Please insist that your students speak English in class, even to each other. Unfortunately, this is the only English practice some students get, so we should ensure they have as much exposure to the language as possible. If someone is truly stuck, the native language may be used – briefly! – to get past that point and then move on in English.
If you feel it is necessary to separate students who insist on chatting in the native language during class in order to help them and the other students learn, then you should do so.
Monday, April 6, 2009
BE Evaluations - Winter term
The following are selected responses from last term’s student evaluations. Great job, instructors!
1. Level of the class:
• I lik becose I wasn’t able to read english be fore I tended CSCC - but today I am goo
• I like the practice after the examples or function because it helps me to understand the rules
2. What did you like most about the textbook?
• I like listening. I wish we cold do more listening.
• This book has a very good material and explication.
• I like the presetation of cors and grammer ruls.
• I’d like the grammer about the testbook.
3. What did you not like about the textbook?
• The exercises were sometimes too easy.
• Sometimes the book it’s not very clear
• I didn’t like, when we bought the book at the library they don’t give us the CD
• with, and we don’t practice the listening and the pronunciation.
• It doesn’t have CD for the students.
• I didn’t like about the texbook. It hasn’t more vocable
6. Was the course useful to you? Why or why not?
• I could meet very nice people.
• It was interesting to learn english in the US.
• There were a lot of students in the class and sometime we didn’t have a lot of chance to participate.
• We hadn’t the time to do the communication Practice in closs. We hadn’t the time to do the workbook in class.
• because I can talk without make mistakes.
• Well I practice every day, at anytime, always when I have a chance.
• beCause I learn alot of grammer I have a wanedful teacher
• Because I understand everything my teacher taught me. and she taugh me a lot
• Because I learned Everything
• because I Know 80% of grammar ruls now.
• cause we need more focus on conversation and more vocabulary
• because I got enough information about the grammar and writing
• In my Daily life I can speak and I understend better.
• because now I can Understand all my friends in my Job and I can speak litte more I’m very happy.
• becose she helppe verry well becose I wasn’t able to read english be fore I attended CSCC
• The teacher is wonderful because she has time For a Teach and practice in the class I am pronunciation the best the words Thanks you.
• Because was easy and wonderful course Thaanks you teacher we will see you in the next class in the next course
• I Learn a lot of the knowledge, words in this language, new word and formal words. THANK YOU
• because I learned how to pronounce some words used to go to the doctor
1. Level of the class:
• I lik becose I wasn’t able to read english be fore I tended CSCC - but today I am goo
• I like the practice after the examples or function because it helps me to understand the rules
2. What did you like most about the textbook?
• I like listening. I wish we cold do more listening.
• This book has a very good material and explication.
• I like the presetation of cors and grammer ruls.
• I’d like the grammer about the testbook.
3. What did you not like about the textbook?
• The exercises were sometimes too easy.
• Sometimes the book it’s not very clear
• I didn’t like, when we bought the book at the library they don’t give us the CD
• with, and we don’t practice the listening and the pronunciation.
• It doesn’t have CD for the students.
• I didn’t like about the texbook. It hasn’t more vocable
6. Was the course useful to you? Why or why not?
• I could meet very nice people.
• It was interesting to learn english in the US.
• There were a lot of students in the class and sometime we didn’t have a lot of chance to participate.
• We hadn’t the time to do the communication Practice in closs. We hadn’t the time to do the workbook in class.
• because I can talk without make mistakes.
• Well I practice every day, at anytime, always when I have a chance.
• beCause I learn alot of grammer I have a wanedful teacher
• Because I understand everything my teacher taught me. and she taugh me a lot
• Because I learned Everything
• because I Know 80% of grammar ruls now.
• cause we need more focus on conversation and more vocabulary
• because I got enough information about the grammar and writing
• In my Daily life I can speak and I understend better.
• because now I can Understand all my friends in my Job and I can speak litte more I’m very happy.
• becose she helppe verry well becose I wasn’t able to read english be fore I attended CSCC
• The teacher is wonderful because she has time For a Teach and practice in the class I am pronunciation the best the words Thanks you.
• Because was easy and wonderful course Thaanks you teacher we will see you in the next class in the next course
• I Learn a lot of the knowledge, words in this language, new word and formal words. THANK YOU
• because I learned how to pronounce some words used to go to the doctor
Student handbook
Copies of the 2008-2009 CSCC Student Handbook are in your mailboxes. Please refer to these as needed, and let your students know that these are available to them (free) if they would like one.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Course completion information
Several students have told me their Basic English 4 and 5 instructors last term told them they passed the class (before we have had a chance to score the tests). Please do not do this. If it turns out that the student did not pass, it causes additional disappointment to the student and damages the instructor’s credibility.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Basic English 6
The basic purpose of this course is:
a. to help students improve their English grammar in speaking and writing.
b. to teach students how to be more comfortable with the basic use of the computer.
c. to prepare the students for the COMPASS/ESL test (a computer-based test), which they will need to take if they are going on to credit coursework.
Here is the basic week-by-week course structure. Please use this as a guideline, keeping in mind that your students may have need for additional focus on one area over another. Particularly since this is a pilot course, please keep me posted on things that do/don't work, good/bad ideas, etc., so we can improve the course. Homework should be assigned and students should be expected
WEEK 1:
Course introduction
Use of the software
Unit 1 - Present time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
WEEK 2:
Unit 2 - Past time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 3 - Future time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
WEEK 3:
Unit 4 - Present perfect and past perfect
WEEK 4:
Unit 6 - Nouns and pronouns (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 11 - Count/Noncount nouns and articles
WEEK 5:
Unit 5 - Asking questions
WEEK 6:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries
WEEK 7:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries (continued)
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas
WEEK 8:
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas (continued)
WEEK 9:
Unit 9 - Comparisons
WEEK 10:
Unit 9 - Comparisons (continued)
Review
Final test
a. to help students improve their English grammar in speaking and writing.
b. to teach students how to be more comfortable with the basic use of the computer.
c. to prepare the students for the COMPASS/ESL test (a computer-based test), which they will need to take if they are going on to credit coursework.
Here is the basic week-by-week course structure. Please use this as a guideline, keeping in mind that your students may have need for additional focus on one area over another. Particularly since this is a pilot course, please keep me posted on things that do/don't work, good/bad ideas, etc., so we can improve the course. Homework should be assigned and students should be expected
WEEK 1:
Course introduction
Use of the software
Unit 1 - Present time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
WEEK 2:
Unit 2 - Past time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 3 - Future time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
WEEK 3:
Unit 4 - Present perfect and past perfect
WEEK 4:
Unit 6 - Nouns and pronouns (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 11 - Count/Noncount nouns and articles
WEEK 5:
Unit 5 - Asking questions
WEEK 6:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries
WEEK 7:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries (continued)
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas
WEEK 8:
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas (continued)
WEEK 9:
Unit 9 - Comparisons
WEEK 10:
Unit 9 - Comparisons (continued)
Review
Final test
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