ESL 7 - 8 Syllabus

Hi Students,

Please click on each section of our class syllabus to find the relevant information.

Your teacher Ed

Course Description

Because this is the highest level of Noncredit ESL, we’ll work on some advanced grammar structures as well as reviewing all the verb tenses. You’ll get lots of practice with reading and writing, and you’ll have a chance to practice speaking and listening with your classmates in our live Zoom classes. We’ll explore American culture through music and stories, too.

Goals

Improve our ability to understand real-life reading materials like newspapers, magazines, and online sites.
Become more comfortable and speak more fluently when we participate in every-day conversations about lots of different topics.
Be able to write a composition about familiar topics.
Be able to speak and write at an advanced grammar level.

From the Course Catalog

Advanced low 9 language skills. Extended conversations and discussions on a variety of topics based on authentic listening and reading material. Development of sentence-combining skills and unified, cohesive written texts.

Class Activities

Your participation in Zoom and Canvas is important to help you learn English.

You will spend about 10 hours each week on these activities:

Textbook assignments and other assignments in Canvas to help you learn English
Live Zoom meetings: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Written and oral discussions in Canvas and Zoom
Video clips and readings to support the topics we discuss

Class Meetings

We will have live class meetings on Zoom on. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m

Recommended Class Textbook

Grammar in Context 3, 7th Edition

ISBN: 978-0-357-14025-3

Where to buy the book:

CCSF Bookstore
Order directly from the publisher – Get a 25% discount.
Amazon.com or other online sites – Check the ISBN number when ordering.

Communication

Please send me your messages through the Canvas Inbox. If your message is urgent, email me at my City College email address: emurray@ccsf.edu

Communication Plan

I'll answer your messages within a day or so during the week.
I'll review your work and try to send you comments about it within a day or two after you turn it in.
I'll participate in the weekly discussions, but I won't reply to every comment. I will usually make private comments to you.

Building Community through Canvas Discussions

We do some of our most important activities in the discussions. The discussions are a good place to learn from each other. All of you are successful students of English—you are members of the highest level noncredit class we have. That means you can all learn from each other, not just from the teacher. I'm looking forward to participating in discussions with you.

Announcements

I'll post announcements often on the Instructor Announcements page in Canvas. Canvas notifies students according to their preferred Notification Preferences as soon as an Announcement is posted. Please try to read the Announcements so we all know what's going on in the class.

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Students seeking disability related accommodations are encouraged to register with Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS).

(415) 452-5481

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify descriptive and factual material in familiar contexts.
Demonstrate ability to participate appropriately in casual and extended conversation about a variety of topics with increasing fluency.
Demonstrate comprehension of authentic materials on familiar contexts as well as descriptions and narrations of factual material.
Demonstrate ability to write compositions on familiar material.
Us the language structures and forms appropriate for Advanced Low 9.