HCCS 0348 LEVEL 2-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR
Instructor:
Email:
Office Phone:
Office Hours:
Class Hours:
Jo Golub
jogolub4@gmail.com
713-718-7750
by appointment
Monday
Computer Lab: 8:30 - 9:20 A.M.
Room 209:
9:20 – 10:10 A.M.
Room 209:
10:20 – 11:10 A.M.
Wednesday
Room 209: 9:20 – 10:10 A.M.
Room 209: 10:20 – 11:10 A.M.
TEXTBOOK: Focus on Grammar 3: An Integrated Skills Approach, Third Edition by Marjorie Fuchs, Margaret
Bonner, and Miriam Westheimer, Longman, White Plains, New York, 2006
Focus on Grammar 3: Workbook (et.al)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course builds on the knowledge that students have gained in their previous study of English grammar and introduces
more advanced structures. This strengthens the student's ability to produce new grammatical structures in various contexts.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
This course continues to prepare students for college level and workforce study by meeting the following objectives:
· teach the student to recognize and produce grammatical structures in English
· introduce the student to meanings behind the various grammatical forms of English
· make students aware of the appropriate settings for the use of the grammatical forms of English that they are learning.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course students should be able to:
· prove mastery of when to use simple present, present continuous, simple past, and past continuous verb tenses
· prove mastery of the used to form in addition to the simple past
· prove mastery in forming sentences with simple modals such as can, will, must, have to, should, ought to, might, may;
mastery includes choosing the correct modal with the correct meaning to express the situation
· prove mastery of present perfect forms in the affirmative and the negative
· prove mastery in forming both subject and predicate questions in all tenses studied in this course
· prove mastery of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs including irregular forms
· prove mastery of count and non-count nouns
· be familiar with the structure of gerunds and infinitives.
· be familiar with phrasal verbs
HCCS POLICIES:
WITHDRAWALS:
The last day for student or administrative withdrawal is Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 4:30 P.M. A student may also be
dropped from the Gulfton program for excessive absences until that date. After that date, the student will receive the grade
that has been earned. HCCS policy prohibits faculty from assigning a “W” after the official drop date.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Any student with a documented disability (physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, speech,) who needs to arrange
reasonable accommodations must contact the Disabilities Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each
semester. Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disabilities Support Services Office.
For questions, contact Donna Price at (713) 718-5165 or the Disabilities Counselor at your college. The Southwest College
Disabilities Counselor is Dr. Becky Hauri (713) 718-7910.
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Academic honesty is expected, and no form of academic dishonesty will be tolerated. Copying, cheating, or plagiarism will
result in a zero grade for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook for more information.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT:
Sexual harassment in any form is not tolerated at HCCS. See the Student Handbook for further information.
TUITION NOTICE:
Students who repeat a course three or more times will face significant tuition increases.
CLASS POLICIES:
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance is very important. If you have a total of ten (10) hours of absence in any class, you will be dropped from the
course and receive an automatic “W” (withdrawal) in that course. However, if you reach 10 hours of absence from any class
after the withdrawal/drop date, you will receive an “F” (failing) grade rather than a “W”. F-1 students who are dropped from
a course may be out-of -status.
TARDINESS:
Be on time. If a student arrives to class more than ten (10) minutes late or is missing from class or lab for more than ten
minutes, that student will be considered tardy for each occurrence. Therefore, it is possible to earn several tardy marks in
one day. An accumulation of three tardy marks will result in one absence. If you are late to a class or a lab, please enter
quietly and take the nearest, empty seat. Also, you are responsible for making sure that your attendance for the day has been
noted.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Each student is responsible for all of the work assigned in class and in lab. If you are absent, you must contact a classmate,
find out the assignment, and do the work. Turn in the work when it is due or as soon as you return to class. If you have not
been absent and turn in your work late, ten (10) points will be deducted from your score.
MAKE-UP POLICY:
TESTS:
If a student is absent for a test, that student may be allowed to make up the test if s/he can do so before the graded tests are
returned to the class. A student who misses a test must request a make-up test from the instructor and make arrangements to
take it. Each student may make up one test and only one test in a semester. If a test is not taken or made-up, the grade of
zero will be earned.
QUIZZES:
Students cannot take make-up quizzes. If a student is absent for a quiz, the grade is zero. However, the lowest quiz grade
for each student will be dropped.
PERSONAL ELECTRONICS IN THE CLASSROOM:
If it buzzes, rings, beeps, squeaks, vibrates, chimes, or makes any other sound, it must be turned off. Even if it is on silent
mode, electronic devices are prohibited during quizzes and exams. Their use would be a form of academic dishonesty.
GRADING VALUES:
Unit tests
60%
Quizzes
15%
Other
5%
Final Exam
20%
HCCS GRADING SCALE:
A = 90-100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
IP= 0 - 69
HCCS Course Schedule
ESOL 0348 Intermediate Grammar
(16 week term)
IMPORTANT: This course schedule is approximate, and changes may be necessary.
WEEK
1
UNIT(S)
Administrative Tasks
2
Unit 1 Present Progressive and Simple Present
Unit 3 Simple Past
Unit 4 Past Progressive
3
Unit 5 Used to
Unit 8 Information Questions
Unit 6 Future
4
Test #1 (Units 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 6)
Unit 18 Present Perfect-Indefinite Past
Unit 19 Present Perfect and Simple Past
5
Unit 16 Present Perfect – Since and For
Unit 17 Present Perfect – Already and Yet
Unit 20 Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect
6
Test #2 (Units 18, 19, 16, 17, 20)
Unit 11 Ability
Unit 12 Asking Permission
7
Unit 13 Making Requests
Unit 14 Advice
Unit 15 Suggestions
8
Test #3 (Units 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Unit 33 Preferences
Unit 34 Necessity
9
Unit 35 Expectations-Be supposed to
Unit 36 Future Possibility
Unit 37 Conclusions
10
Test #4 (Units 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
Unit 21 Noun and Quantifiers
Unit 22 Articles: Indefinite and Definite
HCCS Course Schedule (continued)
ESOL 0348 Intermediate Grammar
(16 week term)
11
Unit 9 Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
Unit 23 Adjectives and Adverbs
Unit 24 Comparative Adjectives
12
Unit 25 Superlative Adjectives
Unit 26 Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Test #5 (Units 21, 22, 9, 23, 24, 25, 26)
13
Unit 10 Phrasal Verbs
Unit 27 Gerund Subjects and Objects
Unit 28 Gerunds after Prepositions
14
Unit 29 Infinitive after Certain Verbs
Unit 32 Gerunds and Infinitives
Test #6 (Units 10, 27, 28, 29, 32)
15
Review for Final Exam.
16
Final Exam