ESL 970G Advanced Grammar Review and Editing, 3 units

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Students review English grammar and learn to edit grammatical, mechanical and word usage errors in their writing. This includes intensive review and editing of verb tenses; modals; conditionals; active and passive voice; articles and nouns; prepositional, adjectival and adverbial phrases; word forms; word usage; subject-verb-pronoun agreement; sentence parts; sentence patterns; sentence boundaries; and mechanics.

 

In the online section of this course, instruction will take place by email, fax, World Wide Web and other technologically mediated transmissions. Students must have Internet access, an email account, and a web browser. Minimum 48 hours online. Credit/No Credit option. May be repeated twice.

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PREREQUISITE and ADVISORIES

1. Prerequisite

Qualifying score on the ESL Placement Test or successful completion of ESL 960G, ESL 960RW and ESL 960LS.
ESL placement exam information and dates

2. Advisories

Entering students should be able to demonstrate basic skills in keyboarding (a), email usage and web-browsing (b).

a. CA 010 Beginning Computer Keyboarding

b. CA 073 Internet, Hands-On

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COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE

1. Student Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:

a. Identify with 70% accuracy the grammatical elements (e.g., sentence parts, tenses, parts of speech) in passages written in standard English (grammar recognition)

b. Identify with 70% accuracy grammatical, lexical, sentential and mechanical errors in passages written in non-standard English by other non-native writers (peer editing)

c. Monitor and correct with 70% accuracy grammatical, lexical, sentential and mechanical errors in one's own writing (self editing)

2. Outline of topics to be addressed in course by instructor

a. Review and identification of grammatical, lexical, sentential and mechanical elements in passages written by writers of standard English.

 

(1) Verb tenses (e.g., simple past, present progressive, future perfect)

(2) Modals (e.g., could, may, should have)

(3) Conditionals (e.g., present unreal vs. future possible)

(4) Voice (i.e., Active vs. Passive)

(5) Articles and nouns (e.g., count vs. noncount)

(6) Prepositional, adjectival and adverbial phrases

(7) Word forms (e.g., verb, noun, adjective, adverb; -ate, -ation, -ary, -arily)

(8) Word usage (including idioms and tone)

(9) Subject-verb-pronoun agreement

(10) Sentence parts (e.g., Subject + Predicate)

(11) Sentence patterns (e.g., Subject + Intransitive verb, Subject + Intransitive verb + Complement, Subject + Transitive verb + Object, Subject + passive verb)

(12) Sentence boundaries (e.g., fragments, run-together sentences)

(13) Mechanics (i.e., Capitalization, punctuation, spelling

 

b. Identification of grammatical, lexical, sentential and mechanical elements in passages written in non-native or non-standard English.

 

c. Analysis and correction of grammatical, lexical, sentential and mechanical errors in students' own writing.

 

d. Written comparison and contrast of cultural, linguistic, social, and educational backgrounds and experiences of students in the class.

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BOOKS AND MATERIALS

1. Textbooks

Applied English Grammar, by Patricia Byrd and Beverly Benson, published by Thomson/Heinle.

Available at the Mission College Bookstore, 3000 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054-1897, Tel: (408) 855-5076.

2. Additional readings

a. Workplace writing documents

b. Newspapers, magazines, dictionaries, grammar handbooks (paper and online)

c. Web resources such as online dictionaries, articles, and interactive sites for developing writing and grammar skills

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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION and EVALUATION

1. Instruction

Review, analysis and correction of elements of written English may be conducted by means of

a. lectures and discussion (in the online section, online lectures and discussion boards)

b. links to World Wide Web pages

c. synchronous and asynchronous online chats

d. facsimile

e. other technologically mediated transmissions

2. Quizzes and Exams

Stidemts tale timed quizzes and exams at cvc.blackboard.com.

3. Writing Assignments

Stidemts submit sentences and short paragraphs in the Discussion Board forums and the Digital Drop boxat cvc.blackboard.com.

4. Evaluation & Grades

Students are graded on the accuracy, fluency and timeliness of weekly writing, participation in discussions requiring critical thinking skills, quizzes, and a final exam. 25% quizzes, 25% writing assignments, 25% midterm exam, 25% final exam.

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INSTRUCTOR

Marsha Chan Telephone: (408) 855-5314 Email: marsha_chan@wvmccd.cc.ca.us Home page: http://www.missioncollege.org/depts/esl/fac/chan/chan.html

SCHEDULE

Mission College Distance Learning Schedules

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