Contra Costa College
Online Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Advisory
ESL 178
Grammar/Writing V
None
None
Successful Completion of ESL 172
Number of Weeks
18
Lecture Hours 4
Lab Hours 0
Hours By 0
Arrangement
Activity Hours
Units
COURSE/CATALOG
DESCRIPTION
This course provides instruction in grammar and writing for high-advanced
ESL students.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Write short essays incorporating specific grammatical structures.
Write complex sentences with a variety of subordinate and coordinate conjunctions, logical
connectors, and transitions.
Demonstrate control over sentence-level errors in their writing through the application of selfmonitoring strategies and proofreading skills.
Apply the basic principles of style in their own writing, focusing on clarity and directness, sentence
variety, correctness, and cohesion.
Identify grammatical patterns in reading passages.
Analyze and edit written material.
Use language of attribution to refer to the ideas of others in their writing.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
15
10
15
20
% Modals:
 Review of present/future modals
 Perfect modals: meanings and uses
% Conditional clauses:
 Review of present/future conditional clauses
 Unreal conditional clauses (contrary-to-fact)
% Noun clauses:
 Review of embedded questions, statements, and imperatives
 Use of direct/indirect speech
 Use of subjunctive
 Noun clauses after “wish”
% Sentence patterns:
 Participial phrases: forms and uses, dangling modifiers
 Reduced adjective and adverbial clauses
 Parallel structures and correlative conjunctions
4
10
20
10
 Fragments
 Run-on sentences
% Articles and quantity words
 Review the uses of indefinite articles and quantity words
 Definite article: basic and expanded uses of “the”
% Verbals:
 Infinitives and infinitive phrases (active, passive, and perfect forms): meanings,
patterns, and uses
 Gerunds and gerund phrases (active, passive, and perfect forms): meanings, patterns,
and uses
% Punctuation overview:
 Commas (all uses), end punctuation, dashes, hyphens, brackets, apostrophes, capital
letters, colons, semi-colons, quotation marks, underlining
 Methods of citation
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION - ONLINE
Online reading materials
Textbook exercises
Online pair and group discussions/activities
Individual conferences through course chat room
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION - TRADITIONAL
Lecture
Textbook exercises
Pair and group discussions/activities
Individual conferences
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Communicate What You Mean
Carroll Washington Pollock
Longman
1999
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
4
4
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
40
20
20
20
%
%
%
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Tests and quizzes
Homework and online assignments
Writing assignments
Final exam
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
Letter Grade
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
Credit / No Credit
70% and above = Credit
Below 70% = No Credit
Prepared by:
Gabriela Segade
Date: Semester/Year
Fall 2004
Revised 11/02
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Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Credit
Below 70% = No Credit