ESOL 0348
Intermediate Grammar Syllabus
Instructor: Joe Starr
E-mail: star_j@hccs.edu
Office Hours:
1. COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course reviews the basic structures of English grammar and develops the production of complex English sentences.
2. STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE
ESOL
0348, Intermediate 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 .
• Strengthening student's abilities to produce
the new grammatical structures in a variety of communicative contexts.
3. COURSE
OUTCOMES:
At
the end of this course, you should be able to demonstrate mastery of:
1. everything covered in ESOL 0344, Beginning
Grammar for Foreign Speakers
2. when to use present
continuous over simple present, as well as simple past vs. past continuous
3. formation of sentences with simple modals (can, will, must,
have to, should, ought to, might, may)
4. the present perfect
forms, both affirmative and negative;
5. of comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives and adverbs, including irregular forms
6. of count vs. non-count nouns
7. show familiarity with
the structure of gerunds and infinitive
8. show familiarity with
phrasal verbs
4. GRADE
BREAKDOWN: GRADE
ANALYSIS
Your grade will be calculated as
follows:
Tests
and Quizzes 50% 90 –
100 A
Daily
Work 5% 80
– 89 B
Lab 5% 70
– 79 C
Midterm 20% Less
than 70 F or IP*
Final 20%
100% IP means In Progress and is given to a student who has completed the course work but is not able to pass to the next level
5.
TEXTBOOKS:
You are required to buy the following
textbooks for this course:
Focus on Grammar, 3rd ed. by Marjorie Fuchs, Miriam Westheimer with Margaret Bonner
Focus on Grammar, 3rd ed. Workbook by
Marjorie Fuchs
6. Notice: Students who repeat a course
three or more times may soon face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and
other
CLASS
POLICIES
ATTENDANCE: Students may not be absent more than 8 times in any class. A student who has more than 8 absences may be dropped from class.
TARDINESS: You must come to class on time. If you are more than 10 minutes late, you are absent. Being late 3 times equals one absence.
WITHDRAWALS: F-1 students may not withdraw from class without becoming out of status.
MAKEUP TESTS / LATE HOMEWORK: There are no makeup tests. If you know you will be absent, you can take the test in lab the day before the test. For every four tests I give, I will drop one low grade. Turn in all homework assignments on time. Late work is not accepted.
ACADEMIC
HONESTY / CHEATING: Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result in
a zero (0) for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook for more
information
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES: HCCS POLICIES
Students with a learning or physical
disability which might affect their performance in class should contact the
HCCS disabilities counselor, Dr. Becky Hauri at
713-718-7909, FAX 713-718-7906
CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS Students are
not allowed to use cell phones or beepers in class. An exception will be made with in emergency
situation. Let me know if you need to
have it on.
COURSE
SCHEDULE
NOTE:
This schedule is approximate; the instructor may make changes to it if required
to cover the required material in the course.
Quizzes may be announced or unannounced.
|
Week |
Topics
|
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1. |
Simple Present;
present progressive |
|
2. |
Stative verbs; imperatives simple Past |
|
3. |
Past Progressive
Used to; future |
|
4. |
Wh-questions TEST |
|
5. |
Pronouns and phrasal verbs, Modals |
|
6. |
Modals; Quiz |
|
7. |
Present perfect |
|
8. |
Present perfect progressive;TEST
|
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9. |
MIDTERM Exam Nouns and articles |
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10. |
Adjectives/adverbs |
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11. |
Adjectives/adverbs |
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12. |
Gerunds and
infinitives TEST |
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13. |
Modals |
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14. |
Modals |
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15. |
TEST
Review |
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16. |
Final Exam |