Syllabus

The American University in Cairo

Department of Applied Linguistics, TAFL Program

Fall 2015

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Syllabus: Module – Child Labor عمالة الأطفال

Instructor: Ayman Eddakrouri

Course Level: Intermediate, High

Course Meetings: MWR 12:00 pm - 01:15 pm

Course Location: HUSS 2111

Office Location: HUSS 1026

Office Hours: R 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Office Phone: 2615

Email: a DOT eldakroury AT aucegypt DOT edu

Course Description: 

This course is integrated, academic Arabic course. It is designed to prepare students with competencies that promote their language skills. This competencies based course introduces students to a variety of positive guidance, discipline and interaction. The course provides students with integrated academic receptive and productive skills.

Module Description: 

This module is content-based. It is prepared to let students pursuing and developing their listening, writing and reading skills. The module is designed around the theme of child labor.

 Learning Outcomes:

 By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1.Identify main ideas and detailed information based on a listening activity.

2.Specify cohesive devices (transition words) in spoken discourse and employ them in writing.

3.Guess meaning of words from a written context.

4.Recognize the organizational structure of written texts.

Course Expectations:

You can expect me:

     · To start and end class on time.

     · To reply to e-mails within 24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours on weekends.

     · To assign homework that adequately covers the material and meets the learning objectives of the course while adhering to the time expectations for a 3 lesson course.

     · To fairly and accurately grade you according to your whole performance throughout the course.

I can expect you:

     · To come to class on time.

     · To be attentive and engaged in class.

     · To refrain from using cell phones during class time.

     · To spend an adequate amount of time on the homework when requested, making an effort to solve and understand each problem.

     · To effectively engage with both the abstract and computational sides of the material.

     · To seek help when appropriate.

Attendance and Participation Policy

Class presence and participation points are given to encourage your active class participation and discussion. You will be rewarded with a perfect score as long as you frequently come to class and actively contribute to the class discussion

Presence: Although it is not required, most students send their professor a brief e-mail to explain their absence in advance. Students who repeatedly arrive late to the lecture or recitation will have their Class Participation grade lowered. Please sign the attendance sheet when you come to the class. 

Participation: We will devote the most of 3 sessions to the threaded discussion. The instructor’s role during the threaded discussion is that of a facilitator. When the cases are discussed, we are less concerned with “right” or “wrong” answers than we are with thoughtful contributions which follow the discussion and either add to the point or move it in a new direction. If you find it uncomfortable to speak up in class or in threaded discussion, we encourage you to visit your professor in office hours and work on this skill.

Participation in Class Discussion

Class participation is a very important part of the learning process in this course. You will be evaluated on the QUALITY of your contributions and insights. Quality comments possess one or more of the following properties:

· Offers a different and unique, but relevant, perspective; 

· Contributes to moving the discussion and analysis forward; 

· Builds on other comments; 

· Transcends the “I feel” syndrome. That is, it includes some evidence, argumentation, or recognition of inherent tradeoffs. In other words, the comment demonstrates some reflective thinking.

We will use our assessment of your participation to manage borderline grades. While your participation grade is subjective, it will not be random or arbitrary. And, clearly, more frequent quality comments are better than less frequent quality comments.

(Adapted from Carnegie Mellon Syllabi)

Module Assessment

Attendance and Punctuality....................................................20%

Preparation..............................................................................20%

Level of Engagement, Behavior and Assigned Work.............30%

Homework...............................................................................30%