Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Identify the following grammatical structures (subject-verb agreement, question/negation formation, simple and progressive verb tenses, sentence patterns, and simple, compound, and complex sentences) and use them appropriately in a variety of oral and written contexts at an intermediate level of mastery.

Class time includes a combination of lecture, discussion and grammar practice. Other activities, such as skits and group projects reinforce the grammar topics. Homework includes preparation for all the above as well as journal writing, practice exercises and study for quizzes and tests. 

Outcome Assessment Strategies:

Videotape analysis, assignments, quizzes, tests, and oral presentations.

Course Content: Themes, concepts, issues

A.         Grammar Review and Instruction

            1. Subject-verb agreement

            2. Question/Negation formation

            3. Simple and Progressive Verb Tenses

            4. Sentence patterns

            5. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

B.         Critical Thinking Skills

Competencies and Skills

A.         Grammar

            Verbs and Related Structures

            1. Use subject-verb agreement structures competently

            2. Use question/negation structures competently

            3. Use simple and progressive verb tenses competently

            4. Use sentence patterns competently

            5. Use simple, compound, and complex sentences competently

B.         Critical Thinking Skills

            1.Use supplemental materials to practice grammatical structures in a variety of oral

and written contexts.

2. Demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose for various registers

and settings.

3. Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information

eg. contracted verb forms in spoken English

4. Determine appropriate uses for various structures

eg. deciding when to use a simple tense instead of a continuous tense

5. learn to look at language in context in order to determine function and purpose