciation drills,
idioms, quotations, and vocabulary builders.
We will practice telephone dialogues, songs, interviews and stories. 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. All homework and presentations must be
submitted at the time it is due for
a passing grade.
Affirmation of Inclusion
Bellevue College is
committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus
community feels welcome to
participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and
discrimination.
We value our
different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff
members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect.
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 Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include,
but are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early
without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate
behavior toward the instructor or classmates.
The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to
the Vice President of Student Services for possible probation or suspension
from Bellevue College. Specific student
rights, responsibilities and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code
of Conduct, available in the office of the Vice President of Student
Services.” The Student Code, Policy
2050, in its entirety is located at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_student_code.asp
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Disability
Resource Center
The Disability
Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and
disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge
for which you have documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you
feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful in college, please
contact us as soon as possible.
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.
. . Please visit our website for application
information into our program and other helpful links at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
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(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 http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/studentinfo.asp