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2023-2024 Official General Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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:

  1. 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.
  2. Differentiate between adjectives and adverbs and use them correctly in oral and written communication.
  3. Distinguish between count and non-count nouns and employ them correctly with articles and quantifiers in oral and written communication.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of how to correctly form of WH-questions and use them in asking for specific information.
  5. 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.
  6. Identify, form, and properly use gerunds and infinitives in various grammatical functions to communicate orally and in writing.