ENG200/210 Advanced English Grammar 1 Week 1 introduction to the course
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This course focuses on advanced English grammar structures such as adjective and adverb clauses and phrases, noun clauses, and articles. The course aims to improve students' confidence in sentence construction and understanding complex grammar. Students will be assessed through participation, homework, quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Topics covered include sentence structures, combining ideas, relative clauses, adverb clauses, conditionals, and noun clauses. Students will learn the differences between sentences, clauses, and phrases.
ENG200/210 Advanced English Grammar 1 Week 1 introduction to the course
- 1. Dr. Russell Rodrigo ENG200 Advanced English Grammar Week 1 Introduction to the Course
- 2. Course Description This course approaches the finer points of grammar such as adjective clauses and phrases, adverb clauses and phrases, noun clauses, articles, preposition, transitions and nuanced grammar with the purpose of increasing student confidence in not only sentence construction but also in understanding complex grammar throughout lengthy pieces of writing. As in ENG 100, the course focuses on editing practice.
- 3. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Develop a strong understanding of the grammatical structures that are common to English. 2. Learn to apply one’s knowledge of English grammar in both written and oral performance. 3. Learn to see grammar points not as isolated features of a language, but rather as individual grammatical features that are interconnected with other features as a part of a system of grammar. 4. Comprehend how the various systems of English grammar function in relation to one another. 5. Develop an editing eye in one’s own writing and spoken performance, and to learn to rephrase and rewrite based on a deeper internal sense for the language, the result of which is a deeper understanding of structure. 6. Gain essential practice for all covered material through classroom activities and presentations.
- 4. Assessments Participation & Homework 10 % Quiz 1-4 30 % Midterm Exam 30 % Final Exam 30 % Total 100%
- 5. Topics: 1. Sentences Structures 2. Combining Ideas; Transition words, Prepositional phrases 3. Relative Clauses u Subject relative clauses u Object relative clauses u Reduced relative clauses 4. Adverb Clauses u - Adverb clauses of time, contrast, and reason & purpose u - Reduced adverb clause 5. Conditionals u - Real conditionals u - Present and future unreal conditionals u - Past unreal conditionals 6. Noun Clauses & Reported Speech u - Noun clauses u - Reported speech
- 6. Review
- 7. Differentiation Sentences, Clauses, & Phrases
- 8. Word groups: u Words u Phrases u Dependent clauses u Independent clauses (Simple sentence) u Compound sentence u Complex sentence u Compound-Complex sentence Ø Food Ø Fast food Ø Although fast food is delicious Ø It is very unhealthy. Ø It is very unhealthy, so people should avoid eating it. Ø Although fast food is delicious, it is very unhealthy. Ø Although fast food is delicious, it is very unhealthy, so people should avoid eating it.
- 9. Phrases Ø are groups of words with a single meaning or idea. Ø don’t contain both a subject and a verb. Ø can be part of a sentence but not a whole sentence. Examples: § At home § Watching TV at home
- 10. Clauses Ø Are groups of words Ø have a subject and a verb. Ø Can be part of a sentence or a whole sentence. clauses which don’t have a complete thought or idea cannot be complete sentences. These are called “dependent clauses”. clauses which have a complete thought or idea can also be a complete sentence. These are called “independent clauses”
- 11. Dependent and Independent Clauses Ø Independent Clauses “I could not see any cars.” “I liked to play with toy guns.” Ø Dependent Clauses “because I was walking at night” “when I was a child.”
- 13. Group Discussion & Presentations 1. Simple Sentence 2. Compound Sentence 3. Complex Sentence 4. Compound Complex Sentence
- 14. Simple Sentences u Simple sentences have just one independent clause. “I went to the park.” u However, they may have additional phrases: “I went to the park to eat hamburgers with my friends.” u They may also have multiple subjects, verbs or objects: “Jessica and I went to the park.” “I ate and played at the park.” “I went to the park and the zoo.”
- 15. Compound Sentence Compound sentences are two or more independent clauses joined with a coordinating conjunction, or a conjunctive adverb. u A co-ordinating conjunction: (FANBOYS) Grammar is easy, so I learned it quickly. u A conjunctive adverb: Grammar is easy; therefore, I learned it quickly.
- 16. Complex sentences A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Dependent clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction and can be placed either before or after the independent clauses. “While I was watching TV, My brother was playing with the dog.” “You cannot pass ENG101 unless you come to class.” We use a comma only if the independent clause comes first.
- 17. Compound-Complex sentences “A compound-complex sentence has one complex sentence joined to a simple sentence with a coordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb.” Source: https://www.epcc.edu/CollegeReadiness/Documents/Complex_Sentences.pdf When students don’t come to class on time, they miss quizzes, so they receive a grade of ‘0’.
- 18. Worksheet