In addition, each student will be expected to complete a personal dictionary by the end of the course. The student will be expected to write down five new vocabulary words learned in each session either from a reading, from a web site, from a discussion, for from a field trip. The student will write his own short definitions in English. The definitions are not to be copied from a published dictionary. Although this course bears no college credit, a successful completion will mean that students have completed all reading and writing assignments at the appropriate time and have participated in classroom discussions.
Attendance is mandatory unless an emergency arises and the instructor is notified.
More than three absences from the course may result in an unsatisfactory completion. It will be used to measure your progress over the length of the course. Bedford Books, 1997. Random House, 1997.