Syllabi for Sir Rutherford

Intermediate Grammar—EAP 0460C SYLLABUS

 

 

Spring TWK, 2018 Session

 

CRN 26268; Building 5-room 214, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00-10:50 am

 

Instructor: Robert Rutherford, M.Ed.

 

Telephone:  TBA (Leave a message)

 

Email: Use Atlas - rrutherford@valenciacollege.edu

 

           

Course Outcomes:

 

When you complete EAP 0420c you should be able to use intermediate level grammatical structures, verb tenses, and parts of speech appropriately in speaking and writing. Lab work is required as part of this course.

 

Books (required)

 

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th ed.

 

(Optional, but recommended)

 

College level dictionary

 

 

Prerequisite

 

You must have passed EAP 0360c or EAP 0381c with a grade of C or higher.

 

Competencies

 

Students will:

 

  1. Correctly identify and use: simple present, simple past, and simple future verb tenses (“will” and “going to”)
  2. Correctly identify and use: present perfect (nonspecific time in the past with ever/never/yet/already, and action beginning in the past and continuing into the present with for/since)
  3. Correctly identify and use: present progressive, present progressive as future, and past progressive
  4. Correctly identify and use: non-action verbs, irregular verbs, time clauses, question formation, negative formation, modals, and comparative use of tenses
  5. Correctly identify and use: parts of speech, adverbs of frequency, participial adjectives, articles, count and non-count nouns, quantity words, pronouns, real conditionals, gerunds vs infinitives, comparatives vs superlatives

 

 

Other Objectives: Valencia has defined four competencies that help students to become more successful in life: (1.) Think, (2.) Value, (3.) Act, (4.) Communicate. These are in the college catalogue. This course should help you master these competencies.

 

 

 

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Student Code of Conduct

 

Activities which disrupt the classroom setting are in violation of the college code of conduct for students. Faculty members are authorized to define, communicate, and enforce appropriate standards of behavior in classrooms, offices, and other instructional areas in which they supervise. In case of a violation a faculty member may initiate a conference, give verbal or written warnings, or a referral to the director of student service for counseling or removal from the classroom pending disciplinary action.

 

Such activities include:

  1. Repeated tardiness, leaving and returning during class, unauthorized early departures from class.
  2. Interruptions or disruptions during class.
  3. Side discussions irrelevant to the subject matter. Side discussions impede the learning of other students in class and constitute an unreasonable interruption of the learning process.
  4. Using “fighting words” or epithets directed at others intended to create a hostile environment. Such words may be expected to incite imminent or immediate violence.

 

Any of these may constitute grounds for student disciplinary action as provided in Policy 6Hx28:10-04.

 

Attendance             

 

MISSED WORK DUE TO NON-ATTENDANCE CAN NOT BE MADE UP. THEREFORE, DO NOT MISS CLASS! Talk to me if you need to miss class due to illness or other extenuating problems.

 

Format for Writing Assignments

 

Please make your essays look as neat as possible-- this means writing on every other line only on the front side of each sheet of paper. Please number each page at the top right.

Every essay you write should have a TITLE at the top.

Make sure to always include your NAME and the DATE as well.

PROOFREAD EVERYTHING YOU WRITE BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN!

 

Deadlines

 

Please submit work by the deadlines.

 

Examinations

 

You will have a midterm and a final exam. The Midterm Exam will be March 21, and the Final will be April 25.

 

 Withdrawal Policy

 

If miss the withdrawal deadline you will have to accept whatever grade you have earned in the class. I will let you know when the withdrawal deadline is.

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Academic Dishonesty

 

This is, of course, prohibited and will result in failure. This includes plagiarism, cheating, giving false information, forgery, alteration or misuse of documents, misconduct during a test situation, or misuse of identification with the intent to defraud or deceive.

 

Students with Special Needs or Disabilities

 

Students with disabilities who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a Notification to Instructor (NTI) form from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with the professor, preferably during the first two weeks of class; accommodations will not be applied retroactively.  The Office for Students with Disabilities determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities.

 

West Campus SSB, Rm. 102 Phone: 407-582-1523 Fax: 407-582-1326

 

 

Study Tips

 

“LEARNING IS AN ACTION VERB!!  Most students need to do more than just sit through lectures and reread their notes.  Spend 1-2 hour blocks of time EVERY DAY actively writing or discussing concepts to make them a part of your memory.  Use the words you learn often, they will sink in betterJ.

Here are some study and classroom management tips that have assisted former students:

-  Attend class daily and don’t be tardy. The introduction to each lecture explains the    purpose of the entire lecture. Students who follow this rule won’t miss important information.

-  REWRITE YOUR NOTES soon after the lecture; if the instructor permits, tape record lectures and replay to refresh your memory when you rewrite your notes.

-  Create flash cards with questions you make up from the lecture and lab with answers on the back.

-  Use mnemonic devises and other games to remember concepts; go to Google images, YouTube and Khan Academy for additional pictures and videos to clarify concepts.

-  Make lists of confusing topics from your studying and ask questions.

-  Take advantage of the professor’s office hours.

-  JOIN A STUDY GROUP and predict what questions the professor could ask on the test.

-  Get the telephone number of one or more buddies in case you are absent from a class.

 

 

 

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Grading Procedures

 

Your grade will be determined by your overall performance.

 

A= 100 - 90                    

B= 89 - 80                      

C= 79 - 70   

Grades that do not satisfy the EAP requirement:                  

D= 69 - 60                         

F= 59 – 0

 

Disclaimer

 

The course outline and syllabus are subject to change as needed; changes will be announced in class in a timely manner, when necessary.  Your continued participation in this course after the drop-add deadline period constitutes an agreement with and an acceptance of the conditions presented in this syllabus.

 

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Meeting One-

 

Introduction to the course

 

Writing Assignment One: Copy these questions on a piece of paper and write answers. We will do an in-class activity with this.

 

  1. What country or city are you from?
  2. What was your childhood nickname?
  3. What do you like to do in your spare time?
  4. Where would you ultimately like to live?
  5. What is your ultimate career goal?

 

 

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