MALTEPE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Department of Foreign Language Education
English Language Teaching
2010-2011 Academic Year
Spring
CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR II
3 ECTS
1st year – 2nd semester
3h/week
INO 102
Undergraduate
Lectures: 3h/week
Required
English
Contact: Assist. Prof. Dr. O. Murat ÖZÜDOĞRU
e-mail: muratozudogru@maltepe.edu.tr
Office Hours:
Sunday 11:00-13:00 and /or Thursday 14:00-15:00
Objectives of the Course:
This course is designed to present advanced English grammar in context, thus providing students with
an opportunity to overcome their problems with English grammar.
Learning Outcomes and Subskills
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Use quantifiers given in context effectively.
2. Use modification of nouns in context effectively
3. Use adjective clauses in context effectively.
4. Use the passive voice in context effectively.
5. Use auxiliaries in context effectively
6. Learn some new phrasal verbs in context.
7. Use gerunds in context effectively.
8. Use infinitives in context effectively.
9. Use adverbial clauses in context effectively.
10. Use noun clauses in context effectively.
11. Use unreal conditions in context effectively.
12. Read authentic texts giving problem areas of grammar in context.
General Competencies:
To be productive and to have an analytic thinking, to be fluent at one foreign language, to be able to
work as a team member, to achieve abstract analysis and synthesis, to have the skill of learning to
learn and to be able to work autonomously, to be enthusiastic about asking questions and answering
them, to be able to use information technology.
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Teaching Methods and Techniques:
Eclectic Method, Lecture, question and answer, text analysis, group work, pair work.
Assessment Method:
One written mid-term exam (40%), one written final exam (60%)
Prerequisite: -Coursebook:
Maurer, Jay (2000) Focus on Grammar:
Longman
An Advanced Course for Reference and Practice, NY:
Supplementary Reading:
Advanced grammar books and a good monolingual dictionary.
Content of the Course:
Weeks
Subjects to be Discussed
Week 1
Introduction (scope-content)
Week 2
Quantifiers
Week 3
Modification of Nouns
Week 4
Relative Clauses
Week 5
Passive Voice
Week 6
Auxiliaries and Phrasal Verbs
Week 7
Gerunds and Infinitives
Week 8
Adverbs / MID-TERM EXAM
Week 9
Adverbs
Week 10
Noun Clauses
Week 11
Unreal Conditions
Week 12
Unreal Conditions
Week 13
Grammar Analysis in Authentic Texts
Week 14
Grammar Analysis in Authentic Texts
Week 15
FINAL EXAM
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
IN-TERM STUDIES
SAYISI
KATKI PAYI
Contribution
Laboratory
praxis
Field Study
Extensive studies for the course (Extensive translation, preparation,
review, consolidation)
Assignment
Presentation
Projects
Seminars
Midterm exam
Final
TOPLAM
Effect of semestral work/studies/exam to the termly GPA
Effect of Final exam to the termly GPA
TOPLAM
RELEVANCE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES TO THE PROGRAMME COMPETENCE
Level of Effect
No
Programme outcomes/competence will
1
2
3
4
5
3
*1 least, 2 less, 3 averages, 4 high, 5 highest, or it is also identified as absolutely /partially
ECTS (WORKLOAD TABLE)
Duration
Activities
Number
(1 teaching
length)
Gross
workload
in hours
Duration of teaching (Including exam week: 14x total course
hours)
Labratory
Praxis
Curricular Practical Training (if any)
Field Study
Extensive studies for the course (Extensive Reading,
preparation, review, consolidation)
Preparation of Presentations/seminars
Project
Assignments
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Gross Workload
4