1. Class Rules and Explanations
English Composition 1
Class Rules and Explanations

2. First … You can call me Professor Main.
Please do not call me “Teacher”
(do not use my Hotmail address)

3. https://cbnucompbank.wordpress.com Website
I will post important documents and files here for you to download.

4. Office Hours Email: timothy.main@gmail.com
(do not use my Hotmail address)
I will usually be in my office at these times:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday:
08:00 ~ 08:50
10:00 ~ 11:50
1:00 ~ 1:50
Tuesday
09:00 ~ 9:45
Thursday
If you come to my office at any other time, I will likely send you away.

5. Please …. If you visit my office: Culture lesson:
Be ready with your questions, papers, etc.
Do not come in and make me wait for you while you search your bag for the paper you want to ask about. Have it ready when you come in.
Culture lesson:
Do not knock lightly and then just open the door.
Knock loudly once, and wait for me to tell you to come in.
Wait at least five seconds before you knock again, then wait.
Do not open the door until you hear me say “come in”.

6. Textbooks
Richards, Jack C Interchange: Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Listening Practice A-1, YBM
These books should be available at the University Bookstore
All the information you need to buy the books should be on the class information web page.
If you don’t have the books yet, get them as soon as possible, please!

7. Grades Midterm Exam: 25% Final Exam: 25%
Listening Tests: 15% (2 x 7.5%)
Classroom activities: participation, attitude: 25%
Texting, sleeping, bad attitude, etc. will result in grade penalties.
Attendance: 10%
Anyone who is absent from more than 25% of class hours will receive an F.)

8. Sleeping in Class

9. In this class: We want to practice and improve our conversations.
So, we need our partners and group members to help us practice.
Conversations require two or more people to participate.
We want to practice and improve our conversations.

10. In this class: You are a necessary part of your group’s education.
You are hurting your group if you don’t pay attention.
If you sleep, you are being disrespectful to your classmates.

11. A partner who doesn’t understand the activity or content because he or she was asleep is completely useless.

12. you are wasting your own time
If you sleep in class:
you are wasting your own time
You are wasting my time
You are wasting other students’ time.

13. So … I will ask you to leave. And you MUST leave immediately
If you sleep in my class …
I will ask you to leave.
And you MUST leave immediately

14. Consequences:
I will remove your attendance mark for that day (-1% of you final grade).
Your “activities, participation, attitude” mark will be penalized.
And nothing else.
You come back to the next class and we continue with our semester.

15. If you are Sick…

16. It’s very simple …

17. come to class If you are sick!
DO NOT
come to class If you are sick!

18. Illness I’m very serious about this!
You are not welcome in this room if you are sick.
Personally …
I am VERY busy and I can’t waste time being sick.
More importantly, I have a three-year-old daughter at home and I do not want to take YOUR germs home to her!
If she gets sick because of you …

19. Coming to class when you are sick is one of the most selfish and disrespectful things that you can do.
It tells me and your classmates that you do not respect our right to stay healthy.
It tells me and your classmates that you only care about yourself.
If I think that you are risking me and your classmates, I will ask you to leave!
And you MUST leave. Don’t waste the class’s time arguing about it.

20. Attendance: Don’t be late!
Being late is disrespectful to me and to your classmates.
“Being late is a way of saying that your own time is more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.”
–Karen Joy Fowler
Excused absences (e.g. Doctor’s notes) must be given to me within one week, or they will not be accepted.
Pharmacy receipts are not accepted

21. Attendance
Being on time does not mean that you walk in the door exactly at the beginning of class
It means that when I begin to take attendance:
You are in your seat (not in the bathroom, not getting a drink of water)
You are ready to begin class (your books and pens are out of your bag, your phone is off and you are comfortable in your chair).
I use my watch, not your cell phone, to tell time, so don’t argue with me about whether you are late or not!

22. More Rules: Cell Phones
Cell phones are a huge problem these days and I strongly believe that students should not have cell phones in class.
However, there are times when phones are very useful when studying, so you may use your phones for studying purposes only!
If I see you texting your friends (or any other inappropriate use of your phone) your participation grade will go down.

23. Are there any questions?