Preparing for BE6

BE5 instructors, please let your students know the following information about BE6 so they will be prepared for this important course:

˜   Basic English 6 uses computers as well as an instructor to teach English. Students will need to have access to a computer with an Internet connection outside class in order to do homework. For those students who do not have a computer at home, the public library and the CSCC Computer Commons are available for their use.

˜   The material to be purchased for Basic English 6 is not a textbook; instead, it is a small packet that contains an individual access code. Each student will need to purchase his own access code. It is available at the campus bookstore just as the books for other Basic English courses. This access code will let students access the program anywhere there is a computer with an Internet connection.

˜   Students will use their CSCC usernames and passwords to log on to the computers in the computer lab. These are already available to them, through the following procedure:

„    Go to the main page of the CSCC website:  www.cscc.edu

„    Under the Student QuickLinks menu, choose Usernames/Passwords.

„    Click on “Discover my Login Name & Password”.

„    Enter the Social Security number (just the numbers – no spaces or hyphens) and the last name in the spaces indicated and click Search.

Note: Students without a Social Security number should enter their CougarID number, preceded by either two or three 8s – enough to create a nine-digit number. 

For example:

„    If the CougarID number is 987654, the student should enter 888987654.

„    If the CougarID number is 1000234, the student should enter 881000234.

Student CougarID numbers can be found on the last rosters that were distributed.

Thank you for your help in improving student success. If you have any questions, please let me know.

If students are aware of this information, and if they will look up their usernames and passwords before classes begin in January, the first week of Basic English 6 will run much more smoothly. 

H1N1 and season flu precautions

As you are no doubt aware, prevention of the various strains of influenza is very important. As part of this effort, the following steps are being taken within our Division as a pilot: 

Instructors will each be provided with a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Please make this available for student use during class, but do not leave the bottle in the classroom to prevent theft. Since we do not know yet what the cost will be of this effort, please let me know when you run out so I can track how long each bottle lasts and report it.

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Keyboards at the instructor stations and in the computer labs will be cleaned with sanitizing wipes every two days.

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If you have a student in a computer lab who is sick, let me know so we can have that computer station cleaned.

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Furniture in common areas will be sprayed on a regular basis with Lysol.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

LI Update - November 18, 2009

Who is in Room 204? I have received several complaints that Room 204 (the small computer lab) is left in a mess. Things disappear, printer paper is wasted, and trash and coffee spills are in evidence.
There are no evening or weekend classes (Basic English or otherwise) scheduled in Room 204, so I am at a loss to know where this is coming from.
Evening and weekend instructors – Please drop by Room 204 and see who is there. Is there a class? Random individuals? Messy ghosts? If you could let me know what you observe, it will help me get to the bottom of the situation and resolve it. We need to keep our classrooms and computer labs in good condition!


Time card reminder. Please do NOT write your Social Security number on your time cards. Use your CougarID number instead. If you don’t know the number, you can find it on your pay stub; also, I can let you know what it is. Time cards are not secure, and you risk identity theft by using your Social Security number on the cards.


Contact information update. I have discovered that I have outdated contact information for some instructors. So I can ensure I have a way to contact you if needed, please provide me with the following information as soon as possible:
Preferred e-mail address:
Preferred phone number:
Other phone number:
Thank you!


Transitional Workforce Department Holiday Potluck. As we head toward the end of 2009, it’s a good time to get together, enjoy each other’s company, reflect on the past year ... and eat!
The Transitional Workforce Department Holiday Potluck will take place on Thursday, December 17, from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in WD 009-011 (basement). Come and bring a dish to share!

Evaluations - Summer 2009 (Part 2)

As promised, here are highlights of the second set of evaluations from Summer 2009.


2. What did you like most about the textbook?
(1) yes I did Becaus it’s easy to know. Then it hepts lot of persons to know
something.
(2) Azar Interactive. The talking heads were fun and helpfu.
(3) Azar Interactive The activities
(4) Azar Interactive? the thing I Like most about Azar is you can use it any time and any where, but this software need to be fixed, but I prefer to have a books.
(5) AzarInteractive It has a lot of grammar and it helps improve our grammar
(6) Its okay textbook but teacher taught us more vocabulary
(7) the most think i like about textbook it has more exercice.


3. What did you not like about the textbook?
(1) Azar Interactive. some of the courses were a repetition from asic s.
(2) AI Sometimes the computer freezes up.
(3) Azar Interactive? a lot of thing need to be fixed.
(4) Azarinteractive the part of Azar I don’t like like If want to study you
have to have Internet. It is not easy to study any time because every thing on the compeuter. so you have to have computer.but instade of on computer If It on the book It was better
(5) Azar Interactive Sometimesit’s lagging and doesn’t take my work so I have to do all my work again.
(6) It didnt have enough vocabulary and gramar
(7) no thing
(8) It doesn’t have fotos.


6. Was the course useful to you? Why or why not?

(1) yes I need full course because I am like this Course.
(2) The teacher Explain Every lesson very, very well, and I and I improve good Steps for Word everu day after.
(3) becus I learm What I dont now
(4) Teacher is very good. Teacher is help ang English garmmar is goood. Teache is any time good
(5) Becaus now I can read some word and I understand the different between a, an, in, at, the. Verbs simple present tense and past tense. The verbs presnt prograsif tense and past prograsif tense.
(6) Because I have learned a lot about computers. I have also improve some of my grammar skills.
(7) yes it was useful. I really know more about thing that I have to learn. and our teacher was wonderful.
(8) because most time we talk about sttuf Like password and user name more than grammare we need. and it was no sechull for what we are going to study in the next class. I was confused and every time we study something we didn’t finish it and we go to the next
(9) It Helps me a lot with my grammar. and helps me learn idioms Which are Very important to talk with native speaker
(10) Yes it was useful special for english grammaar but we didnt have enough time to learn much.
(11) our teacher was very good and try tryed tried to help us whatever we want. She tried to make it easy. she make made copy pappers. Whe We can took it and study.
(12) It helps me prepare for the campus exam.
(13) because I lear more enough reading and writting to improve my English, so really I am enjoying very well. and I want continue keep to learn.
(14) Was very helpful, because the teacher was amazing and wonderful.
(15) it gives us many words and exersice.
(16) why is Bery importantg foR My speak an understend tHe inglisH
(17) B/C we didn’t finshed the book She give more homework but she didn’t a explan alot?