Syllabus 0348
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| ESOL. 0348, INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR |
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| Prerequisites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A satisfactory score on the CELSA or successful completion of ESOL 0344 |
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| ESOL 0348, Intermediate Grammar, seeks to prepare students
for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following
objectives: |
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| Instructor Information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not available |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Academic Honesty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result
in a 0 for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook. |
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| 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 0348, Intermediate Grammar for Foreign Speakers, the student should: 1. demonstrate mastery of everything covered in ESOL 0348, Intermediate Grammar for Foreign Speakers 2. demonstrate mastery of when to use present continuous over simple present, as well as simple past vs. past continuous 3. demonstrate mastery of formation of sentences with simple modals (can, will, must, have to, should, ought to, might, may) although s/he may still have problems in choosing the appropriate form for a given context. 4. demonstrate mastery of the present perfect forms, both affirmative and negative; students at this stage will still make mistakes in choosing when to use the present perfect, confusing it with the present or past 5. demonstrate mastery of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs, including irregular forms 6. demonstrate mastery of count vs. non-count nouns 7. show familiarity with the structure of gerunds and infinitive 8. show familiarity with phrasal verbs SUGGESTED GRADE PERCENTAGES*
* 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. Keep in mind that the overall core of the student's grade must be based on oral and written work done in class. |
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| Testing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Students in ESOL 0348 will : • a minimum of three chapter tests plus a midterm exam, or four chapter tests, all of which must test for both recognition and production of grammatical structures within a communicative context. • a lab program consisting of grammar exercises correlated to the grammar presented in their classes. • a departmental final examination |
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| 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, Progressive, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive), wh-questions, adjectives and adverbs (equatives/comparatives/superlatives), nouns (count, non-count), and modals and phrasal modals as described in further detail below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Calendar with Reading Assignments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ESOL0348 Intermediate Grammar SAMPLE WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE FOR 16-WEEK COURSE WEEK
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| 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. |
