EAP 0385
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. R. Appelbaum
OFFICE: Building 9 Room 211
PHONE: 954-201-6471
E-Mail : rappelba@broward.edu
Term II (Spring 2003)
Please feel free to call if you have any question about class or if you have to be absent from class.
COURSE OVERVIEW: This six-credit basic grammar course is designed principally to guide the student to the mastery of basic English grammar and sentence structures. Also included are reading and writing assignments. These writing assignments are very important since your success in college will be based, to a great extent, on your ability to communicate your ideas in clear writing. In order to move to the next level, ESL 0485, the student must attain a letter grade of “C” or better. With a “D”,”F”,or”W” the student must repeat EAP 0385.
LAB REQUIREMENT: Thirteen hours of lab are required. If lab hours are not complete, the student’s final grade will drop one full letter grade. With three or more hours missing, the student will fail the course.
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY: This course is based on traditional and whole language philosophy which the instructor will explain to the class. Mastery of a language can only be achieved through intensive in-class and out-of-class practice, repetition, and study. Therefore, students are expected to have all assignments completed on time in order to progress at a satisfactory pace. In this course students will do individual assignments, pair work, small group tasks, and take part in general discussions.
ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend all classes. A student is allowed to miss six hours of class time for excused and unexcused absences. If a student misses class, she or he is responsible for all work completed and assigned. Therefore, it is a good idea to have two or three classmates phone numbers.
TEXTS:
Azar, Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd
edition
American Heritage Dictionary for
English Second Language
Dictionary of Prepositions. (not required)
READER:
Discovering Fiction: A Reader of
American Short Stories. Book 1. Gelshenen,
Rosemary and Judith Kay.
This book will be used for writing assignments and for in-class group discussions. We will read two stories per week. Some of your writing will be done in pairs. You will learn to edit another student’s writing and how to edit your own writing. Hopefully, this will build your own confidence in writing in a second language.
SUPPLIES:
You will need a notebook (a loose-leaf binder for 8.5” x 10” paper is best), a place to safely keep hand-outs, sharpened number 2 pencils, ball-point pen, a good eraser, a stapler, and white-out.
We will cover the following units from the text during this current semester. Dates will be given to the students each week.
Weekly Class Schedule
Week 1:
Introduction to the course
Chapter 1:
An introduction to the writing process
The importance of good grammar
A writing sample
Week 2:
Continuation of the writing process
Chapter 1 – Present Time
A
Writing in the Present Tense
Week 3:
Chapter 2 – Past Time
A
Writing in the Past Tense
Week 4:
Chapter 3 – Future Time
A
Writing in the Future
Week 5:
Chapter 4 – The Present Perfect and Past Perfect Times
A
Writing using the Perfect times
Week 6:
Chapter 5 – Asking and responding to questions in writing
Simple and Compound Sentence Structures ( Chapter 8)
A
Writing Practice
Week 7:
Chapter 6 – Parts of Speech and their functions in sentences
A
Writing
Week 8:
Chapter 7 – Modal Auxiliaries
The Use of Commas in sentences
A
Writing Practice using Modals and Commas
Week 9:
Chapter 9- Comparisons
The Complex Sentence
A
Writing with Complex Sentences
Week 10:
Chapter 10 – The Active and Passive Voice
The Use of Prepositions in sentences
A
Writing using Active and Passive Voice
Week 11:
Using semi-colons and other punctuation
The Use of Articles: a, an, the
Practice with Articles
Count and Noncount Nouns
A
Writing using Articles and Count and Noncount Nouns
Week 12:
Common Problems in Writing Sentences: Run-ons, Fragments
The Paragraph for Academic Writing and Its Organization
A
Writing a Paragraph
Week 13:
Using Everything You Have Learned
Writing a Paragraph
Week 14:
Summing Up the Course
Preparing for the Final
Week 15:
The Final
GRADING POLICY:
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
69 - F
TESTING:
Students are expected to complete all tests at the time they are given. No make-up tests will be administered without a doctor's excuse and the instructor's permission.
According to class needs, the instructor retains the right to modify this course syllabus.