Syllabus 0344

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Course Description

ESOL0344, BEGINNING GRAMMAR

"An introduction to basic English grammar. Emphasis is placed on correct verb forms, parts of speech, sentence order, capitalization, and punctuation."

Prerequisites

None

Course Goals (includes competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.)

ESOL 0344, Beginning Grammar, seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:

• Introducing students to the essential elements of grammar;
• Strengthening students' abilities to produce the new grammatical structures in a variety of
communicative contexts.

Instructor Information

Not available

Textbook Information

Textbook:

Alternate Texts are approved for ESOL 0344
•    Basic English Grammar, Azar, (Prentice Hall) Second Edition
•    Focus on Grammar, Schoenberg, (Longman)
•    Focus on Grammar Workbook, Eckstut, (Longman)

Lab Requirements (if any)

One of the five instructional hours per week is a computer lab hour in which students work on grammar instructional modules, or on-line grammar programs.

Students with Disabilities

Students who require reasonable accommodations for disabilities are encouraged to report to Disability Counselor to make necessary arrangements. Faculty are only authorized to provide accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.

Academic Honesty

Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result in a 0 for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook.

Attendance and Withdrawal Policies

Students are not allowed more than eight absences over the semester. Any absence beyond that may cause them to be dropped from class. See the HCCS Student Handbook.

Course Requirements and Grading Policy

    After taking ESOL 0344, Beginning Grammar, the student should:

1.    use BE to form affirmative and negative statements, yes/no and WH-questions in the simple
present, past and future tenses;
2.    use high frequency action verbs to form statements and questions in the simple present,
present continuous, simple past , future and with modals;
3.    use nouns (singular and plural count and non-count and possessive) as subjects and objects;
4.    use personal pronouns (subjective, objective, and possessive) and indefinite pronouns as
subjects and objects;
5.    use certain high-frequency verbs such as NEED, WANT, WOULD LIKE; + noun or
infinitive
6.    use THERE + BE in the simple prsent and past tenses;
7.    use common prepositions of time and place.
8.    use the imperative to make commands and LET'S to make suggestions.

SUGGESTED GRADE PERCENTAGES*

Unit Tests and Quizzes	65%
Daily Work	10%
Lab	5%
Final Exam	20%
Total:	100%

* Teachers may use percentages which vary from the above formula; however, if the percentages deviate by more than 5% for any item, the teacher should show them to the Department Chair or Lead instructor for approval.

Testing

Students in ESOL 0344 will:

• take at least 4 unit tests which must test for both recognition and production of grammatical
structures within a communicative context;
• complete a lab program consisting of grammar exercises correlated to the grammar
presented in their "lecture" classes;
• take a final exam

N.B. At this time there is no departmental midterm for ESOL0344

Make-up policy

If students miss a test or a quiz, they must arrange with the instructor for a make-up outside of class time and before the end of one week from the day they missed.

Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc.

An instructor may choose to include projects or assignments to reinforce the material covered in class.

Course Content

Students will learn the use of verb tenses (simple present, present progressive, simple past, simple future), wh-questions, nouns (count, non-count), pronouns (subjective, objective, posessive), objects (direct, indirect), and simple modals as described in further detail below.

Course Calendar with Reading Assignments

ESOL0344 Beginning Grammar
SAMPLE 16-WEEK COURSE OUTLINE for FOCUS ON GRAMMAR

WEEK 1:	Introduction to Class Unit One	to be subject pronouns time
WEEK 2:	Unit One Unit Two	descriptive adjs. possessive adjs. a/an this/ these
WEEK 3:	Unit Two Test on Units One and Two Unit Three	prepositions of place wh- questions ordinals
WEEK 4:	Unit Three	possessive nouns
WEEK 5:	Unit Four	imperatives there is/there are subject/object pronouns numbers and quantifiers before plural nouns
WEEK 6:	Test on Units Three and Four Unit Five	present progressive
WEEK 7:	Unit Five Quiz on Present Progressive	present progressive
WEEK 8:	Unit Six	simple present tense this/that/these/those
WEEK 9:	Unit Seven	pres. vs pres. prog, adverbs of frequency stative verbs
WEEK 10:	Unit Seven Test on Units Six and Seven	verbs + noun or infinitive possessive adjs./nouns
WEEK 11:	Unit Eight	simple past tense
WEEK 12:	Unit Eight Unit Nine Test on Units Eight and Nine Unit 10	past tense of to be count/non-count nouns
WEEK 13:	Unit 10 Unit 11	modals
WEEK 14:	Unit 14	modals
WEEK 15:	Unit 13 Test on Units 10, 11, 13, 14 Review for Final Exam	Direct/Indirect objects
WEEK 16:	FINAL EXAM WEEK

Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, etc.)

Tutoring is availble for students at instructional sites where Intensive English is offered. Additional on line and computerized resources are also available in computer labs and libraries.

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