Syllabus

SEE University, Tetovo
Faculty of Languages, Cultures, and Communication
English Department


Course Title: Teaching Vocabulary
Instructor: Sabrina Resa, MA
Office Hours: TBA
Office: Language Center, 1002.09
E-mail: s.resa@seeu.edu.mk

Course description:

This course is designed to provide an overview of pedagogies and issues in the teaching and learning of English vocabulary. The course also includes techniques and classroom activities for teaching various aspects of English vocabulary, as well as evaluation and critiquing of teaching material on English vocabulary.

Attendance policy:

In accordance with the university’s attendance policy, students must attend 70% of the meetings in order to be able to pass the course. If a student misses more than 30 % of the classes, the student will automatically fail the course, regardless of performance on the assignments. The dismissal of excused absences (medical appointments, family emergencies, etc.) will be taken up on a case by case basis.

Textbooks:

Each student must purchase a copy of:

Course Reader

Assessment:

Assessment in this course will be made up of attendance, participation (in-class), online discussions, readings checks, and a Final Project.
Attendance
10 %
Participation: In-Class & Online
20 %
Self Reflection
10%
Presentation
30%
Final Exam
30%
Total
100 %








Grading Rubric:

Grade Scale
Grade Description
Grade
Points
95% - 100%
Excellent
10.0
86% - 94%
Very good
9.0
77% - 85%
Good
8.0
68% - 76%
Satisfactory
7.0
60% - 67%
Passing
6.0
59% - below
Failing
5.0

Incomplete (IN)
0.0











Incomplete (IN): An incomplete grade may be assigned if a student has not finished all course requirements by the end of the semester, but has completed a substantial amount of the work. It is the student’s responsibility to bring pertinent information to the teacher and to reach an agreement on how the remaining course requirements will be satisfied. If requirements are not completed within one year, a failing grade is automatically assigned.

Late Work: The professor will deduct 10% per day including weekends and holidays for late work. If a student will be absent, it is the student’s responsibility to speak with the professor to get the absence excused. Please see the attendance policy for further information about getting absences excused.

Miscellaneous Information:

1) You may bring beverages to class, but not food.

2) All grades are final-no exceptions!

3) Our blogsite address is: http://seeu2009tv.blogspot.com.

4) Plagiarism and cheating will result in a zero for the assignment-no exceptions! Plagiarism and cheating are defined as follows:



Plagiarism & Cheating:

Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else's work, including the work of other students, as one's own. Any ideas or materials taken from another source for either written or oral use must be fully acknowledged, unless the information is common knowledge. What is considered "common knowledge" may differ from course to course.
a. A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, opinions, theories, formulas, graphics, or pictures of another person without acknowledgment.
b. A student must give credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness whenever:
1. Directly quoting another person's actual words, whether oral or written;
2. Using another person's ideas, opinions, or theories;
3. Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, whether oral or written;
4. Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material; or
5. Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment.
(from: Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct, Part II, Student Responsibilities, Academic Misconduct, By action of the University Faculty Council (April 12, 2005) and the Trustees of Indiana University (June 24, 2005).)
Cheating is defined as obtaining or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain credit for work, or any improvement of evaluation of performance, by any dishonest or deceptive means. Cheating includes, but is not limited to: lying; copying from another’s test, unless such discussion is specifically authorized by the instructor; taking or receiving copies of an exam without the permission of the instructor, using or displaying notes, "cheat sheets," or other information devices inappropriate to the prescribed test conditions; and allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent same.
(from: cla.calpoly.edu)
Course Outline
Week 1: May 1st

Topic: Syllabus will be given out online.

Homework:
1) Read Chapters 1 & 2
2) Prepare with your group to present the following information from Chapter 1. You must define each term and give examples. You may not use the examples from the Course Reader. Each group has 10-15 minutes to present their information.
Group 1: Meri, Ivana, Naxhije
-function words, content words, word families, root, affix, inflexions, affixation
Group 2: Anita, Berat, Merita
-derivative, compounding, blended words, conversion, clipping, multi-word units
Group 3: Besart, Zilbije, Jehona
-collocations, homonyms, homophones, homographs, polysemes
Group 4: Selvije, Lejla, Kujtime
-synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, co-hyponyms
Group 5: Sonja, Mjellma, Laureta
-lexical fields, style, connotation, varieties, register

Week 2: May 15th

Topics:
1) Group Presentations for Chapter 1
2) How words are learned

Homework: Read Chapters 5, 6, & 7

Week 3: May 29th

Topics:
1) How to present vocabulary
2) How to put words to work
3) Teaching words parts and word chunks

Homework:
1) Self-Reflection Paper
2) Read Chapters 8 & 9

Week 4: June 12th

Topics:
1) How to test vocabulary
2) How to train good vocabulary learners

Week 5: (Mid-week class the week of June 15th)

Topic: Group Presentations 1, 2, 3, & 4

Homework: Read Chapters 3 & 4



Week 6: June 26th

Topics: 1) Group Presentation 5
2) Chapters 3 & 4

Homework: Prepare for the Final Exam

Week 7: July 10th

Topic: Final Exam Online