Welcome to Chris Elvin's Tsuda University MI Listening II blog
Dear Students,
Welcome to the course. Please check this blog before class for news, updates, and homework assignments.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Description
Class Blog
Course Assessment
Grading - Fail
S: If you miss more than five classes per semester you will be disqualified.
F: If your score is below 60, you will fail the course.
Grading – Pass
A: 90 or more points in total.
B: 80 or more points in total.
C: 70 or more points in total.
D: 60 or more points in total.
Welcome to the course. Please check this blog before class for news, updates, and homework assignments.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
COURSE OUTLINE
MI English II
April 2018
Instructor: Chris Elvin (chriselvin@gmail.com)
Course Description
The goal of this course is to improve your English listening comprehension.
Class Blog
You should check the blog before coming to class. There may be prints to download, or last minute notices.
Course Assessment
30% Attendance and participation
30% Homework portfolio
20% Student prepared listening activity
10% Final listening test
10% Final vocabulary test
10% Final vocabulary test
Attendance and participation 30 points: You are expected to attend ALL classes. Each absence will be penalized by a deduction of 3% from your final grade. If you are late, you will be penalized by a deduction of 1% from your final grade. If you are very late, you will be considered absent.
Homework portfolio 30 points: You are required to keep a record of listening activities that you do outside class. These activities should take up 10 to 15 hours of your time. Your portfolio should include notes, summaries, vocabulary items, and personal comments, and you should hand this in to your teacher during the final class of the trimester.
You will receive a blank portfolio during your first lesson. If you lose or soil it, you may download from here: Listening Homework Portfolio
Student prepared listening activity 20 points: Your group should prepare a thirty-minute listening activity. Each student in the group will be given the same score.
Vocabulary test 20 points: You should upload one interesting word that you learned recently to the database, and do this seven times (once per week would be ideal). The final test will be a matching pair random quiz based on everyone's uploaded words.
Vocabulary Upload Form
Grading - Fail
S: If you miss more than five classes per semester you will be disqualified.
F: If your score is below 60, you will fail the course.
Grading – Pass
A: 90 or more points in total.
B: 80 or more points in total.
C: 70 or more points in total.
D: 60 or more points in total.
Good luck!
Chris Elvin
