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Beginning ESL Syllabus

Mrs. Maggie Mullaj

Textbook: Side By Side(Longman)

Voices in Literature (Heinle & Heinle)

Course es!ri"tion: T#is !lass $ill allo$ stu%ents to %eelo" Basi! Englis# o!abulary

an% grammati!al stru!tures so t#at t#ey !an su!!ess'ully !ommuni!ate. lso stu%ents

$ill %eelo" literary an% analyti!al skills $#i!# $ill enable t#em to be su!!ess'ul in

'uture !ourses.

S"e!i'i! units are %es!ribe% in t#e s!o"e an% se*uen!e on t#e 'ollo$ing "ages. Eery unit

$ill %eelo" stu%ents+ Listening S"eaking ,ea%ing an% -riting skills:

Listening: Stu%ents $ill listen to Englis# 'rom natie s"eakers ia t#eir

tea!#er an% ot#er me%ia. T#ey $ill also listen to Englis# s"oken by t#eir"eers. T#ey must 'o!us t#eir attention on t#e s"eaker+s message in or%er to

!om"re#en% an% "ro%u!e a meaning'ul res"onse.

S"eaking: Stu%ents $ill #ae t#e %aily o""ortunity to "ra!ti!e s"eaking in

stru!ture% !onersations $it# t#eir "eers. lso t#ere $ill be seeral"roje!ts $#i!# re*uire t#e stu%ents to "resent in'ormation to t#e !lass

using ne$ly a!*uire% Englis# skills.

,ea%ing: Stu%ents $ill be rea%ing a ariety o' mo%i'ie% texts in!lu%ing

s#ort stories "oetry an% ex"ository $riting $it# gui%an!e an% su""ort

'rom t#eir tea!#er an% "eers. Stu%ents $ill learn arious strategies to #el"t#em !om"re#en% a text in t#eir se!on% language. T#ey $ill also learn

analyti!al skills ne!essary to inter"ret bot# literature an% images.

-riting: Stu%ents $ill be $riting on a %aily basis "ra!ti!ing t#e grammarstru!tures an% t#e ne$ o!abulary. T#ey $ill $rite a ariety o' "ersonal

narraties %es!ri"tions re"orts "oems an% re'le!tions base% on t#e

literature. T#ey $ill also #ae t#e o""ortunity to !reate t#eir o$n $orks o'!reatie 'i!tion in res"onse to arious texts.

Stu%ents $ill be isiting t#e !om"uter lab on a $eekly basis to "ra!ti!e

Englis# using t#e ,ea%ingSmart so't$are.

ra%ing: ra%es $ill be !al!ulate% as 'ollo$s:

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301 ssignments & 4ui55es

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601 Tests & 7roje!ts

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