& the door remains open. Once the door is closed please 4.

4. The partial exams are written exams and are 50

DO NOT INTERRUPT THE CLASS. Tardiness will not be minutes long even though classes are Tuesdays and
permitted. Thursdays.
2. The attendance will be taken at the beginning or at 5. Under no circumstances will students be permitted to
the end of the class. If at any point you leave the be exempted from presenting the partial or final exams.
classroom without any just cause or reason you will not 6. Partial exams will be handed to students in a written
be permitted to re-enter the class and you shall have an form.
absence for that class even though you had been in the 7. If one the team members does not contribute equally
class for some time. to the assignment, it is team’s responsibility to inform
INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS 3. The class shall finish 5 minutes prior to the designated the teacher about the incident. The teacher gathers the
hour. You will then be permitted to leave BUT NOT PRIOR group to evaluate the situation. If the situation repeats,
SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY TO THE 5 MINUTES. the student will be excluded form the team. After singing
4. Absences cannot be justified for any reason. the authorization, the student is obliged to finish the
CAMPUS SANTA FE 5.To have right to present the final exam, the student task individually and will be graded over 80. In no other
requires a minimum of 88% attendance throughout the circumstance is individual work permitted.
High School and University entire course or requires an average of 83% or higher 8. If justified, the student must obtain the justification
throughout the course. from the Departamento de Seguimiento Académico and
6.Under no circumstances will a student who has SD (SIN has 3 working days to accomplish the justification
DERECHO be permitted to present the final exam due to process. Once missing 3 last days of the semester, the
Language Department the number of absences they had accumulated exceeds missing homework, activities, quizzes should be handed
the course limit. in during the final exam day.
English 5
7. In the case of illness a student must provide a valid 9. No delay in a collaborative work task is permitted.
Course Code: Pi-5001 Units: 6 doctor’s note within a maximum of 3 days to 10. If a student has more than three partial exams on
justify his/her absences to Seguimiento Académico the same day, he / she may ask (15 days in advance)
Semester: August – December 2010 to have the opportunity to submit any assignments Departamento de Seguimiento Académico to reschedule
which were due during their illness. one of the exams.
SYNTHETIC PROGRAM (General Language 8. If the professor, does not appear in the scheduled 11. The final exam is a cumulative exam, which covers
Topics): classroom on the scheduled time, the students are materials from the entire semester and it is 2 hours
obliged to inform the corresponding department about long. Rescheduled exams will be more difficult.
- Verb patterns the incident and wait outside the classroom for further
- Vague language instructions.  Discipline
- Gerunds 9. The student is obliged to bring and use his/her own
set of headphones with microphone during the Lab 1. It is Strictly Forbidden to eat or drink in the classroom.
- Definite and “zero” articles
session. The headphones must be purchased within the 2. It is not permitted to throw garbage on the floors or
- Passive voice first two weeks of the semester. After that period of
- Past tenses leave it on the chairs or desks in the classrooms. The
time, the student will not be allowed to enter the student must keep his/her desk clean, with no remains
- Reported Speech classroom without the corresponding set of headphones of garbage in his/her area that they occupy. No one will
- Conditional conjunctions with microphone. be permitted to leave the classroom until it is clean &
- Cohesive devices tidy.
- Adverbs and adverbials  Limit of Absences 3. Due to lack of respect toward your teacher or fellow
- Would/Used to classmates actions shall be penalized following the
- Modals for obligation, necessity and deduction Limit of if average is if average is Reglamento General de Alumnos in accordance to the
- Comparative patterns politics and Discipline stipulated by Dirección Académica
lower than 83% or de Preparatoria.
- Causatives (make/have/get) 83% higher 4. Any damages to the school’s facilities or property, in
- Linking ideas (time contrast, reason, purpose, Daily Maximum of 10 Maximum of 15 which a student is responsible for will be penalized
results, contrasting adding ideas Classes absences absences according to the Reglamento General de Alumnos.
- Unreal past forms 5. Classes are NOT PERMITTED to be Interrupted for any
- Perfect aspect reason the only exception is if it is done so by the
- Conditionals personnel of Dirección General o Dirección Académica
- Compounds  Evaluation Policies de Preparatoria.
- Modality 6. The student may not interrupt the class to hand in any
1. The minimum grade to pass the course is 70%. If the given assignment.
- Present forms
student has a grade below 70% it is NOT A PASSING
GRADE.  Presentations & the submission of
GENERAL POLICIES: 2. The partial exams will take place according to the
official department calendar. Under no circumstances
assignments & homework. (Read
will these dates be changed. information on the High School webpage.)
 Attendance & Punctuality http://www.csf.itesm.mx/micampus/politicasTra
3. Under no circumstances will a student be able to
1. Classes will start punctually at the hour designated.
present the exam outside of the specified & scheduled bEscritos.html
There is a 5 minute rule of tolerance in which you may
dates established.
still enter the class while the attendance is being taken
1. When a reading assignment is given, it should be Important Dates&Evaluation If in a collaborative assignment one of the members of
handed in printed and proofread. If any of these the team doesn´t work actively, the team will be
requirements is not fulfilled, the students will loose the Holidays: Sep 16th17th/ November 15th responsible, in
right to attend that class. Due Dates advance, of
2. Homework assignments and partial projects should be EXAMS Dates notifying the teacher
handed in personally by the student and according to 1st. partial September 8th 1st. Partial Aug 30 who will get
the corresponding syllabus. 2nd. partial October 6th 2nd. Sep 27 together with the
3. If the student knows he / she will be absent on the day 3rd. partial November 10th Partial whole team to solve
an assignment is due, and wants to turn it in Last Day Class November 24th 3rd. Oct 29 the issue. If the
beforehand, he / she must speak with the teacher, if not Partial problem persists,
the assignments won´t be accepted. Final Nov 17 the student will be
4. For any revision of the assignment grade, the student Project excluded from the
must present the corresponding assignment to the team and the teacher will have to notify him / her asking
teacher, otherwise his claim will not be valid. Therefore, for the student´s signature. The student will then finish
it is highly recommended that the student keeps all his the project on his / her own and the project will be
assignments until the end of the semester. The student graded over 80%. Under no other circumstances shall
is responsible for picking up his assignments when they individual work be permitted.
are delivered. Partial Evaluation: Final Evaluation:
1st Partial: You shall work in teams of 3-4 people.
5. The format used in the course is MLA. If both, the Your project will consist of a final written work & oral in-
references and bibliography do not fulfill the format Written Exam: 50% 3 Partial Averages:
Project, Oral 60% class presentation. The project will be divided into 3
requirements, the student will receive a D.A. which sections in which the process of your work will be visible
equals a grade of 10 over 100. Present./Quizz 20% Final Written Exam :
Homework: 20% 25% & it shall give you the opportunity to receive feedback
6. Policy for delivering assignments from your teacher.
It is a mandatory to print the assignments in reused Participation: 10% Final Project: 10%
4th Partial Homework: 5 2nd Partial: Individual project
paper or printed on both sides of the page, no (*) Will vary in
% You shall work on your own conducting research & using
assignment will be received if not delivered in this different subjects the digital library as well as consulting the internet &
format. Drawings, writings, crossings and any other form books. You shall cite your work properly using MLA.
of handwritten mark on the back of the pages won’t be (Refer to Academic Integrity in Blackboard). Your project
NOT considered as reused paper. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
shall be divided into 3 sections. You will first submit an
7. According to the policies of the High school, Campus outline, followed by a rough draft & then the final work.
Santa Fe If the homework exercises are not to be Please refer to Blackboard for the rubrics for each of the This will help you with time management & it will also
considered as a study guide. assignments. give you the opportunity to make corrections to your
8. In the delivery of homeworks, assignments, partial When submitting written partial projects use reused work according to the feedback given.
and final projects, for every spelling mistake half a point paper or use paper conservatively, by using both sides 3rd Partial: This final project will be creative allowing
will be deducted (out of 100); in other works, 5 points for of the paper (Single sided printed work will not be
you to demonstrate your ability to communicate
every 10 mistakes, being 30 the maximum amount of accepted)
effectively in English.
points you can loose for
REFERENCES:___________________________________
 Tutoring
Class Day Date Exam __
1. Your professor has a schedule for tutoring. (You have
hour Hour Required Text:
to make an appointment with him or her). In the case
you have class at that hour, you can ask another 7:00D 7:00 L Friday 26-Nov 08:00  Attitude 5(student’s book and workbook)
professor for tutoring. Check the Department Tutoring 13:00 Friday 26-Nov 13:00
Schedule on the High School webpage. D,13:00 L  “Cold Mountain”
2. Tutoring sessions consist of resolving any student 9:00D,9:00 L Monday 29-Nov 08:00  For any assignment, project or homework, you must
doubts in relation to any materials covered in class that consult at least 3 books, magazines or
12.00 D, Monday 29-Nov 13:00
the student had difficulty or lacked newspapers in the school libraries of CAMPUS
12:00 L
comprehension of, under no circumstances are tutoring STA FE or the TEC Digital Library
8:00D,8:00 L Tuesday 30-Nov 08:00
sessions to be used as make-up classes. (http://biblioteca.itesm.mx)
3. It is the student’s responsibility to come prepared to 14.00 D, Tuesday 30-Nov 13:00 Language web pages (TOEFL, theory, exercises,
the tutoring session with all his/her course materials. 14.00 L audio, video…):
4. It is forbidden to enquire tutoring the previous or the 10.00 D, Wednesday 01-Dic 08:00 http://www.csf.itesm.mx/idiomas
day of the partial or final exam. 10.00 L For any doubts or problems related to your language
13.00 M Wednesday 01-Dic 13:00 course, please get in touch with the Head of the
The discipline rules in class or on campus are based on: 10:00 M Thursday 02-Dic 08:00 Language Department:
Reglamento General de alumnos
Reglamento General de Alumnos 11:30 M Thursday 02-Dic 13:00 Mtro. Sylvain Le Coz slecoz@itesm.mxAul
http://www.csf.itesm.mx/dae/rga/index.htm 8:30 M Friday 03-Dic 08:00 Paillard 91778141 as IV, 5th Floor
Reglamento Académico 15:00 D, Friday 03-Dic 13:00 direct
http://www.ccm.itesm.mx/alumnos/archivos/reglamentop 15:00 L
reparatoriaago07.pdf
7:00 M Monday 06-Dic 08:00
11.00 D, Monday 06-Dic 13:00
11.00 L
14.30 M Tuesday 07-Dic 8:00