Syllabus 0355

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Course Description

ESOL. 0355, ADVANCED GRAMMAR

"A continuation of ESOL 0352. This course provides a review of both essential and finer points of the grammatical structural features of formal written English. Emphasis is placed on active production and error analysis of standard English."

Prerequisites

A satisfactory score on the CELSA or successful completion of ESOL 0352

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

ESOL 0355, Advanced Grammar, seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:

• Building on the syntactic knowledge that students have gained in previous study of English grammar while introducing more advanced structures as well as the finer nuances involving tense and aspect of English verbs;

• Strengthening students' abilities to produce the new grammatical structures in a variety of communicative contexts.

Instructor Information

Not available

Textbook Information

Textbook:
Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed., Azar (Prentice Hall Regents)

Supplemental Materials:
Constructing Longer Sentences- These are photocopied exercises that provide the students with practice in sentence-combining. Teachers should distribute them to their students. These exercises can also be found in the lab at most campuses.

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

Course Outcomes

After taking ESOL 0355, Advanced Grammar, the student should:

1.    Be able to use all of the verb tenses and be able to choose between standard and progressive forms;

2.    Be able to transform active sentences into passive sentences and vice versa;

3.    Show familiarity with the structure and use of noun clauses;

4.    Be able to punctuate quoted and reported speech, and to change quoted speech to reported speech and vice versa;

5.    Be able to recognize and use adverbial clauses correctly, including different kinds of subordinating conjunctions and proper punctuation of sentences in which they appear;

6.    Show familiarity with the main kinds of conditional sentences viewed in ESOL 0352, in addition to use of wish, progressive verb forms and implied conditions.

SUGGESTED GRADE PERCENTAGES*

Chapter Tests	*50%
Homework/Lab	10%
Midterm Exam	20%
Final Exam	20%
TOTAL:	100%

*(If no midterm is given, this percentage would increase to 60%.)

Testing

Students in ESOL 0355 will take 4 chapter tests, one mid-term exam, and one final exam.

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, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive), pronouns, modals, passive voice, gerunds and infinitives, clauses (noun, adjective, adverb), conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating), and conditional sentences and wishes as described in further detail below.

Course Calendar with Reading Assignments

ESOL 0355 Advanced Grammar
SAMPLE WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE FOR 16-WEEK COURSE

WEEK 1:	Testing, Verb Tenses, Chapters 1-2 Overview of the Verb Tenses Present and Past, Simple and Progressive
WEEK 2:	Verb Tenses, Chapters 3-5, Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses Future Time, Adverb Clauses of Time and Review of Verb Tenses Subject-Verb Agreement, Chapter 6
WEEK 3:	Nouns, Chapter 7 Pronouns, Chapter 8
WEEK 4:	Test #1, Chapters 1-8 Modals, Part I, Chapter 9
WEEK 5:	Modals, Part II, Chapter 10
WEEK 6:	Passive Voice, Chapter 11
WEEK 7:	Passive, Chapter 11 Test #2, Chapters 9-11 Constructing Longer Sentences #1
WEEK 8:	Gerunds and Infinitives, Parts I and Chapters 14-15 MIDTERM EXAM Note: Most of Chapters 14 and 15 will not be taught in class. Students will be expected to complete the exercises except for those from pp. 323-325 and pp. 331-332 in the lab or for homework. There are answer keys in the lab so that students may check their work.
WEEK 9:	Noun Clauses, Chapter 12
WEEK 10:	Adjective Clauses, Chapter 13 Constructing Longer Sentences #2
WEEK 11:	Adjective Clauses, Chapter 13 Test #3, Chapters 12 and 13
WEEK 12:	Conjunctions, Chapter 16, pp. 287-297
WEEK 13:	Adverb Clauses, Chapter 17, pp. 367-373 Conditional Sentences and Wishes, Chapter 20
WEEK 14:	Conditional Sentences and Wishes, Chapter 20 Constructing Longer Sentences #5
WEEK 15:	Test #4, Chapters 16-17 Review
WEEK 16:	FINAL EXAM WEEK

Note: Exercises in Chapters 17, 18, and 19 that are not covered in class are to be completed by students in the lab or for homework. Answer keys are available in the lab for students to check work.

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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