Instructor: Dr. Malek Shawareb
Office Hours: by
appointment
Office phone: 713-718-7750
E-mail:
malek.shawareb@hccs.edu
1.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A
continuation of ESOL 0348.This course reviews the basic structures of English
Grammar and develops the production of complex English structures
2.
ESOL 0348 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This course seeks to prepare students for college
level academic or workforce study by building on the syntactic knowledge that
students have gained, introducing more advanced structures and strengthening
students’ abilities to produce grammatical structures.
3.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At
the end of this course, you should be able to do the following:
1. demonstrate mastery of everything covered
in ESOL 0344, Beginning Grammar for Foreign Speakers;
2. demonstrate mastery of when to use present
continuous vs. simple present, as well as simple past vs. past
continuous and demonstrate mastery of used to in addition to basic
simple past;
3. demonstrate mastery of future situations,
including when to use will vs. be going to, as well as simple
present and present progressive for future situations;
4. demonstrate mastery of the formation of
sentences with simple modals (including, but not limited to, situations
involving ability, permission, requests, advice, necessity, preferences, future
possibility, and assumption) although s/he may still have problems in choosing
the appropriate form for a given context;
5. 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 present or past;
6. demonstrate mastery of formation of both
subject and predicate questions in all tenses studied in this course;
7. demonstrate mastery of use of adjectives
vs. adverbs and of comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives and adverbs;
8. show familiarity with the structure of gerunds
and infinitives, with particular attention to the use of gerunds as
subjects, objects, or objects of a preposition;
9. show mastery of count and non-count
nouns and quantifiers.
4.
GRADE BREAKDOWN:
Your
grade will be calculated as follows:
Tests 45%
Quizzes 10
Lab/Homework 5
Midterm Exam 20
Final Exam 20
100%
A =100-90 Passing B=89-80 Passing C=79-70 Passing IP=69 or
below. Can not go to the next level
5. TEXTBOOK: Focus on Grammar, 3rd ed. Marjorie Fuchs et. al.
1. Be on time. If you are tardy more than 15 minutes, I may mark you
absent. If you are late, come
into class quietly, without a lot of noise.
2.
Attendance
is very important. If you are absent
more than eight classes during the semester, you may be dropped from all of
your classes.
3.
If
you are absent, please ask a classmate for any missed assignments. There will be no makeup exams without
a documented, compelling reason. If you turn in your homework late, I will take
off up to 10 points from your grade.
4. I if you miss an in-class essay, you will not be allowed to make it up; however, I will give the class a make up essay at the end of the semester.
7. WITHDRAWALS: The last day for
students to withdraw from a class for a grade of “W” is April 3rd .
8. ACADEMIC HONESTY / CHEATING: All Houston Community
College System students are required to exercise academic honesty in completion
of all tests and assignments. Penalties
for academic dishonesty (cheating on a test, plagiarism, unauthorized
collaboration) may include: a grade of 0 or F for the particular assignment,
failure in the course, and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from
the college system.
9. 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 713-718-7781
10. SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY: Sexual harassment in
any form is not tolerated at Houston Community College. See the HCCS Student Handbook for further
information.
11. NOTICE: Students who repeat a course for a third or more times will have to pay an extra $75 fee at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities. Please ask your instructor / counselor about opportunities for tutoring / other assistance prior to considering course withdrawal or if you are not receiving passing grades
WITHDRAWL
POLICY: A student may drop his/her Gulfton
courses for any reason until April
3rd 2007 at 4:00 p.m. A student may also be dropped from the
Gulfton program for excessive absences until that date. After April 3rd, the student
will receive the grade that she/he has earned.
College policy prohibits faculty from assigning a grade of W
(“Withdrew,” or dropped) after the official drop date.
COURSE SCHEDULE
NOTE:
This schedule is approximate; I may make changes to it if necessary to cover
the required material in the course.
ESOL 0348: Intermediate
Grammar
SAMPLE WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE FOR 16-WEEK
COURSE
WEEK 1: Unit
1: Present Progressive and Simple Present
WEEK 2: Continue
Unit 1
Unit
3: Simple Past
WEEK 3: Unit
4: Past Progressive
Unit
5: Used To
WEEK 4: Unit
6: Future
Unit
8: Wh Questions: Subject & Object
WEEK 5: EXAM
#1
Unit
16: Present Perfect: Since and For
Unit
17: Present Perfect: Already and Yet
WEEK 6: Unit
18: Present Perfect: Indefinite Past
Unit
19: Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
WEEK 7: Unit
20: Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect
EXAM
#2
Unit
21: Count and Noncount Nouns and Quantifiers
WEEK 8: Unit
11: Ability
Unit
12: Permission
Unit
13: Requests
WEEK 9: Unit
14: Advice
MIDTERM
EXAM
WEEK 10: Unit
23: Adjectives and Adverbs
Unit
24: Adjectives: Comparison with as…as and than
WEEK 11: Unit
25: Adjectives: Superlatives
Unit
26: Adverbs: as…as, Comparatives, and Superlatives
EXAM
#3
WEEK 12: Unit
27: Gerunds: Subject and Object
Unit
28: Gerunds after Prepositions
WEEK 13: Unit
29: Infinitives after Certain Verbs
Unit
32: Gerunds and Infinitives
EXAM
#4
WEEK 14: Unit
33: Preference
Unit
34: Necessity
Unit
36: Future Possibility
WEEK 15: Unit
37: Assumption (Conclusions)
WEEK 16:............................................. Final
exam week