ELSK 0767: Improve Your Grammar Advanced Focus B
Description
This course focuses on advanced 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.
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
CLB 6 Listening, CLB 6 Speaking, CLB 6 Reading, CLB 6 Writing.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use a variety of techniques and strategies to improve oral and written advanced level grammar.
- Recognize advanced level grammatical structures, such as gerunds and infinitives, reduced adverb clauses, modified adverbial clauses, connectives, conditionals/wishes in spoken and written English.
- Use advanced 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 spoken and written advanced level grammar
2. Gerunds and Infinitives
3. Adverb Clauses/Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Clauses
4. Connectives that Express Cause and Effect
5. Connectives that Express Contrast and Condition
6. Conditional Sentences (Type 2 and 3) and Wishes
7. Using the Subjunctive in Noun 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.