English Listening and Pronunciation at Dankook University

Course Syllabus

Professor: Amy Michelle Berezowski

Telephone: 010-8441-8559
Email: MichelleDankook@gmail.com
Website: ListeningwithProfessorMichelle.blogspot.com

Office: Humanities Building, room 111-1

Office telephone: 550-1570
Office hours: Mondays 1-2pm, Tuesdays 10-11am

Text: Talk It Up! 1

Grading System
Attendance 20%
General Attitude (10%)
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Exam 30%
In-class presentation 10%
Quizzes 10%
TOTAL 100%

Attendance
Missing 1/3rd of the classes or one of the exams = F. Three lates = 1 absence.
If you miss an exam you must contact me within 1 day of you will receive an F.
(시험 못 보면 반드시 하루내에 연락해 주세요. 연락없으면 F 입니다).
One absence is 1% off your final grade and showing up 40 minutes into the class and/or
sleeping in class is considered an absence. Missing the final class is 2% off your final grade.

Excusable absences (합당한 결석사유)

1. Hospital admittance, e.g. overnight (병원 입원. 병원장 입원 확인서 제출 (감기 안됨)
2. Family Death (가족 상중일때. 사망 확인서 제출)
3. Army Health Check (남) (군입대 신체검사. 확인서 제출).
4. Dankook University MT.

General Attitude: This mark is based on your manners as a student so make sure you come
prepared with your books, name tag, readings, and be ready to participate. It's worth 10%.

Exams
Midterm: It will consist of various types of questions; multiple choice , fill-in-the-blanks,
vocabulary, story comprehension, dictation, pronunciation/intonation/stress-
directed questions, and short answer.
Final: To be decided upon later.
In-class Presentation
Students will prepare a short show-and-tell on something related to the weekly topic.

Quizzes
They will be at the START of class. If you are late, you miss the quiz.

Weekly Topics:
1 Introduction: expectations, student profile and classroom English
2 Friends Ch. 1
3 Friends Ch. 1
Students will sign up for their in-class presentation
4 Feeling at Home Ch. 2
5 Making Connections Ch. 3
6 The World of Work Ch. 4
Students will receive midterm exam activity
7 Midterm Review
Students will sign up for midterm exam time
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 School Choices/Life Opportunities Ch. 5
10 Money Matters Ch. 6
11 Help Ch. 7
12 Shopping Ch. 8
13 Shopping Ch. 8
Students will receive final exam activity
14 Review
Students will sign up for final exam time
15 FINAL EXAM
16 Student-teacher final mark conference and course wrap-up
(Missing this class will result in 1% being taken off your final mark!!!)