Monday, September 14, 2009

IEP 5 VOCABULARY SCHEDULE

Week Date Topic Vocabulary Connection: Big Picture Idiom/Metaphor Theme Units
Word Parts Chapter
Wk 1 8/27/2009 Introduction
Wk 2 9/3/2009 Time Chapter 1 1. Ideas: C1, C2
Wk3 9/10/2009 Position; Direction Chapter 2 2. Knowledge: C3
Wk 4 9/17/2009 Size; Number Chapter 3 3. Argument: C4
Wk 5 9/24/2009 Additional Prefixes Chapter 4 4. Emotion: C5
Wk 6 10/1/2009 Review Midpoint Exercises 5. Money: C6
Wk 7 10/8/2009 Common Roots Chapter 5 5. Money: C7
Wk 8 10/15/2009 More Roots Chapter 6 6. Control: C8
C9, People are Food
Wk 9 10/22/2009 Suffixes Chapter 7 7. People
Wk 10 10/29/2009 Exercises Review U8.Life, C10, C11, C12
Wk 11 11/5/2009 Word Families Chapter 8 C13
Wk 12 11/12/2009 More Word Families Chapter 9 C14
Wk 13 11/19/2009 Dictionary Study Chapter 10 C15
Wk 14 11/26/2009 Review Review Review
Wk 15 12/3/2009 Review Review Review
Wk 16 12/10/2009 Post Testing

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Welcome

Welcome to this blog at http://starvocabulary.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 3, 2009

14 Words Key to 100,000 Words

PREFIX SPELLINGS MEANING # KEYWORD ROOT SPELLINGS MEANING
de
down, away 1 DETAIN tam ten, tin have, hold
inter
between 2 INTERMITTENT mitt miss, mie, mit send
pre
before 3 PRECEPT cip cept,cap, ceiv take
ob oc,of,op to,toward 4 OFFER fer lat, lay bear
in il,im,ir into 5 INSIST sist eta stand, endure
mono
one,a.lone 6 MONOGRAPH graph
write
epi
over,upon 7 EPILOGUE log,ology
speech, science
ad a,ac,ag,a to,towards 8 ASPECT spect spec,epi Look
un
not 9 UNCOMPLICATED plic play,plex, fold,bend,
twist
com co,col, car with




non
not 10 NONEXTENDED tens,tend
stretch
ex e,ef out




re
back,again 11 REPRODUCTION duct duc,duit, lead,make,
duk shape
pro
forward,in favor




in il, im, ir not 12 INDISPOSED poc pon,poat put,place
dis di,dif apart from




over
above 13 OVERSUFFICIENT fic fac,fact make, do
sub suc,suf, under




sug,sup
mis
wrong 14 MISTRANSCRIBE scribe scrip,scriv write
trans tra,tran across




Links

Vocab quiz:
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blvocabquiz_money1.htm

Pronunciation:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Syllabus

Course Title: Intensive English Program (IEP) V
Vocabulary

Department and Number: English IEP 5
Credit: Non-credit
Prerequisite(s): None
Semester: Fall 2009 –Thursdays 1:15 -4:50 (1:15-2:15, 2:30-3:30, 3:45-4:50)
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. Schoemaker Rippel
Email: sysr@lincolnuca.edu
Course-related email for the semester: profsr20@gmail.com
Office hours and location: T, Th 11:45-12:30 and by arrangement, room 307
Office phone: 510-628-8036

Instructional Materials and References
Required texts:
Title: The Big Picture - Idioms as Metaphors
Author: King,Kevin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year of publication: 1999
ISBN: 0395917123

Title: Vocabulary Connections Book II, Word Parts
Author: Reynolds, Marianne C.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year of publication: 1999
ISBN: 007052629x

Recommended Texts:
Dictionary, thesaurus

Course Description
The course focuses on vocabulary building and enrichment through words used in context. Emphasis will be given to most frequently used words in spoken and written English. (NC)
IEP 5 covers the aspects of vocabulary development in functional communicative contexts. The core of the course will emphasize meaningful practice aimed at vocabulary expansion through contexts, word families, word structures and combining parts.


Course Objectives
Students will develop vocabulary skills for functional communicative purposes, in context-centered study and expansions.
University learner goals 1 -6, and specifically in English: To develop the ability to communicate effectively in English, orally and in writing, and to read with understanding (1.1) and institutional goals, especially 1,(1.1-1.4), 2.4


Measurable Learning Objectives
Students will demonstrate improved vocabulary recognition and production skills, orally and in writing, through targeted quizzes, tests (pre and post) and exercises (class and text-based).


Topical Outline
Vocabulary, including word parts, content and structure words, and idiom study is through contexts of immediate academic and high interest socio-cultural relevance. Among topics included are vocabulary elements for time, position, direction; idioms relating to ideas, personal and global perspectives, and best practices in vocabulary acquisition.

SCHEDULE


Week

Topic

Vocabulary Connection:
Word Parts Chapter

Big Picture Idiom/Metaphor Theme Units

Wk 1

Introduction



Wk 2

Time

Chapter 1

1. Ideas: C1, C2

Wk3

Position; Direction

Chapter 2

2. Knowledge: C3

Wk 4

Size; Number

Chapter 3

3. Argument: C4

Wk 5

Additional Prefixes

Chapter 4

4. Emotion: C5

Wk 6

Review

Midpoint Exercises

5. Money: C6

Wk 7

Common Roots

Chapter 5

5. Money: C7

Wk 8

More Roots

Chapter 6

6. Control: C8
C9, People are Food

Wk 9

Suffixes

Chapter 7

7. People


Spring Recess



Wk 10

Exercises

Review

U8.Life, C10, C11, C12

Wk 11

Word Families

Chapter 8

C13

Wk 12

More Word Families

Chapter 9

C14

Wk 13

Dictionary Study

Chapter 10

C15

Wk 14

Review

Review

Review

Wk 15

Review

Review

Review

Wk 16

Post Testing



Week

Tuesday

Notes

Thursday

Notes

1

8/25/2009


8/27/2009


2

9/1/2009


9/3/2009


3

9/8/2009


9/10/2009


4

9/15/2009


9/17/2009


5

9/22/2009


9/24/2009


6

9/29/2009


10/1/2009


7

10/6/2009


10/8/2009


8

10/13/2009


10/15/2009


9

10/20/2009


10/22/2009


10

10/27/2009


10/29/2009


11

11/3/2009


11/5/2009


12

11/10/2009


11/12/2009


13

11/17/2009


11/19/2009


14

11/24/2009


11/26/2009


15

12/1/2009


12/3/2009


16

12/8/2009


12/10/2009


17

12/15/2009


12/17/2009



Instructional Methods
A cooperative learning model is employed. Small group and individual discovery exercises and presentations will augment lectures, discussion and applications.

Assessment Criteria & Method of Evaluating Students
As participants in a course that is part of the non-credit IEP program, students do not receive letter grades. Instead, successful students will earn a completion report from their instructors based on their course work, progress, post-test measures, and individual profiles. Students successfully completing the program with the prerequisite instructor recommendations will receive a Certificate of Completion. The following table lists some of the primary areas evaluated for progress indication purposes:

Class attendance and Participation

25%

Exercises and Quizzes

15%

Projects

15%

Homework Assignments

15%

Presentations

15%

Final Review Tests

15%

Total

100%

The following letter grade / point scale is provided for informational purposes only. While individual assignments may be evaluated on such a scale, no final letter grades will be assigned beyond the complete/incomplete evaluations as discussed above.


100-95

A

94-90

A-

89-87

B+

86-84

B

83-80

B-

79-77

C+

76-74

C

73-70

C-

69-67

D+

66-64

D

63-60

D-

59 or <

F


Friday, July 31, 2009