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Dec 21, 2024
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2023-2024 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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ESL 093 - Accelerated ESL Grammar
English grammar for non-native speakers at the intermediate level. Understanding and practice of intermediate grammar of American English, with a focus on form, meaning, and use in oral and written communication. Integrates grammar into practice of the other language skills. (This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree).
Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite: Students should be at the intermediate level based on ESL placement or chair approval to be placed in this course.
Credits: 4
Hours
4 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the following tenses: Simple Present, Present Progressive, Simple Past, Past Progressive, Simple Future, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Progressive by recognizing, constructing, and using them correctly in oral and written communication.
- Differentiate between adjectives and adverbs and use them correctly in oral and written communication.
- Distinguish between count and non-count nouns and employ them correctly with articles and quantifiers in oral and written communication.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to correctly form of WH-questions and use them in asking for specific information.
- Recognize and use a variety of modals properly to express ability, permission, requests, advice, suggestions, preferences, necessity, expectations, possibility, and inferences in oral and written communication.
- Identify, form, and properly use gerunds and infinitives in various grammatical functions to communicate orally and in writing.
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