ELSK 0747: Improve Your Grammar Intermediate Focus B
Description
This course focuses on intermediate grammatical structures to improve students' spoken and written English. Key components of the course are the analysis of grammatical form, meaning, and usage. Students are given opportunities for grammar practice and production.
Prerequisites
CLB 4 Listening, CLB 4 Speaking, CLB 4 Reading, CLB 4 Writing.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use a variety of techniques and strategies to improve spoken and written intermediate level grammar.
- Recognize intermediate level grammatical structures, such as making comparisons,question formation, progressive verb tenses, modals (advice, possibility, deduction),conjunctions, simple adjective and adverb clauses, in spoken and written English.
- Use intermediate level grammar with improved accuracy in spoken and written English.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 40
Total Hours: 40
Instructional Strategies
lecture, self-study, group work, and ongoing feedback.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Assignments
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35
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Instructor and Self Analysis of Grammar through Rubric on 4 Oral Speech Samples
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Assignments
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35
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Instructor and Self Analysis of Grammar through Rubric on 4 Written Submissions
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Quizzes/Tests
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20
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Quizzes
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Participation
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10
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Active Class Involvement
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Course topics
- 1. Strategies and techniques specific to improvements in intermediate level grammar
2. Making Comparisons
3. Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses
4. Overview of Tenses / Contrasting Tenses
5. Question Formation / Tag Questions
6. Modals (advice/possibility/deduction)
7. Coordinating Conjunctions / Combining Independent Clauses
8. Introduction to Adjective Clauses
9. Introduction to Adverb Clauses
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.