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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ESL 311GR | Title:
BASIC GRAMMAR REVIEW |
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| Full Title:
Basic Grammar Review |
| Last Reviewed:3/11/2024 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 1.50 | Lecture Scheduled | 1.50 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 26.25 |
| Minimum | 1.50 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 1.50 | | Contact Total | 26.25 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 52.50 | Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:
P/NP Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
ESL 399.10
Catalog Description:
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A communicative grammar workshop designed for high-beginning to low-intermediate ESL students to review and reinforce a variety of English grammar structures studied in ESL 308 and ESL 310.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Qualifying placement score of ESL 308A or higher
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A communicative grammar workshop designed for high-beginning to low-intermediate ESL students to review and reinforce a variety of English grammar structures studied in ESL 308 and ESL 310.
(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Qualifying placement score of ESL 308A or higher
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify basic sentence boundaries and use coordinating conjunctions to join clauses.
2. Use adverbials of time in sentences.
3. Edit sample writings for verb tense errrors, such as present, past, future and present perfect.
4. Use simple modals in writing.
5. Use comparative and superlative adjective and adverb forms in writing.
Topics and Scope
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A. Sentence boundaries and punctuation
1. Periods
2. Commas
3. Coordinating conjunctions, such as and, but, or and so
B. Adverbials of time
1. When
2. As soon as
3. After
4. Before
C. Verb tense and form
1. Simple present and present continuous
2. Simple past and past continuous
3. Future
4. Present perfect and present perfect continuous
D. Simple Modals
1. Ability: can, could
2. Possibility: may, might
3. Requests: can, could, may
4. Advice: should
5. Necessity: must, have to
E. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs
1. -er than and more than forms
2. the -est and the most forms
Assignments:
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The following represent types of assignments that may be included:
A. In-class work
1. Individual, paired or group problem-solving activities that focus on a particular grammar point
2. Individual, paired or group editing activities
3. Tests and quizzes
4. Discussion of homework exercises
B. Homework
1. Textbook exercises
2. Sentences and paragraphs using structures studied in class
3. Journals
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 and journals | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
50 - 70% |
| Objective quizzes and exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 15% |
| Class attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition by Azar, Betty, Pearson, 2005
Grammar 2, Step by Step, by Fragiadakis, Rosenfeld & Graham, McGraw Hill, 2004
Focus on Grammar 2, 3rd edition by Schoenberg, Pearson, 2005
Grammar Connection: Structure Through Content, by Celce-Murcia, Thomas, 2008
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