Syllabus

 Instructor J. E. Seibert

    E-mail: jseibert; Phone: 3302; Office 209 Kaneko

Course preview

• This "Advanced English" course will help students improve their pronunciation of English. Class activities will include pair and small group practice, interviews, and short oral reports and dramatic presentations. Students will learn and practice word and sentence stress, linking sounds and words, and intonation. Review of production of sounds is included, too. Some grammar view will be included because speaking and understanding language requires putting together grammar and pronunciation.
• You must practice pronunciation on your own time. You cannot improve much by practicing only three hours each week in class; you need to work outside of class. Listen to others and try to use what you learn when you speak.
• Language skills are all linked together; they cannot be easily separated. Listening comprehension and pronunciation are especially closely related.

Text

The text book is Sounds Great by Beverly Beisbier.

Requirements and Grades

• Requirements
  • Demonstrable improvement in your English pronunciation
  • Active participation in all classes
  • Satisfactory completion of all in-class and homework assignments
  • Satisfactory grades on quizzes and exams
• Grades
  • Your grade will be determined using two factors:
    • A point system will be used for assignments and tests. Each assignment and test carries a certain number of points.
    • You will also receive an end of the term effort and participation grade worth about 20% of your grade
  • The grading scale is:

    • A+ 97-100%; A 93-96%; A- 90-92%; B+ 87-89%; B 83-86%; B- 80-82%; C+ 77-79%; C 73-76%; C- 70-72%; F 69% and below

TIUA Attendance Policy (See the "TIUA American Studies Program Catalog", page 14)

• If you miss "more than 20%" of the classes, you will receive an "F".
• Three late arrivals count as an absence.
• In classes in the U. S. at all levels you are always responsible for both in-class work and homework, regardless of the reason for the absence.