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

Syllabus

ENGLISH 77, COMPUTER-ASSISTED VOCABULARY STUDY (3)
Prerequisite/Co-requisite Courses: None
Fall 2008, Thursdays, 9-11:45
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. R. Schoemaker
Phone: 510.628.8036
Office Hours: T-Th 11:45-12:390 and by arrangement
E-mail: profs4e@gmail.com

REQUIRED TEXT
Richek, Margaret. The World of Words: Vocabulary for College Students 7/e. New York, 2005. ( ISBN: 0-618-76678-2)

Course text site: http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/richek/world_words/7e/resources.html

Recommended texts: Dictionary, Thesaurus


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course study involves the use of computer programs in building varied and precise vocabularies. Focuses include the historical development and present-day resources of the American English vocabulary, special attention to Latin and Greek vocabulary building prefixes, suffixes and bases, neologisms, field-related vocabulary, and idioms. (3 units)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

*Expansion of vocabulary to college level.
*Development of decoding skills through word analysis.
*Understanding of formal and informal registers, slang, jargon, and standard usage
*Explanation of the nuances in American English words.


Upon completion of the course students will be able to demonstrate acquisition of vocabulary decoding and encoding with appropriate use through a variety of applications, exercises and quizzes with increasing fluency and accuracy.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

Topics covered include: computer/net tools for vocabulary study, word analysis, levels of usage, registers, denotative and connotative values, contextual understanding and applications.

Word study e-journal and special projects--

Students will keep a journal of words for personal study. Selected vocabulary may be taken from class conversations, classroom materials, readings, texts, current events, popular media (newspapers, magazines, T.V., radio, film), and online sources.

For projects, students will select several semantic categories to develop word lists organized by conceptual themes:

1 People
2 Places
3 Actions
4 Nature
5 Time
6 Quantities
7 Qualities
8 Objects
9 Ideas
10 Values

SCHEDULE

Wk	Date	Topic
1	4-Sep	Dictionary Skills and Context Clues
2	11-Sep	Words About People, WoW C1
3	18-Sep	Words in the News, WoW C2
4	25-Sep	Words for Feeling, Expression, and Action, WoW C3
5	2-Oct	Other Useful English Words, WoW C4
6	9-Oct	Word Elements, WoW C5
7	16-Oct	Word Elements: Prefixes, WoW C6
8	23-Oct	M I D T E R M (WoW C1-6)
9	30-Oct	Word Elements: Movement, WoW C7
10	6-Nov	Word Elements: Together and Apart, WoW C8
11	13-Nov	Word Elements: Numbers and Measures, WoW C9
12	20-Nov	Word Elements: Thought and Belief, WoW C10
13	27-Nov	Word Elements: The Body and Health, WoW C11
14	4-Dec	Word Elements: Speech and Writing, WoW C12
15	11-Dec	Finals week

Instructional Methods Overall, the course sessions will include presentation, discussion, and application modes.

In addition, among methods and materials used are the following:
▪Structural Analysis of Words
▪Conceptual framework for vocabulary study – contexts and processes
▪ Computer and Internet resources
▪Word Lists
▪Automated vocabulary study programs
▪Word processing for vocabulary study
▪On-line dictionary, thesaurus, and other resources


Assessment Criteria & Method of Evaluating Students Class Participation 15%

Class Participation	15%
Quizzes	10%
Projects	15%
Term Paper	30%
Presentation	10%
Final Exam	20%
Total	100%

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