ESL 805 AA Advanced Grammar Review CRN: 545518:10 am - 10:15 am MTWR Bldg. 3 - 104 Jun 20, 2011 - Jul 28, 2011 Anniqua Rana: rana@smccd.edu (650) 306-3470
Course Description This course is primarily for students whose native language is other than English. Students review, practice, and synthesize the grammar and sentence structure of standard written English in context. Selections from fiction and non-fiction are used as a basis for discussion and analysis of language. In addition, students react to the readings in writing and focus on editing what they have written. Special attention is paid to a review of verb tenses as well as basic and advanced sentence structure. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze short, assigned college level reading passages 2. Recognize target structures in readings and make generalizations about their use 3. Expand vocabulary including word forms, usage and definitions 4. Recognize and use complex grammatical structures in their own writing Textbook
Grades Grammar Journal 20% You will be expected to write a daily journal about the grammar concepts you are learning. This will be a total of 20 paragraphs. I will provide the guidelines for these journals. Final Project 20% You will be responsible for one grammar concept and will present this concept to your class in a 10 minute presentation during the semester. Tests and Quizzes 60% For each concept you study, you will be given a quiz. There will be approximately five quizzes this semester. Academic Integrity (Cheating and Plagiarism) As members of the college community, students at Cañada are expected to demonstrate integrity in all academic endeavors. Students are evaluated on their own merits, so they should protect academic integrity at Cañada College and be proud of their achievements. General principles of academic integrity include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect one’s own academic work from misuse by others and to avoid using another’s work as one’s own. Faculty, with the full support of the college, have the right to take standards of academic integrity into account when assigning grades. All students are expected to understand and abide by these principles. Any act which gains or is intended to gain an unfair academic advantage or which compromises the integrity of the academic standards of the college may be considered an act of academic dishonesty. Cheating and Plagiarism are violations of the Academic Integrity Policy and the Student Conduct Code and will result in appropriate disciplinary action. Students seeking further information concerning these guidelines should contact the Office of the Vice President, Student Services, Building 9, room 209 or see the College Catalog. Identify the grammar structures that you recognize from this passage. List the vocabulary that is new for you. http://canadacollege.net/registration/pdfs/SuFa11.pdf |