Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Course number: ESL 052
Instructor: Andrea Cheng
Office: 227
Office Hours: TBA
Contact Information: 569-4848 Andrea.cheng@cincinnatistate.edu
Course information: ESL level 2 is a high intermediate/advanced English as a Second Language class which prepares Limited English Proficient students for college level courses. The course integrates reading, writing, speaking, listening comprehension, and grammar as well as the writing process, organization, grammar and mechanics, and sentence structure. Students will produce three essays and several paragraphs.
The content of the course focuses on American culture and issues facing new immigrants. …show more content…
• use standard English sentence structure in writing and speaking • gain confidence in ability to communicate in written and spoken English • understand English used in academic settings
WEEK 1
HT ch. 1
G ch. 1
Writing: introduction Present yourself to the class
WEEK 2
HT ch. 2
G ch. 2
Writing: The parts of a five paragraph essay
WEEK 3
HT ch. 3
G ch. 3
Writing: Essay one: Comparison/contrast
Select an aspect of culture which differs in your country and in the US. This topic may or may not relate to chapters 1,2,3 in Hot Topics.
TEST HT 1,2,3
WEEK 4
HT ch. 4
G ch. 4
Writing: ESSAY ONE COMPARISON/CONTRAST DUE
WEEK 5
HT ch. 5
G ch. 5
Writing: Begin Essay two: Cause/Effect
GRAMMAR TEST 1-5
WEEK 6
HT 6
G ch. 6
Writing: revise/edit Essay Two
TEST HT 4,5,6
WEEK 7
HT 7
G ch. 7
Writing: ESSAY TWO CAUSE/EFFECT DUE
WEEK 8
HT ch.