RE: course 111.
Gina Dominique
Hi, Drs. Basem and Omar and students belonging to my internet Society for Literature and Culture Studies, Al-Quds University, Abu Dis--
Dr. Jamal sent me this list of materials for English 111, but I don't have the actual texts.
Textbooks: Howard, Julie. Idioms in American Life. Prentice Hall.
Ackert & Nebel. Concepts and Comments. Harcourt Brace.
Azar, Betty. Understanding and Using English Grammar. Prentice Hall.
Since final grades were submitted, I've been working round the clock on Contemporary Poetry--compiling my course packet, primary and secondary sources, concept definitions, timelines, assignments, etc.--and so I was hoping to use the standard text for 111. But I just don't know what it is or does. It looks as though I'll do, as Dr. asem suggests, a quick diagnostic on Monday, the first time I'll be meeting the students. Ideally, I'd be able to use the opportunity (teaching 111 for the first time) to collect and test-drive materials for a three-course set of English Composition assignment sequences. But I need to know, if the students in 111 are beginners, would they be able to handle a newspaper article--New York Times, London Times, Haarretz and Jerusalem Post, PNN postings, the Guardian, and so on. Would they "get" a William Safire article, for instance?
And students, I think this is a nice opportunity for you to contribute your ideas for lower-level English courses. The general idea, I think, is for students to work on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, writing/critical thinking skills, general grammar. But there are many ways of fulfilling the general requirements for such a course. Do you have any articles that illustrate some aspect of critical reading and writing that you'd like me to review for possible use in the course? of so, please send them on--or send me a link.
Thank you all very much,
Gina Dominique
From: Gina Dominique <gdom...@hotmail.com>
To: jamal nafi <jamal...@yahoo.com>; has62...@yahoo.com; oman najjar <ona...@hotmail.com>; basem raad <bas...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, July 7, 2010 10:13:29 PM
Subject: course 111.
Thanks very much for sending me the files. About what actually goes on in the classroom day after day--I guess I could search internet sites (on, say, current events, controversies, etc), copy some easy articles (easy but meaningful ... from which they'd actually learn something) and then compose exercises and questions on the model of the 103 exams you sent. Is that what people generally do in this course????? I have some material like that from my days at Hebrew University--and it wouldn't take much for me to aassemble, say, 20 or so short articles. Omar said that it's very low level; nevertheless I think it's important to do real texts instead of the typical made- up textbook readings. Or...is there a standard readings book that has to be taught in all sections?
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