Kangnam University
Department of Liberal Arts
Mon 09:00-10:20 and Wed 13:15-14:35
샬롬관 408
Required Text
Joe McVeigh and Jennifer Bixby. Q: Skills for Success – Reading and Writing 2
(Oxford University Press, 2010).
Evaluation
20% – Attendance
20% – Participation
5% – Q Online Practice
25% – Quizzes
15% – Final Exam
15% – Final Presentation
Final Grade
Attendance (20%)
- Students must be in their seats at the beginning of class.
- Students who arrive 40 minutes after class has begun will be marked as absent.
- Each absence = minus 2.2%
- Three late arrivals = minus 2.2%
- Ten absences = F
- Class discussion is an important part of this course. Raise your hand and answer questions regularly to get points. Effort is more important than ability.
- Students must post homework assignments and reply to their classmates’ writing on our class website Brain Drain.
- See Brain Drain for assignments and due dates.
- Points will be taken away for late arrivals and late homework.
- Use of Brain Drain requires two logins. Refer to your paper syllabus for login information.
- When you log in to Brain Drain, save your user name and password in your browser.
- Do this only on your personal computer or your mobile device. Do NOT do this on a public computer.
Q Online Practice (5%)
- Students must finish all of the Q Online Practice exercises per unit by the due date in order to receive points for that unit.
- You must score 100% on each exercise. You have as many chances as you need.
- Each unit is 1% of your grade. So, if there are nine exercises in a unit, for example, you must finish all nine to receive 1%. You will receive 0% if you do only eight.
- Each unit is available during the time we review it in class. A unit will no longer be available the morning of that unit’s quiz, so finish your work on time.
Quizzes (25%)
- Each unit will end with a quiz focused on vocabulary, grammar, and readings from unit.
- If you are absent on the day of a quiz, you must have your absence excused before you can make up your quiz before our next class. Contact me as soon as possible to make an appointment.
Final Exam (15%)
- Toward the end of the semester, students will take a cumulative exam referring to content from the five units studied.
Final Presentation (15%)
- The end of the semester will be spent working on a final presentation. You must work with a partner and choose a topic based on the units we cover this semester.
Schedule
| September 1 | Discuss syllabus, class rules, grades, pictures Warm-up activity |
| September 3-22 | Unit 6 – Do you prefer to get help from a person or a machine? |
| September 8-10 | Chuseok – NO CLASS! |
| September 23 | Q Online Practice Unit 6 Due |
| September 24 | Unit 6 wrap-up and QUIZ |
| Sept 29-Oct 8 | Unit 7 – Is it better to save what you have or buy new things? |
| October 12 | Q Online Practice Unit 7 Due |
| October 13 | Unit 7 wrap-up and QUIZ |
| October 15-27 | Unit 8 – What makes a good story? |
| October 28 | Q Online Practice Unit 8 Due |
| October 29 | Unit 8 wrap-up and QUIZ |
| November 3-10 | Unit 9 – Does everyone need math? |
| November 11 | Q Online Practice Unit 9 Due |
| November 12 | Unit 9 wrap-up and QUIZ |
| November 17-24 | Unit 10 – How can we prevent diseases? |
| November 25 | Q Online Practice Unit 10 Due |
| November 26 | Unit 10 wrap-up and QUIZ |
| December 1 | Introduction to Final ExamIntroduction to Final Presentations – Choose partners and topics |
| December 3 | Final Exam |
| December 8-10 | Prepare Final Presentations |
| December 15-17 | Final Presentations |