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Piboonbumpen Demonstration School

English 4/5 & 4/4 (1)
Subject Code: ENG 14101
Semesters 1 and 2
Academic Year 2551







-Course Syllabus-

Instructors: Timothy McCoy/ M.J.Parsons

Office: JIP Teacher’s Room
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Prerequisite: English 3

A. Course Description

English 4 is a two (2) credit course. This course builds on the earlier Let’s Go 3 series and expands on vocabulary and grammar from the previous levels and introduces more new structures. Slightly longer reading passages that incorporate familiar structures from previous levels and high-frequency sight words are introduced. New reading skill exercises are offered in addition to familiar reading comprehension questions. A new lesson, Let’s Build Let’s Read, gives more extensive reading practice. The old grammar chants are now replaced by songs and chants to aid in remembering grammar patterns and pronunciation.

B. Student Learning Indicators for English 4:

Students should generally demonstrate the following:
1. Understanding and capacity for interpreting what has been heard and read from various types of media.
2. The ability to express opinions with proper reasoning.
3. Possessing language communication skills for effective exchange of data and information.
4. Smooth and efficient expression of feelings and opinions.
5. Ability to present data and information, concepts and views on various matters by speaking and writing.

Learning Indicators by Unit:

Unit 1
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Asking about and stating the date. Asking about and stating birthdays. Stating what someone did or did not do. Asking questions with simple past irregular verbs. Asking what someone did. Asking about and stating what happened. Asking about and answering what happened and when. Comprehend “Welcome to Abby’s Page”.
Unit 2
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Talking about what is going to happen. Talking about what the weather is going to be like. Talking about where people are going to go. Asking for and giving advice. Asking and stating what someone may do. Asking and stating where someone may go. Comprehend “How to Make a Rainbow”.

Unit 3
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Asking about future professions. Asking about and stating about future professions. Asking about and expressing desires. Expressing desires. Comprehend “Anna and Terri Johnson, Volunteer Sisters”.

Unit 4
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Eliciting and expressing personal opinions. Comparing school subjects. Comparing objects that are alike. Comparing abilities. Comparing objects that are not alike. Comprehend “Which One Is the Fastest?”

Unit 5
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Request that someone wait.
Describe people’s feelings. Asking and stating what somebody did. Describe where people went. Answering questions with details. Comprehend “Aunt Tina’s Trip”

Unit 6
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Offering someone help. Identifying family members. Describe people’s eye color, hair color, and hair style. Identify people by appearance. Identify people by appearance. Comprehend “Let’s Make Fingerprints”

Unit 7
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Asking and stating what people are going to do. Asking and stating what people are going to do and when. Asking and answering about where someone is going. Asking and stating what people do and when. Comprehend “Welcome to Paul’s Page!”

Unit 8
Let’s Start Let’s Learn Let’s Learn More Let’s Build Let’s Read
Making an invitation.
Asking and answering about illnesses. Expressing likes and dislikes. Asking and stating what someone has to do. Talking about wants and needs. “What are you like?” quiz
C. Instructional Methods

This course is taught using a variety of instructional methodologies including lecture, brief intensive drills, total physical response, peer to peer practice, class discussions, small group work, project creation utilizing themes from text books and, of course, as much conversation between the teacher and students as possible.

D. Textbook & Materials

Textbook Title: Let’s Go Student Book 4 Third Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Materials: Let’s Go 4 Workbook and Skills Book

E. Grading Policy

A maximum of 100 points per term are possible. A maximum of 60 points are based on student behaviour in the classroom and a maximum of 40 points are based on the actual work done in class such as classroom assignments, quizzes and tests.

A maximum of 60 points will be awarded based upon the following criteria: Oral skills, participation, attitude, morals, handing in work on time, academic honesty and the care taken in doing assignments.

A maximum of 40 points will be awarded according to the actual grades of class assignments, quizzes and tests.

All written assignments are graded using points ranging between 0 and 100. The actual grade of an assignment is simply calculated by the equation:

Grade = (Number of correct answers X 100%) ÷ (Total number of problems)

Oral assignments such as reading out loud are not graded but student progress is monitored.

Students will be told at least one week in advance of any pending quizzes or tests that will be used for a grade.

Quizzes may be used as homework (which will be graded) or, in the case of a “pop” quiz (which will not be graded), as an indicator of the student’s grasp of the subject matter to date.

F. Attendance

Daily attendance records are kept for each student.
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Course Outline
Piboonbumpen Demonstration School
Year 2009
Michael James Parsons
E-mail: michaeljamesparsons@yahoo.com Tel: 08-74847409

Subject name: General English Level 5/5 &5/4

Subject Code: ENG 15101

Subject Credit: 2


Course Description:

To understand general English and be able to communicate one’s thoughts and feelings in English, in different situations.

Indicators:

Strand 1: Language for communication
1.1 Understand what has been heard and read from various media. Be able to express opinion with reasoning.
1.2 Use language communication skills to exchange data and information, and express feelings and opinions.
1.3 Be able to present data, information, concepts and views about various matters through speaking and writing.

Strand 2: Language and culture
2.1 Understand the relationship between language and culture of native speakers and use
of language appropriate to occasions and places.
2.2 Understand the similarities between language and culture of native and Thai speakers,
and use accurate and appropriate language.

Strand 3: Languages and relationship with other learning areas
3.1 Use foreign languages to link knowledge with other learning areas, as foundation for
further development and to seek knowledge and widen one’s world view.

Strand 4: Language and relationship with the community and the world
4.1 Ability to use foreign languages in various situations in school and out and about.
4.2 Use foreign languages to search for and collect various data.

Course contents:

Unit 1 Food

Describing food items.
Asking and answering how many.
Countable and uncountable nouns.
Asking and answering questions with countable and uncountable nouns.
Describing how many and how much using countable and uncountable nouns.

Unit 2 At the Zoo

Comparing animal speeds.
Expressing opinions.
Describing and comparing animals. Asking and answering questions about animals.
Describing and comparing types of transportation.

Units 1-2 Listen and Review the above.

Unit 3 The weekend

Asking and talking about someone’s weekend.
Asking about and answering if you did something alone or with others. Describing what someone was doing.
Asking about what someone else said.
Asking and answering questions about what someone was doing.
Asking and answering questions about daily activities.

Unit 4 Activities

Talking about forgetting to do something.
Asking and answering questions about doing different things.
Describing how people do things.
Asking about and answering questions about who did something.
Expressing abilities.

Units 3-4 Listen and Review the above.

Unit 5 The future

Talking about future professions.
Asking and answering questions about future professions .Talking about what will happen.Making predictions. Drawing conclusions about what will happen.
Talking about the weather. Talking about the order someone will do things.
Asking and answering about what someone will do next.


Unit 6 Seasons

Talking about the weather and seasons. Expressing likes and dislikes.
Asking and answering questions about the seasons. Talking about things to do in different seasons. Expressing opinions.
Talking about things that happened or will happen. Making predictions. Talking about the order someone will do things.
Asking and answering questions about what someone will do next.

Unit 7 The five Senses
Asking and answering questions using the five senses.
Describing objects using the five senses.
Describing objects and animals using the five senses. Asking and answering questions about the five senses.
Asking and answering questions about preferences using the five senses.

Unit 8 New Experiences

Asking someone’s opinion.
Asking if someone has ever done something.
Talking about travelling.
Asking and answering questions about new experiences.
Talking about things someone has done before.

Activities/ Strategies:

Several strategies are used to reach the indicators.
Lectures, class participation, students doing work alone and in groups.
Homework and classroom work.

Materials use to achieve indicators:

Let’s go 5 Students book
Let’s go 5 Workbook
Let’s go 5 Skills book
CD’s from Student book and Skills book.
Various supplementary materials.

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