LEVEL III

Inter American Campus - Virtual Language Laboratory

Course Outline for EAP-1300L

(before called ENS-1201L)

1st Week  Introduction to the laboratory.   Students' introduction to the instructor and classmates.  

Video I, American Odyssey, a Coast to Coast Adventure, Volume 5, by the Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc.   Discussion afterwards.

2nd Week

Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, 2nd Edition, by Mary McVey Gill & Pamela Hartman, Chapter 1, "The Whole World Is Your Classroom", p. 2.   Have the students do the listening exercises.

Regular Verbs Drill.   The instructor should make  sure that the students are aware of the three different ways the  "ed" suffix is pronounced.  

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 1.

3rd Week Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2 , Chapter 2, "Change and Choice", p. 22 

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter2.

Irregular Verbs  Drill.  Part 1.

4th Week Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2,  Chapter 3,  "This is Who I Am", p.  44 .

Irregular Verbs  Drill.  Part 2.

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 3.

5th Week

 

Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 4,  "Health:  Getting the Most Out of Life",  p. 66.        

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2 , Chapter 4.

6th Week

 

Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 5, "When Cultures Meet",  p. 90.      

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 5.

7th Week

 

CNN Video to Accompany Tapestry Listening  and  Speaking 1 & 2, Units 1-5.  Discussion.   

Repetition of CNN Video or, Regular Verbs Drill.

8th Week Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 6, "What Do You Mean?  Thought and Communication",  p. 110.  

Irregular Verbs Drill.           

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 6.

9th Week Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 7, " Making Friends and Finding Love",  p. 134.     

Video II, American Odyssey, a Coast to Coast Adventure, Volume 5,  by the Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc.   Discussion afterwards.  

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 7.

10th Week  Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 8, "Tell me What I Want: Advertising... and Shopping", p. 152.    

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 8.

11th Week  Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 9, "What's in the News?", p. 176.   

Repetition of Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter 9.

12th Week  Irregular or Regular Verbs  Drill.    

Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, (Repetition of any lesson needed.)

13th Week  Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2, Chapter10, "Planet hood", p. 196.   

Repetition of  Tapestry, Listening and Speaking 2  Chapter 10.

14th Week  CNN Video to Accompany Tapestry Listening and Speaking 1 & 2, Units 6-10.  Discussion.   

Repetition of  CNN Video, Units 6-10.  

Regular or Irregular Verbs  Drill.

15th Week Ellis Program or, Web Site, for example:

http://www.esl-lab.com, or, www.web-books.com 

16th Week Ellis Program or, Web Site.
ATTENTION:

It is up to the instructor to use in each session the Ellis Program.  It is also optional to use the following materials:  (A) Audio Tape Program, a Workbook, a companion to Intensive English for Communication:  Book 2, by Anne Lindell;    (B) English Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers:  Vowels, and/or  (C) English Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers:  Consonants, by Paulette Dale, Ph.D. and Lillian Poms, M.Ed.

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