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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
BGN 71 | Title:
BUSINESS ENGLISH |
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Full Title:
Business English |
Last Reviewed:4/25/2022 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 1 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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English fundamentals: sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary. Use of standard reference sources and proofreader's marks for editing business-related sentences, paragraphs, and documents.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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English fundamentals: sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary. Use of standard reference sources and proofreader's marks for editing business-related sentences, paragraphs, and documents.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1998 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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The student will:
1. Identify the parts of speech when they appear in sentences.
2. Differentiate among, examine, and create simple, compound, and
complex sentences.
3. Develop gramatically correct sentences.
4. Punctutate sentences correctly.
5. Spell words correctly, capitalize words correctly, and write numbers
according to conventional usage.
6. Organize and revise sentences and paragraphs.
7. Write topical summaries employing effective sentence and paragraph
structure.
8. Employ the use of a dictionary to identify and verify correct word
spelling, usage, etymologies, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms.
9. Use a reference manual to locate answers to specific questions when
composing sentences, paragraphs, and business-related documents.
Topics and Scope
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1. Laying Foundation
A. Reference skills
1. dictionary
2. reference manual
3. thesaurus
B. Overview of parts of speech
C. Sentences
1. elements
2. patterns
3. types
2. Parts of Speech
A. Nouns
B. Pronouns
1. personal
2. antecedents
C. Verbs
1. kinds
2. voices
3. moods
4. tenses
5. verbals
6. agreement with subject
D. Adjectives
E. Adverbs
F. Prepositions
G. Conjunctions
1. coordinate
2. correlative
3. subordinate
4. conjunctive adverbs
3. Punctuation
A. Commas
B. Semi-colons
C. Colons
D. Other
4. Writing with Style
A. Capitalization
B. Numbers
C. Word choice
1. correct spelling
2. clear vocabulary
D. Effective sentences
E. Logical paragraphs
Assignments:
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1. Complete pre and post chapter tests.
2. Complete chapter exercises.
3. Write simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences.
4. Write paragraphs.
5. Write short/informal reports
6. Study spelling and vocabulary lists and complete assignments.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 20 - 40% |
Written homework, Term papers | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 20 - 30% |
Homework problems | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 30 - 40% |
Class performances | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 20 - 40% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Completion, Composition | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 0% |
None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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BUSINESS ENGLISH, 5th edition, Mary Ellen Guffey, South-Western
Educational Publishing, 1996
HOW 8: A HANDBOOK FOR OFFICE WORKERS 8E, Clark & Clark, South-Western
Educational Publishing, 1998
WEBSTER'S TENTH NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY, Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1993
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