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Miami-Dade Community College Department of English for Academic Purposes & Foreign Languages EAP 0200 SPEECH LEVEL 2

Instructor: Prof. Mercedes Mont Office/Tel: 1415-19, (305) 237-8811 E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: TBA

Course Description In this course, students continue to develop the ability to understand frequently used words in oral contexts, and understand and appropriately respond to simple phrases and questions.

Required Textbook and Materials  North Star: Listening and Speaking—Introductory (with CD), Polly Merdinger & Laurie Barton,Longman.  loose leaf paper and a folder to keep your notes, exercises, and assignments  pen, pencil, eraser, highlighter

Course Objectives Students will:  use grammatical structures consistent with Levels 1-2  describe personal background and describe/narrate past events and experiences (with limited control of past tense endings and common irregular verbs)  use “going to” to express, for example, plans, schedules, academic or professional goals  ask questions about others’ past experiences or backgrounds and future intentions  spell names and words, and understand and ask for the spelling of words and names  understand shorts discourses and identify the topics  take accurate dictation of simple and compound sentences

Course Work In this course, students are ACTIVE and practice LISTENING and SPEAKING. Your contribution is important to the progress of the entire class. This class is an ENGLISH ONLY space, and you must speak English at all times during the lesson. Remember: ATTITUDE is everything! You can do it! Your active participation in pair and group activities, and the questions and comments you make in class will be considered in your grade. Listen to the CD at home and in the car. Also, your Speech Lab study will affect your progress in listening and dictation. Listen to the textbook dialogues in CAN-8 and improve your pronunciation and listening with “Pronunciation Power” in the Speech Lab.

Attendance and Punctuality You must arrive for class on time and attend classes regularly. If you are absent for 3 consecutive lessons, you will be dropped from the class. You are permitted 4 absences (T/R classes) or 5 absences (MWF classes) in total; more absences will result in a drop or a failing grade. If you are not in class when the attendance list is read, you will be marked absent. It is your responsibility to see me after the

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Grades The final grade will be A (100-90), B (89-80), C (79-70), D (69-60), or F (59 or below), computed on: Attendance/punctuality/class participation 20% Assignments, quizzes/tests, and/or presentations 60% Final Examination 20% 100%* *Exceptional initiative and contributions in class may be awarded extra credit.

Make-up tests or examinations will not be given. You must give your presentations on the day assigned to you. NOTE: You cannot take final examinations ahead of schedule.

Cell phones Turn off your telephones during the lesson. Cell phones and beepers may not ring nor be answered in class.

Student conduct The college regulations on the Student Code of Conduct is located at http://www.mdc.edu/pdf/procedures/4071.pdf. Please read it.

Academic dishonesty The College policy for dealing with Academic Dishonesty is located at http://www.mdc.edu/pdf/procedures/4074.pdf The department will treat academic dishonesty according to Miami-Dade Community College Procedure No. 4074. Students are advised that academic dishonesty in any form will be penalized according to this procedure. The instructor may award a grade of “F” for the course. Cheating or any form of academic dishonesty may also result in the student’s being placed on academic probation, suspended from school, or dismissed from the College.

EAP 0200 MMont Page 2 of 3 SYLLABUS & SCHEDULE*

WEEK TOPIC LESSON

1, 2 Course Introduction Friendship Unit 1 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

3, 4 Rap Music & the Arts Unit 2 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

5, 6 Special Possessions Unit 3 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

7, 8 Memories Unit 4 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

9, 10 Creativity Unit 5 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

11 Catch up

12, 13 Famous People Unit 6 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

14, 15 Driving Problems Unit 7 Dictation/ Listening Quiz

16 Catch up Final Speaking and Listening Examinations

* I reserve the right to change this syllabus and schedule as necessary for the benefit of the class

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