ENGL 119 Adv Grammar in Academic English

This is the second of two courses focused on helping non-native speakers develop a better understanding of English grammar in an academic context. Students will improve their accuracy in using English grammar through analysis and practice. Grammatical structures reviewed in this course include: common sentence problems; subject-verb agreement; conjunctions; simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verbs; complex sentences including adjective, noun, and adverb clauses, participial phrases, and quoted and indirect speech; phrasal and perfect modal verbs; passive voice; real and unreal conditionals; noncount nouns, articles, determiners and quantifiers. Prerequisites: ENGL 019, or placement test score. Limited to non-native speakers of English.

Credits

3.00 Credits

ENGL 119Adv Grammar in Academic English

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I. General Information

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II. Course Specification

Credit Hours Narrative

3.00 Credits

III. Catalog Course Description

This is the second of two courses focused on helping non-native speakers develop a better understanding of English grammar in an academic context. Students will improve their accuracy in using English grammar through analysis and practice. Grammatical structures reviewed in this course include: common sentence problems; subject-verb agreement; conjunctions; simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verbs; complex sentences including adjective, noun, and adverb clauses, participial phrases, and quoted and indirect speech; phrasal and perfect modal verbs; passive voice; real and unreal conditionals; noncount nouns, articles, determiners and quantifiers. Prerequisites: ENGL 019, or placement test score. Limited to non-native speakers of English.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies