STUDENTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Dear Grammar 3 Students,
Welcome…
First, I wish you all a pleasant semester and I hope you
enjoy this course!
I can’t stress enough the importance of open, and more
importantly honest, communication between us. If you have any
problems, please don’t hesitate to talk to me. You can also contact me
by e-mail (dinaalsibai@yahoo.com) or you can leave your questions
and/or comments in the chatbox found on the homepage of my
website http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/dinaalsibai which I usually check daily.
CLASSES…
Classes will typically be either lectures explaining the lessons you have in
your book and booklet or an application of what we take. Regarding
our lectures, I encourage you to participate in class with your questions,
observations, additions, etc. If you are absent, you are responsible for any information given during that lecture.
EXAMS & GRADES
I’d like to warn you right from the beginning that Grammar (3)
isn’t a course you study a few days before the day of the exam.
This course should be taken very seriously because you will be introduced
to a huge number of sentence structures, types of clauses and phrases which
are essential for any language learner. Learning how to use these types of sentences correctly is crucial for your future. You need to study everything
we take in class immediately after we take it. You need to learn the rules, digest them and be able to apply them correctly through various exercises.
You are responsible for taking a look at the sample questions
(found on the website) a couple of days before the exam.
If you still feel that you don’t understand what you’re supposed
to do, please don’t hesitate to ask me.
Once you take the exam, you CAN NOT take it
again under ANY circumstance. There will be a make-up exam only
for those who were unable to take the exam due to verifiable
excuses (extreme medical or social circumstances only). If you also
miss the make-up exam, you will get a “zero” and not be given
another chance to take the make-up exam. If you are absent for the
1st in-term exam, you’ll only take the make-up for the 1st in-term
topics. The same goes for the 2nd in-term make-up exam. See the
syllabus for the date of the make-up exam.
After a few days of taking the exam, you’ll be able to see your
in-term grades on-line through my website (main homepage).
Just click the link in the left-hand column titled “Grammar 3
In-term Exam Grades”. If you want to see
your exam paper, feel free to pass by during my office hours.
You can find my office hours on my on-line homepage (click the link
titled “Weekly Teaching Schedule” in the left-hand column) or you
can find them posted on the office door. My office is located on the
ground floor, to the left of the elevator (#114). If you don’t find me
in my office during my office hours, you’ll probably find me in the
photocopy/reading room (next to my office). And if you can’t find
me anywhere, just leave me a note on my table (first one on the right),
on the office door, or slip it under the door.
“I couldn’t find you,” should never be an excuse…
ATTENDANCE & WARNINGS
Regular attendance is a MUST! Your medical excuses will not be
taken into consideration when presenting the warnings (the limit is 25%
for the warnings). Medical excuses will be investigated by Mrs.
Jawaher Al-Ghanaam only when presenting the banning lists.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance that you NEVER exceed
the 50% absence limit!
I will not hesitate to ban any student exceeding
the 50% absence limit. I will not ask any of you to present
medical excuses during the banning period. YOU, and YOU alone,
should be responsible enough to give me these excuses
RIGHT AFTER YOU ARE ABSENT EACH TIME.
If you have a medical excuse for being absent, photocopy it, write
your name and class group clearly on it, and put it in the "Medical
Excuses" file on my desk, in my office. These official excuses will be
verified later by Mrs. Jawaher at the end of this semester. Attendance
will usually be taken 10 minutes after class starts. If you arrive later,
come in and attend the rest of the lecture.
Being late 3 times will equal to being absent one time.
When the time comes, warnings will also be posted on my website.
Best of Luck!