2013 WSU WINTER INTERSESSION FRESHMAN CLASS SYLLABUS

Teacher: Room & Office Hours: Time(s): Monday - Friday 9AM 11AM (2 hours/day) Textbook: Widgets (Pearson Longman 2008) http://www.widgets-inc.com/

Semester & Day(s): WINTER (2013 Intersession 1) December 16, 2013 January 3, 2013

Course Description/Objective: This class is designed to provide students an opportunity to improve and practice conversational English in a project based course. Students will create posters and infomercial videos. Day Date Learning Target

Additional Information
Introductions & Orientation Learn about Widgets Incorporated Become comfortable speaking with co-workers Shake hands and exchange business cards Engage in office small talk Build awareness of situational conventions Build awareness of appropriateness of questions Form groups Select a project manager for your team Brainstorm product ideas individually Develop problem-solving skills Present product ideas to your team members Identify pros and cons of product ideas Build awareness of politeness Debate the pros and cons of one item against another Judge a debate Report to your team on the pros and cons of your product Reach an agreement with your team on the best product ideas Learn to cooperate in a group and make group decisions Practice presentation skills

Monday, Dec. 16

Unit 1: Welcome Aboard

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Unit 1: Welcome Aboard

Wednesday, Dec. 18

Unit 2: Eureka!

Thursday, Dec. 19

Unit 2: Eureka!

Friday, Dec. 20

Unit 3: Decisions, Decisions

Monday, Dec. 23

Unit 3: Decisions, Decisions Poster Presentation & Oral Mid-Term Exam NO CLASS

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(jj: Dec2013)

Tuesday, Dec. 24 Wednesday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day Thursday, Dec. 26 Friday, Dec. 27 Monday, Dec. 30 Tuesday, Dec. 31 Wednesday, Jan. 1 New Years Day Thursday, Jan. 2 Friday, Jan. 3

Present Posters in class Oral Midterm exam (water cooler chats)

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Unit 5: As seen on TV Unit 5: As seen on TV Unit 5: As seen on TV Unit 5: As seen on TV Presentation Day NO CLASS Unit 6: Youll go far, kid Presentation Day

Select a project manager for your team Brainstorm problems and solutions Build on creative problem solving Plan and produce an infomercial Practice performing or presenting to an audience Plan & Prepare Infomercial Present infomercial in class
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Assess your performance on the tasks Reflect on the skills you have developed at Widgets Inc Write a resume (if time allows)
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Course Policy
You are expected to behave appropriately in your class. This means: Turn off your cellular phone. Pay attention to the teacher. Do no talk when your teacher or your classmates are talking. Participate in class. If the teacher asks you a question, try to answer it. Bring your book, pencil, paper and dictionary to class every day. You cannot learn English if you do not have a book.

Attendance: It is university policy that you attend every class. Failure to attend class will lower your final grade. You cannot expect to improve your English if you do not come to class. If you are absent, you MUST talk to your Department Head, or the General English Program Assistant at Room #101 in the Na building. You will be marked late if you are more than 15 minutes late for class. If you are late for class 3 times, it will count as 1 absence. For the intersession, if you leave during the break, you will be marked absent for the entire day.

Grading:

Grading Criteria Attendance Homework/ Class Participation Midterm exam (oral exam, water cooler chats) Final (Infomercial Video, Poster, Peer Evaluation)

Percentage 20% 20% 20% 40%

Grading Distribution Scale (Curving): This class will use the grade distribution scale in accordance with the University policy. It is applicable to all freshman, sophomore and junior classes offered by the Dept. of General English when there are 10 or more students in the class. If there are 9 students or less, curving is not required.

A+ ~ A : 20% or below B+ ~ B : 45% or below C+ ~ C D+ ~ D F: Class teachers discretion altogether 35% or above

Exams: There are two scheduled exams for this freshman course, namely: Midterm and Final Exams. Your instructor may also choose to give tests and/or quizzes at other times during the semester which are to be counted as part of your homework/ participation grade.