QUINCY COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS – QUINCY SUMMER 2025

ESL 108-01 ADVANCED ESL MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS

6PM TO 10PM

Instructor name:       Tyler Seagraves

Office Location:

Office Telephone:

Office Hours:

QC Email Address: Tyler.Seagraves@quincycollege.edu

Mailbox Location:

 

*Please note, students needing to leave assignments and messages for instructors in President’s Place should drop them off in the Deans’ office.

 

Course Description

This course guides students who have mastered fundamentals of English to develop academic fluency in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking directly in English. Emphasis is placed on reading college level materials, understanding and responding to rapid academic and social speech, writing extended expressive and analytical essays from sources, and making an oral presentation on an academic topic. Exploration of cultural experiences and perceptions will facilitate building students’ confidence in functioning in a multicultural, English language classroom.

 

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate comprehension of an academic text
• Demonstrate understanding of rapid speech
• Perform an oral presentation on an academic topic
• Contribute verbally in class discussions on academic topics
• Interact communicatively with individuals of various cultural and linguistic backgrounds
• Write both narrative and analytical essays
• Demonstrate knowledge of “learning-how-to-learn” processes (analyze own progress and describe productive compensatory strategies)
• Understand and be able to actively create knowledge in the methodological approaches of the humanities and the social sciences (emulate academic functioning in College Core courses

• Articulate ideas both orally and in writing with sufficient accuracy in English grammar, and vocabulary so as to communicate efficiently with listeners and readers

 

 

Prerequisites and Co-requisites:

Appropriate placement score or successful completion of ESL 097, or permission of instructor.

Course Materials and Resources:

Mlynarczyk, Rebecca, and Steven B. Haber (2006). In Our Own Words: Student Writers at Work, Student’s Book, 3rd edition. (Cambridge Academic Writing). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN: 978-0-521-54028-5]

 

Clark, Raymond C., and Janie L. Duncan (2009). Getting a Fix on Vocabulary— Using Words in the News: The System of Affixation and Compounding in English, 2nd edition.

(Brattleboro, VT: Pro-Lingua, 2009) (with audio CD). Book, 2nd edition: ISBN-

10: 0866472703 ISBN-13 : 978-0866472708. Audio CD: ISBN-10 : 0866472975 ISBN-

13: 978-0866472975

 

Gelshenen, Rosemary, and Kay, Judith (2012), Discovering Fiction, Level 2, Student’s Book: A Reader of North American Fiction, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10 : 110762214X         ISBN-13 : 978-1107622142 (NOTE: 1st edition is fine)

 

Shapard, Robert, and James Thomas, Eds (1989). Sudden Fiction International, New York, London: W.W. Norton                              ISBN-10 : 0393306135 ISBN-13 : 978-0393306132

 

 

 

Course Delivery Format

On Campus (C): This course meets on campus according to the schedule posted above.

Most of the course content will be delivered through lectures and other activities

conducted during class meetings. Additional course resources are available via the Canvas Learning Management System to supplement the textbook or provide interaction with the content and/or assessment.

 

Communication and Feedback

The best means of communication is by email. You must use your college-issued email only. If you do not have a working Quincy College email account, please contact Information Technology at: support.quincycollege.edu.

Please refer to the 2023-2024 Student Handbook for information about using your QC email.

 

Attendance/Participation

QC Attendance Guidelines for On-Campus Classes: On-campus course policies on attendance for on-campus courses may include the following:

 

Class Cancellation Policy

Students will be informed by email and Canvas, and a sign will be posted at the classroom, in case of any class must be canceled.

 

Grading Policy

Written work, Canvas and paper.................................................................................................. 45%

• General posts, interactions, Discussion on various topics
• Textbook-based writing
  • response and process writing (surveys, free-writing,)
  • personal narrative essays
• Getting a Fix on Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary exercises (creative and reference searches)
• ESL Dictionaries
  • Worksheet exercises
  • Application to daily learning activities
  • Classroom responses to general vocabulary questions which arise in class
• Fiction
  • short essay responses to writing topics from stories
  • critical analysis and description of real-world context

 

• State of the World Atlases
  • Written contributions (essays, charts, raw data, ) based on global awareness, statistical relationships, social scientific data gathering and analysis, etc. (may be based on in-class student-based data)
• Independent Writing Projects
• Final academic paper (research question, incorporating sources
• Transportunity: Power Point presentation and narrative (depending on progress of class and individuals)
• Final Real-World Team Problem-Solving Project write-up (depending on progress)
• Student-generated questions based on oral presentations

 

Orally-articulated learning activities, both in class and on Canvas                                                                                     45%

• Brief initial personal introduction
• Personal/Cultural presentation
• Presentation of fiction story
• Presentation based on topic expertise textbook-centered topical skill areas: Writing, Fiction, Vocabulary, Atlas, Dictionary, Technology

 

• Group in-class discussions
• Report of outreach activities with outsiders: members of the college community, outside community, in expert skill areas
• Transportunity presentation (power point and oral narrative)
• Summary of academic paper, Q & A with classmates
• Team problem-based learning project on proposing solution to real- world problem
• Informal discussions with instructor at any time (about individual progress, group functioning, development of expertise, personal skill building, student interaction, development of academic paper, feedback conversations, career development,

etc.)

 

Final Exam: Personal oral sharing experience/written learning reflection…

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10%

 

Letter Grade	Percentage (%)	Grade Point Average (GPA)
A	93 and above	4.0
A-	90-92	3.7
B+	87-89	3.3
B	83-86	3.0
B-	80-82	2.7
C+	77-79	2.3
C	73-76	2.0
C-	70-72	1.7
D	60-69	1.0
F	59 and below	0.0
I	Incomplete	N/A
W	Withdrawal	N/A
AUD	Audit	N/A

 

Make-Up Policy

Due to the length of each session, students are strongly encouraged not to miss any sessions.

Assignments late by two days will face an automatic 20% deduction (so maximum score of 80%). Any later than that, and the assignment is 0%.

Canvas Learning Management System (LMS):

If you have any questions about Canvas, please email the IT Help Desk at itsupport@quincycollege.edu or submit a Help  Ticket.

 

 

Quincy College strongly recommends you use the Firefox or Google Chrome web browser to access and participate in its online and hybrid courses. Internet Explorer is NOT recommended.

 

Academic Integrity:

Quincy College fosters a high standard of academic honesty for students, faculty, and staff, and expects all to adhere to the basic values of mutual respect and responsibility as well

as individual and institutional integrity.

To promote the best environment for learning, courses utilize test proctoring and Turnitin, similarity/plagiarism software to maintain integrity of tests and coursework. Please contact your instructors for specific information about the academic integrity software used in your courses.

Our test proctoring software, Respondus Lockdown Browser, does require a working

microphone and webcam. A student guide to Respondus Monitor will be made available during the course.

Please refer to the 2024-2025 Student Handbook for more information on our Academic Integrity Policy, Policy 5.15.

 

Turnitin:

Written assignments in the course may be submitted to Turnitin for a similarity/plagiarism review. This can be done by you or your instructor.

 

Turnitin generates a similarity report of your writing by comparing it with a database of journals, books, websites, student papers and other work. This report can help determine when the sources are used fairly, cited properly, and paraphrased effectively. Detection of similarities does not necessarily mean plagiarism has occurred, as the copied text might be properly referenced.

Turnitin helps to foster academic integrity and encourages you to produce original academic work.

The Use of AI Tools:

This class will make use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various ways. You are permitted to use AI only in the manner and means described in the assignments. Any attempt to represent AI output inappropriately as your own work will be treated as plagiarism. You must be transparent and indicate, in writing, which tools you used, and exactly how you

used them. The term “AI tools” includes sites with functions such as language translation, writing mechanics checkers, etc. These digital tools are wonderful only if used responsibly and transparently within a learning community.

 

 

Course Accessibility Statement:

Quincy College is committed to providing access and inclusion for all persons with

disabilities. Students with disabilities who need access to course content due to course design limitations should contact Student Accessibility Services (SAS)

sas@quincycollege.edu or by phone (617) 984-1682.

Please refer to our 2023-2024 Student Handbook for more information about Student Accessibility Services.

Title IX Policy:

Title IX prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual misconduct, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and retaliation. If you or someone you know has been harassed or assaulted, click here for more information about QC’s Title IX Policies and Procedures.

 

Course Schedule (Will be updated promptly)

 

Week	Dates	Topic(s)	Assignment
1	06/16	Concepts of second language	Course overview
	06/18	acquisition (not learning!)   Personal Narratives	Narrative Essay
2	06/23	What’s in a word? Academic	Academic Vocabulary in Use
	06/25	Vocabulary
3	06/30	What’s in a word? Academic	Academic Vocabulary in Use
	07/02	Vocabulary
4	07/07	Academic Reading	Analyze texts
	07/09
5	07/14	Academic Reading	Analyze texts
	07/16
6	07/21	Academic Writing: Motivations for
	07/23	writing clearly
7	07/28	Academic Writing: Putting it	Research paper
	07/30	together
8	08/04	The spoken word	Connecting speech
	08/06
9	08/11	Special interest presentations	Preparation of presentations
	08/13	Thought-groups and sound system
		of English
10	08/18	Learning in the jungle: preparing
	08/20	for Gen Ed studies at a US- American university

This syllabus is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. Students will be notified of any change to the syllabus via an announcement on Canvas.