Academic Skills
Spring 2015
Instructor: Chris
Elvin
Course
Description
Welcome
to Academic Skills. The class goals are;
To participate in seminars in their junior and senior years.
To have further practice in the four English skills of
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To learn how to make good notes.
To classify certain types of questions such as cause/
effect, comparison/contrast, definition and illustration.
To give opinions and evaluate other opinions.
To study literature, linguistics and communication.
Course
Assessment and Grading Criteria
a) 50% extensive
listening portfolio
b) 25% mid-term
lecture listening quiz
c) 25% final
lecture listening quiz
Attendance: You are expected to
attend ALL classes. Your first two absences will be penalized by one drop in
grade. Your third and fourth absences will be penalized by subsequent drops in
grade. If you are absent five times, you will fail the course.
Listening
homework portfolio: You are required to keep a record of listening
activities that you do outside class. These activities should take up 20 hours
or more of your listening time. You may listen to the news, documentaries or
songs. You may watch movies, or presentations on TED, for example. What you do
is up to you, but you should make sure to keep a record of what you do. Your
portfolio should include notes, summaries, vocabulary items, and personal
comments, and you should hand this in to your teacher at least one week before
the end of the semester.
Mid-term quiz: This challenging
lecture listening quiz is worth 25 points.
Final quiz: Your final quiz will
take place during the last lesson of the semester. It is also worth 25 points.
Good luck!
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