English as a Second Language
Central College
ESOL 0348– Level II Grammar (Intermediate Grammar)
CRN: 51430 - Fall 2011
Central Campus – Room: BSCC 302| Time:. | M/W 9:00- 11:30
3 hour lecture course and 2 Lab hour / 80 hours per semester/ 16 weeks
Instructor: Lora Vysokos
Instructor Contact Information: lora.vysokos@hccs.edu
Class location: BSCC 302 Mondays/ Wednesdays 9:00 -11:30 am
Lab location: J.B. Whiteley room 217
You do not need to wait until you have received a poor grade before asking for my assistance. Your
performance in my class is very important to me. Feel free to talk to me anytime before and after our class.
ESOL office location: FAC 303
Course Description
A continuation of ESOL 0344. This course reviews the basic structures of English grammar and develops the
production of complex English sentences.
Prerequisites
A satisfactory score on the CELSA.
Course Goal
ESOL 0348, Intermediate Grammar, seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study
by accomplishing the following objectives:
• Building on the syntactic knowledge that students have gained in previous study of English grammar
while introducing more advanced structures .
• Strengthening student's abilities to produce the new grammatical structures in a variety of
communicative contexts.
Student Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
1.Use verb tenses to express the appropriate time relationships.
2. Use modal verbs to express logical relationships.
3. Use adjectival and nominal verb forms to express logical relationships.
Learning objectives
Students will:
1a. Construct correct form for present and past continuous tenses;
1b. Choose present continuous or simple present, based on the context of the discourse;
1c. Choose past continuous or simple past, based on the context of the discourse;
1d. Construct the correct form for the present perfect tense;
1e. Choose present perfect tense or simple past tense, based on the context of the discourse.
2a. Identify the most common modal verbs: can, will, must have to, should, ought to, might, may;
2b. Associate modal verbs with the most common notional meanings: obligation, necessity, possibility, ability;
2c. Choose the best modal verb in a sentence based on the discourse context.
3a. Demonstrate knowledge of the rules for forming regular comparative and superlative adjective and
adverbs;
3b. Memorize the irregular comparative and superlative forms for adjectives and adverbs;
3c. Produce the correct comparative or superlative adjective or adverb to fit the discourse context in a
sentence.
ESOL 0348 Intermediate Grammar Course Calendar Fall 2011
Important Dates:
Aug 30
Last Day for drop/add/swap
Nov 3
Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals
Dec 11
Last day of classes
Dec 12-18
Final Exams
Week 1
Aug. 29 & Aug 31
Week 2
Sept 7
Week 3
Sept. 12 & 14
Week 4
Introduction to course.
Unit 1: Present Progressive and Simple Present Tense, p. 2-12
Sept 6. – No class - Labor Day Holiday
Unit 6: Future Tense, p. 52-64
Unit 7: Future Time Clause, p.65-72
Test #1 Units 1, 6 & 7)
Unit 3: Simple Past, p. 22-33
Sept. 19 & 21
Week 5
Sept. 26 & 28
Week 6
Oct. 3 & 5
Week 7
Oct. 10 & 12
Week 8
Oct. 17 & 19
Unit 4: Past Progressive and Simple Past Tense, p.34-42
Unit 5: Used To, p.43-51
Unit 8: WH Questions: Subject & Object, p. 73-81
Test #2: Units 3, 4, 5 & 8
Unit 11: Can, Could, Be Able to, p. 124-134
Unit 14: Advice: Should, Ought to, Had better, p. 154-164
Unit 34: Necessity: Must, Have got to, Don’t have to p. 388-397
Unit 36: Future possibility/ may/might/could, pp. 406-413
Unit 23: Adjectives and Adverbs p.268-276
Week 9
Oct. 24 & 26
Week 10
Oct 31 & Nov. 2
Week 11
Nov. 7 & 9
Week 12
Nov. 14 & 16
Week 13
Unit 24: Adjectives: Comparison with as…as and than p.277-288
Unit 25: Adjectives: Superlatives p.289-296
Unit 26: Adverbs: as…as, Comparatives and Superlatives p.297-306
Unit 31: Infinitives with Too and Enough p.348-355
Test #3: Units 11,14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31 &34
Unit 16: Present Perfect: Since and For p.182-192
Unit 17: Present Perfect: Already and Yet p.93-201
Unit 18: Present Perfect: Indefinite Past p.202-211
Unit 19: Present Perfect vs. Simple Past p.212-221
Nov. 21 & 23
Week 14
Nov. 28 & 30
Week 15
Dec. 5 & 7
Week 16
Dec. 12
Unit 20: Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect p.222-231
Test #4: Units 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20
Unit 12: Permission: Can, Could, May, Do you mind if p.135-143
Course Review
Final Exam, 9-11 am
College Grading System
Students in ESOL 0348 classes may receive a letter grade of A, B, C, IP or F. IP means "in
progress." This is not a failing grade, but it is given to students who complete the course but who are
not yet ready for the next level. Anyone who receives an IP must take ESOL 0348 again. However, if
a student has already received an IP in this course during a previous semester, that student will
receive a letter grade: A, B, C, or F this semester.
A= 90-100 B= 80-89
C= 70-79
IP/F= 0-69
*Basic Requirements for ESOL 0348
Students in ESOL 0348 will:
• take 4 tests during the Fall semester, all of which test for both recognition and production of
grammatical structures within a communicative context
• participate in a lab program consisting of grammar exercises correlated to the grammar presented in
their classes
• take a departmental final examination
ESOL 0348 Grading Formula
Unit Tests (4)
Homework/Participation
Attendance
Final Exam
70%
5%
5%
20%
100%
Instructional Materials
Focus on Grammar 3, Fuchs & Westheimer (Longman,3rd ed. )+ Workbook
HCC Policy Statement – ADA:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs
to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Ability Services Office in Room 102 Learning Hub, or
call (713) 718-6164 to make necessary arrangements at the beginning of each semester. Your instructor is
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the office of Ability Support Services.
HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty
A student who is academically dishonest is, by definition, not showing that the coursework has been learned,
and that student is claiming an advantage not available to other students. The instructor is responsible for
measuring each student's individual achievements and also for ensuring that all students compete on a level
playing field. Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and enforcement roles. You are
expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on Academic Honesty, found in the catalog. What that
means is: If you are charged with an offense, pleading ignorance of the rules will not help you. Students are
responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling course requirements. Penalties
and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by College System officials against a student accused of
scholastic dishonesty.
Cheating on a test includes:
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Copying from another students’ test paper;
Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test;
Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization;
Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of a
test that has not been administered;
Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered
HCC Policy Statement: Class Attendance
Class Attendance - It is important that you come to class! Attending class regularly is the best way to succeed
in this class. Research has shown that the single most important factor in student success is attendance.
Simply put, going to class greatly increases your ability to succeed. You are expected to attend all lecture and
labs regularly. You are responsible for materials covered during your absences. Class attendance is checked
daily. Although it is your responsibility to drop a course for nonattendance, the instructor has the authority to
drop you for excessive absences.
If you are not attending class, you are not learning the information. As the information that is discussed in
class is important for your career, students may be dropped from a course after accumulating absences in
excess of 12.5% hours (10 hours) of instruction (F-1 students should particularly take note of this so as not to
affect your visa status). The ten hours of class time would include any total classes missed or for excessive
tardiness (being late twice or, leaving early is counted as an absence). Remember: Class attendance equals
class success.
HCC Course Withdrawal Policy
If you feel that you cannot complete this course, you will need to withdraw from it prior to the final date of
withdrawal (November 3rd ,2011). Before, you withdraw from your course; please take the time to meet with
the instructor to discuss why you feel it is necessary to do so. The instructor may be able to provide you with
suggestions that would enable you to complete the course. Your success is very important. Beginning in fall
2007, the Texas Legislature passed a law limiting first time entering freshmen to no more than SIX total
course withdrawals throughout their educational career in obtaining a certificate and/or degree.
To help students avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, HCC has instituted an Early Alert process by
which your professor can “alert” you and HCC counselors that you might fail a class because of excessive
absences and/or poor academic performance. It is your responsibility to visit with your professor or a
counselor to learn about what, if any, HCC interventions might be available to assist you – online tutoring,
child care, financial aid, job placement, etc. – to stay in class and improve your academic performance.
If you plan on withdrawing from your class, you MUST contact an HCC counselor or your professor prior to
withdrawing (dropping) the class for approval and this must be done PRIOR to the withdrawal deadline to
receive a “W” on your transcript. If you do not withdraw before the deadline, you will receive an F or an IP
(see below) as your final grade.
Repeat Course Fee
The State of Texas encourages students to complete college without having to repeat failed classes. To
increase student success, students who repeat the same course more than twice, are required to pay extra
tuition. The purpose of this extra tuition fee is to encourage students to pass their courses and to graduate.
Effective fall 2006, HCC will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third or subsequent time
for a course.
Classroom Policies
As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility to be respectful of the
learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of your fellow students and instructor,
All cell phones, pagers, IPods, or any other electronic devices that may cause a distraction in class must be turned
off. No laptops are permitted to be used during class. You may use an electronic dictionary (stand alone) with the
sound turned off. You are not permitted to leave class to answer or return calls unless an absolute emergency; doing
so will be counted as a tardy. If a student is using a cell phone at any time during the class period, I will remind the
student about the policy once. After that, I will ask the student to leave class and mark him or her absent.
Students are expected to arrive to class on time with ALL THEIR MATERIALS INCLUDING THE TEXT BOOKS.
Returning late from a break or leaving class early counts as being tardy. Being tardy twice will equal one
absence (whether ten minutes or one hour). If you miss 10 hours of class, you can be dropped without
notification and will, therefore, be out of compliance if you are an F-1 student. If a student misses a class, it is
his or her responsibility to see the instructor about the work that was missed.
Course Work
The course calendar lists all of the assignments that will be done. While doing all the homework and attending class is
not a complete guarantee of success, it is certainly true that not doing it is a guarantee of failure.
Make-up Policy: If you must be absent on the day of a test, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor as
soon as possible by leaving a message for me at my e-mail address listed above. I can allow you to have a
make- up exam only one time and only on tests 1,2 & 3.