Grammar 2 course outline

Grammar 2 Course Outline Course Code: Engl.. 11-12:30 Course Description This course intends to sharpen your skills in recognizing and using grammatical structures further more since gra

Grammar 2 Course Outline Course Code: Engl 2321

1st Semester 2011-2012

Class Meetings: Sat., Mon., Wed.: 2-3 p.m.9:20-10:30 Sun., Tue.: 8-9:30/9:30-11 a.m

Instructor: Dr Sadek Firwana

Office: Administration Building/ Quality Unit Office Phone: 1020

Email: sfirwana@iugaza.edu.ps

Office Hours: Sat., Mon., Wed: 1-2 2:30

Sun., Tue 11-12:30

Course Description

This course intends to sharpen your skills in recognizing and using grammatical structures further more since grammar is the backbone of any language Thus, this grammar course contributes to bridging the gap between the use and usage of grammar

Course learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

1 know and practise the parts of the English sentence

2 identify and use count and non-count nouns

3 identify and use modal auxiliaries

4 recognize and use participles and adjectives; comparative and superlative forms

5 recognize and use adjective clauses

6 recognize and use adverb clauses and adverb classifications

7 identify compound and complex sentences

8 recognize and use connectors

9 identify and use the passive voice

10 recognize and use gerunds and infinitives

11 identify and use verb tense, aspect, voice, and mood

Distribution of course content throughout the semester:

Week #1 - Introduction to the Course

- Diagnostic test

Week #9 Adjectives 2

 Formation of Adjectives

 Order of Adjectives

 Patterns of Adjectives Week #2 Parts of the English sentence

 Subject Vs Predicate

 Structures used as subjects

Week #10 Adverbs 1

 Types of Adverbs

 Structures of Adverbs

 Formation of Adverbs

 Order of Adverbs Week #3 Nouns 1

 Proper Vs Common

 Concrete Vs Abstract

 Countable Vs Uncountable

 Singular Vs Plural

Week #11 Adverbs 2

- Classes of Adverbs

 Adjuncts

 Disjuncts

 Conjuncts

 Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs

Week #4 Nouns 2

- Case of Nouns

 Nominative

 Accusative

 Dative

 Vocative

 Genitive

Week #12 Sentence Structure 1

 Simple, compound and complex sentences

 Conjunctions

 Noun Clauses

Week #5 Pronouns:

 Types

 Forms

 Agreement

Week #13 - 2 nd Midterm Exam

- Sentence Structure 2

 Adjective clauses

 Defining Vs Non-defining Relative clauses

 Participial constructions Week #6 Verbs 1

 Finite Vs Nonfinite

 Transitive Vs Intransitive

 Time, tense, aspect, voice, mood

Week #14 - Sentence Structure 3

- Adverbial clauses of:

 Time

 Place

 Manner

 Contrast

 Condition

 Purpose Week #7 Verbs 2

 Agreement

 Main Vs Auxiliary

 Modals

Week #15 Revision

Week #8 - 1 st Midterm Exam

- Adjectives 1

 Function

 Attributive Vs Predicative

 Comparison

Attendance Policy:

It is very important that you attend all of your classes The Islamic University of Gaza policy states the following:

A student at the Islamic University of Gaza is expected to attend at least 75% of classes in order to progress satisfactorily toward completion of course

objectives A student who is not meeting course objectives may be withdrawn from the course at the discretion of the instructor If you must be absent from class, it is your responsibility to find out what work you missed in class, as well

as any homework assignments and announcements about tests

Course Evaluation:

The following categories and percentages represent how your final grade will be determined

Attendance and Participation 10%

Two midterm exams 40% (20% each)

Course Textbook:

Grammar Practice by Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth Longman (2000).

Useful References

1 Azar, Betty, Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed (1998)

2 Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage, 3rd ed (2005)

3 Understanding and using Thomson& Martinet, A Practical English Grammar,

3rd ed (1986)