ENGL 112 (Language Structures and Drills II)
2 credits
Course Description This course is the second half of the Intermediate Language Structures and Drills sequence. It includes a review of simple noun phrases, pronouns, count/non-count nouns and quantifiers, and introduces students to modal auxiliary verbs and passive constructions appropriate for academic and scientific writing. It also provides students with a brief introduction to complex sentence structures, focusing primarily on the adjective clause and gerunds and infinitives, but also reviewing the adverb clauses introduced in ENGL 102. Throughout the course, grammatical structures are presented through an active oral approach and reinforced through extensive drill practice, guided conversation exercises and daily written homework assignments.
Prerequisites Successful completion of ENGL 102 (with a grade of 60% or higher)
Goals and Performance Objectives
Goal 1.0
To provide students with a systematic review of the grammatical structures essential for oral and written communication tasks at a high intermediate level
1.1 Students should be able to demonstrate mastery of the English tense system (i.e., be able to comprehend and use all of the active verb tenses and modal constructions outlined in Betty Schrampfer Azar’s Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th Edition). 1.2 Students should be able to comprehend and produce sentences in the passive voice and understand the importance of such structures in academic and scientific English. 1.3 Students should be able to recognize the basic clausal patterns of English sentences and be able to expand a basic sentence skeleton by adding optional modifying adjectives and adverbial phrases. 1.4 Students should be able to comprehend and construct sentences of two or more clauses. 1.4.1 Students should be able to demonstrate mastery of the compound sentence, and be able to use coordinating conjunctions appropriately. 1.4.2 Students should be able to demonstrate a general understanding of complex sentence structure, and be able to use subordinating conjunctions appropriately. They should be able to comprehend and produce sentences containing the following dependent clause structures:
1.4.2.1 Adverb Clauses (Review of time clauses and future if-clauses from ENGL 102) 1.4.2.2 Adjective Clauses 1.4.2.3 Gerunds and Infinitives
1.5 Students should be familiar with the basic conventions of standard written English, and be able to apply rules of sentence structure, grammar and mechanics to academic writing tasks at a high intermediate level. These writing tasks will be presented in both the core grammar textbook, Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th ed (Azar), and the core composition textbooks of ENGL 111, Introduction to Academic Writing: Level 3 (Oshima and Hogue) and Developing Composition Skills (Ruetten).
Course Content
Core Textbook:
Betty Schrampfer Azar, Fundamentals of English Grammar, Fourth Edition (Chapters 6, 7 & 10, Chapter 11 (Sections 11-1 to 11-7 only), Chapters 12 & 13)
Introduction to the Noun Phrase Chapter 6 (Nouns and Pronouns) Chapter 11 (Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles) (Sections 11-1 to 11-7 only)
Overview of Modal Constructions Chapter 7 (Modal Auxiliaries)
Overview of the Passive Verb Phrase (Formation and Usage) Chapter 10 (The Passive)
Complex Sentence Structure Chapter 12 (Adjective Clauses) Chapter 13 (Gerunds and Infinitives)
Supplementary:
Azar and Hagen, Fundamentals of English Grammar Workbook, Fourth Edition (Chapters 6, 7, 10, 11 (Sections 11-1 to 11-7), Chapters 12 & 13)
Review of Grammatical Topics from ENGL 102 Supplementary: Parts of Speech, Simple Sentence Structure, Chapter Notes
Course Assessment
Continuous Assessment (60%) Midterm Exam # 1
(Sunday, March 15, 2015)
20%
Midterm Exam # 2
(Sunday, May 3, 2015)
25%
(HQAP) 4 – 6 Quizzes/Homework Assignments [10%] , 15% Attendance and Participation [5%] _______________________________________________________________________ 60% Final Assessment (40%) Final Exam (Comprehensive) 40% _______________________________________________________________________ 40%
TOTAL
100%
Assessment Tools Written examinations will be used throughout the course to assess student progress in the core textbook, Fundamentals of English Grammar, Fourth Edition (by Betty Schrampfer Azar). Grammatical Structures – Discrete grammatical points and overall competency in the principles of English sentence structure will be tested using the following diagnostic tools: Fill in the blank questions (simple completion questions consisting of sentences from which grammatical items have been removed) Cloze exercises (short texts from which grammatical items or content information has been removed) Multiple-choice questions (simple completion questions consisting of sentences from which grammatical items have been removed) General English Syntax – The student’s ability to construct single and multi-clause sentences in the language will be assessed as follows: Sentence construction tasks (reducing sentences to their basic skeletons, expanding skeletons with modifying adjectives and adverbials, combining separate clauses into
compound or complex sentences, re-arranging scrambled words and phrases to form sentences) Editing Skills – The students’ ability to correct errors in grammar, usage and punctuation likely to occur in their own writing will be assessed using the following tools: Error analysis questions (identifying and correcting errors in isolated sentences; these errors may focus on the target structures covered in the textbook as well as on miscellaneous errors common in student writing at this level) Paragraph editing (identifying and correcting errors in a short, paragraph-length text; these errors may focus on grammatical structures, word usage or punctuation)
In addition to the Midterm Tests and Comprehensive Final Exam, the students will be given short in-class quizzes and daily homework assignments which must be completed out of class. These assignments are an essential part of the program and must be completed by all of the students. They may optionally include short paragraph-length compositions if the individual instructor feels that the students need extra writing practice in addition to the Academic Writing Component of ENGL 111. Attendance and participation in the classroom sessions will also be taken into consideration when assigning a final grade to each student.
ENGL 112 Syllabus (Language Structures and Drills II)
Core Textbooks: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th Ed. (Betty Azar) (Student Book and Workbook) WEEK 1 Jan 25 – 29, 2015
Introduction: Goals and Objectives, Course Outline Chapter 6 (Nouns and Pronouns) Sections 6-1 to 6-6 (pp 146-158)
WEEK 2 Feb 1 – 5
WEEK 3 Feb 8 – 12
WEEK 4 Feb 15 – 19
Chapter 6 (Nouns and Pronouns) Sections 6-7 to 6-12 (pp 158-169)
Chapter 6 (Nouns and Pronouns) Sections 6-13 to 6-16 (pp169-177) Review
Chapter 11 (Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles) Sections 11-1 to 11-5 (pp 290-299)
Chapter 11 (Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles) Sections 11-6, 11-7 (pp 299-304) WEEK 5 Feb 22 – 26
WEEK 6 Mar 1 – 5
Chapter 7 (Modal Auxiliaries) Sections 7-1 to 7-4 (pp 178-186)
Chapter 7 (Modal Auxiliaries) Sections 7-5 to 7-11 (pp 187-198)
WEEK 7 Mar 8 – 12
Chapter 7 (Modal Auxiliaries) Sections 7-12 to 7-15 (pp 199-205) Review (pp 206-207) Chapter 10 (The Passive) Sections 10-1, 10-2 (pp 258-262)
WEEK 8 Mar 15 – 19
Mar 22 – 26
WEEK 9 Mar 29 – Apr 2
Midterm Exam #1 (Sunday, March 15, 2015) (Chapters 6 & 7, Sections 11-1 to 11-7) Chapter 10 (The Passive) Sections 10-3 to 10-6 (pp 263-275)
MID-SEMESTER BREAK (Mar 22 – 26, 2015)
Chapter 10 (The Passive) Sections 10-7 to 10-10 (pp 275-285)
Chapter 10 (The Passive) Sections 10-11, Review (pp 285-289) WEEK 10 Apr 5 – 9
Chapter 12 (Adjective Clauses) Introduction to the Adjective Clause Sections 12-1 to 12-3 (pp 321-326)
WEEK 11 Apr 12 – 16
WEEK 12 Apr 19 – 23
Chapter 12 (Adjective Clauses) Sections 12-4 to 12-6 (pp 326-335)
Chapter 12 (Adjective Clauses) Section 12-7, Review (pp 335-341)
WEEK 13 Apr 26 – 30
Chapter 13 (Gerunds and Infinitives) Section 13-1 to 13-4 (pp 342-351)
Midterm Exam #2 (Sunday, May 3, 2015) (Chapters 10 & 12) WEEK 14 May 3 – 7
WEEK 15 May 10 – 14
Chapter 13 (Gerunds and Infinitives) Sections 13-5 to 13-9 (pp 351-363)
Chapter 13 (Gerunds and Infinitives) Sections 13-10 (pp 363-365) Review Exercises (pp 365-369)
WEEK 16 May 17 – 21
Review Week
WEEKS 17, 18 May 24 – Jun 4
FINAL EXAM PERIOD