Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Deputy Ministry for Teachers Colleges
English Departments
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: Grammar (3)
Course Code: Eng. 243
Number of credit hours: 2X2= 4 hrs
Instructor: Mohammad A. Al-Dajani
Office phone:
Office hours:
E-mail: mdajani2001@gmail.com
I- Course Description:
It is a grammar course intended for helping students of English to learn the structures from simple to difficult. It continues what has been achieved in grammar 1 and 2. It also presents English grammar through oral and written drills to enhance understanding of the introduced grammatical points. Through practice, Students will be able to use the grammatical patterns in oral communication and consequently increases accuracy in speaking. In addition, getting to know new structures in a variety of contexts help them internalize and master them.
II- Rationale:
This course intends to sharpen the skills of students in recognizing and using grammatical structures further more since grammar is the backbone of any language. Knowing the grammar of a language is almost equal to knowing the language itself. Thus, this grammar course contributes, along with grammar 1 and 2 to bridging the gap between the use and usage of grammar.
III-Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, level-three grammar students are expected to be able to:
1. Identify the sentence and its parts.
2. Identify modifiers and sentence types.
3. Recognize verb forms, irregular & irregular verbs.
4. Practice how to form Wh- questions.
5. Practice tenses further more in real life situations.
6. Identify modal auxiliaries.
7. Identify compound and complex sentences.
8. Recognize and use connectors.
9. Identify and use the passive voice.
IV-Calendar, Course Contents and Assignment Specifications:
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Time |
Topic |
Assignments |
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First week
Chapter 1
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Introducing the course
· Second session:
Parts of Speech, kinds of sentences.
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Students are to:
- identify parts of speech.
- Kinds of sentences / sentence elements. |
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Second week
Chapter 2 |
Sentence types.
· Second session:
Modifiers (adj., adv.)
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Students are to:
- Identify simple, compound and complex sentences. |
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Third week
Chapter 3 |
Verb Forms
· Second session:
Verb-tense formation.
Regular & Irregular verbs. |
Students are to:
- Identify sorts of tenses.
- Do consolidation exercises
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Fourth week
Chapter 3
|
Auxiliary Verbs
· Second session:
Information question |
Students are to:
Learn how to ask Wh- questions.
Do consolidation exercises. |
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Fifth week
Chapter 4 |
The Simple Present Tense + Advs. Of Frequency
· Second session:
The Present cont. Tense
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Students are to:
- Put the verbs in the right tense form.
- Do consolidation exercises
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Sixth week
Chapter 5 |
Non-action Verbs
· Second session:
The Present Perfect Simple & Continuous
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Students are to:
- Do multiple-choice exercises.
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Seventh week
Chapter 6 |
The Past Simple Vs. The Past cont.
· Second session:
Using "When", "While" & "As"
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Students are to:
- Complete the sentence with the right tense / form.
- Choose the correct tense / form.
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Eighth
Week
Chapter 6 &7 |
The simple Future Tense.
· Second session:
Be Going To, Present Tenses |
Students are to:
- Do consolidation exercises:
- Complete the sentence with the right tense / form.
- Choose the correct tense / form.
- Use going to and the simple future in sentences of their own |
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Ninth week |
Mid-term Exam
· Second session:
Correcting the mid-term exam
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Tenth week
Chapter 7 & 8
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Future Cont. Tense
· Second session:
Future Perfect / Continuous Tenses.
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Students are to:
Complete the paragraphs with the right tense/ form. |
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Eleventh week
Chapter 9 |
The Habitual past: used to/ would.
· Second session:
The Future in the Past: was/ were going to |
Students are to:
Do multiple-choice exercises. |
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Twelfth
Week
Chapter 10 |
The Past Perfect Tense
· Second session:
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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Students are to:
_ Choose the appropriate tense. |
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Thirteenth
Week
Chapter 11 |
Modal Aux.: Ability & Expectation
· Second session:
Modal Aux. of Request, Permission & preference |
Students are to:
Express the given functions. |
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Fourteenth
Week
Chapter 11 |
Modal Aux. of Need & Advice
· Second session:
Modal Aux. of Possibility & Probability
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Students are to:
- identify & recognize the given functions.
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Fifteenth week
Chapter 12 |
Passive Voice with Simple Tenses
Passive Voice with Perfect Tenses
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Students are to:
- learn how to change into the passive.
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Sixteenth week
Chapter 12 |
Passive Voice with Continuous Tenses
Passive Voice with Modal Auxiliaries.
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Students are to:
Know how to change into the passive & Vice-Versa. |
V- Evaluation:
Attendance and participation |
10 marks |
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Mid-term exam |
30 marks |
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Final exam |
60 marks |
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total |
100 marks |
VI- Required text:
Mosaic 1, Grammar (Middle East Edition)
VII- Instructional Procedures:
The course will involve interactive communication between students and their teacher and between students themselves. In teaching grammar the teacher should follow certain methods and techniques such as the PPP model (presentation, practice and production), or the TTT method (text, teach, and test). The teacher's approach of presenting grammar rules can be either deductive or inductive.
VIII- General Course Requirements:
Students are expected ton attend all lectures; participate in class and do homework assignments and research papers when asked.
An in-class mid-term and a final exam will be given in this course.
IX- Internet sites for teaching English as a second or foreign language:
http:// www.teach-nology.com/teachers/bilingual ed// esl/
http://www.english-to-go.com/elseresources.htm
X- References
1.Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage, Oxford. Oxford University Pres. 1996
2. Thomson& Martinet, A Practical English Grammar. London. Oxford University Press.
3. Quirk & Green Baum, A University Grammar of English. London. Longman. 1990