Welcome and overview
- Welcome to Listening Comprehension and Speaking for Academic
Purposes (English I and II).
- These courses will help you improve your general English
skills and develop your academic listening comprehension and speaking skills.
- The speaking and listening courses will be taught together. You will receive the same grade in both classes.
Contacting the instructor
Name: J. E. Seibert
- E-mail address: jseibert@willamette.edu; Office 209; telephone number: 503-373-3302
- Outside of class help : (1) after class, and (2) by appointment
- I am usually at TIUA on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and I will come on Tuesday and Thursday if you need me.
Overview of the courses
- You will learn and practice
- understanding English.
- speaking English.
- the social and academic uses of English, as well as grammar
and pronunciation.
- Listening and speaking topics and activities will center
around cultural orientation, communication on campus, and listening and notetaking in various academic fields.
- We will do whole-class activities together. Students
will also work in small groups and pairs.
- Students will give presentations to the class at the
end of the course.
- We will meet at least five times with students in Willamette University's
Conversational Japanese course.
Texts (bring these books to class every day!)
Provided by TIUA
- Hemmert, Amy and Ged O'Connell. Communicating on Campus:
Skills for Academic Speaking.
- Solorzano Helen and Laurie Frazier. Contemporary Topics I: Intermediate Listening and Note-Taking Skills.
- You must have your own Japanese-English
dictionary and English dictionary and bring them to class!
- Please stay organized: buy a three-ring notebook and dividers
General course requirements and class rules
- Attend and actively participate in all classes.
- Come to class. Bring paper and your textbooks, your dictionaries, and all handouts from the semester.
- Complete all in-class and homework assignments at a satisfactory
level or above.
- Pass quizzes and tests.
- Use English in class and encourage others to use English.
Please speak English 97.145927% of the time.
- Cooperate with your classmates and encourage your classmates.
- No chewing gum in class. It makes it hard to practice
English. You may drink beverages in class in hard-sided cups.
- No eating food in class, please, because I would like you to focus
on the class and you need to speak in class.
Grades
- There is no make-up of quizzes and tests unless you contact me BEFORE class and have a good reason.
- Final grades can be A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, or F.
- Each assignment will have a point value; smaller assignments and quizzes will be worth fewer points and major assignments and exams will be worth more points. At the end of the semester:
- "A"s are 90% and above
- "B"s are 80%-89%
- "C"s are 70%-79%
- 69% or below = "F"
- At the end of the semester, if you are between two grades, you will get the higher grade if you tried hard to do your best, had a good "attitude", went to tutoring, and participated actively in class.
- You can check your grade any time using the course website and a password.
- Students who do average work will receive "C's". A few students may receive "A's" if they do outstanding work throughout the course. Students who do below average or unsatisfactory work will receive "F's". Everyone can do well if he or she studies hard.
- Students who miss 20% or more of the class hours (about seven days) will receive an "F" and will not get credit. This is TIUA policy. Also,
- Three late arrivals equal one absence.
- You will be marked absent if you arrive more than about 20 minutes late or sleep in class.
Special note about doing your own
work
- Plagiarism will result in the students
involved receiving an "F" on the assignment.
- Plagiarism is copying text or ideas
from another student's work, or from a text or website, without giving credit.
Success
I will do everything in my power to help you succeed in this
course, but you are in control of your success and your
future.
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J.E. Seibert,
February 21, 2007