ESLL-8008C Grammar Connection I Prerequisites None Improve your current English language skills in a relaxed classroom atmosphere. Focus on grammar, conversation, and increasing vocabulary and life skills through exercises designed to enhance proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Textbook and workbook required.
Contact Hours: 40
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Learning Outcomes
- Students will be introduced to and learn vocabulary needed for academic college work.
- Students will comprehend and produce academic oral and written discourse beginning with single words and simple sentences and progress to simple conversations, narratives, and expositions.
- Students will increase their knowledge of basic English grammar usage and syntax.
- Students will become more confident and comfortable with their ability to communicate in English.
Topics
- High-interest contexts from various academic disciplines
- Nouns and Pronouns
- The Present Tense of Be: Affirmative & Negative Statements; Yes/No Questions and Short Answers; Wh- Questions
- Spelling and Pronunciation of Regular Plural Nouns, Third-Person -s Form
- Prepositions of Location
- This, That, These, Those
- There is/There are; Is There/Are there: Questions and Short Answers
- The Simple Present Tense: Affirmative & Negative Statements; Yes/No Questions and Short Answers; Wh- Questions
- Verbs: Regular & Irregular
- Prepositions of Time
- Adverbs of Frequency
- The Present Progressive Tense
- Possessive Nouns
- Possessive Adjectives
- Object Pronouns & Indirect Objects
Activities/Resources
- Grammar lessons, listening, drills and practice
- Individual, pair and group work
- Vocabulary journaling and note cards
- Workbook activities
- Discussions
- Lectures
Evaluation Students will confidentially evaluate this course by completing the electronic Student Evaluation of Class form distributed electonically after the last class session.
Successful Completion The instructor will evaluate the student’s skills learned using participation, attendance, feedback, testing where appropriate, and projects completed.
75% attendance is required; 100% attendance is recommended as no special arrangements will be made for missing class.
75% attendance = 30 hours.
Upon successful completion, this course will appear on the student’s Macomb Community College non-credit transcript.
Textbook Grammar Connection I textbook ISBN: 9781413008302
Grammar Connection I workbook ISBN: 9781413008340.
Author: Osullivan & Grant, H. Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Workforce & Continuing Education - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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