Miami-Dade College
ESL & Foreign Languages dept
EAP 0260
Instructor: Prof. Mercedes Mont
E-mail:
mmont@mdc.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.mdc.edu/mmont/
Office/Tel: Room 1415-8, (305) 237-8811
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday, late morning/early afternoon
Course Description
In this course, students continue to develop control of basic grammatical structures
and statement/question patterns.
Required Textbook and Materials
 Elbaum, Sandra, Grammar in Context, Book 1 (5th Ed.), Thomson/Heinle
 loose leaf paper and folder to keep your assignments
 No. 2 pencils for tests, ink pens for assignments
 Scantron sheets for tests
Course Competencies and Objectives
 use simple sentences (S+V+C/O)
 use questions with WH-interrogatives
 use compound sentences (but, and, or, so)
 use complex sentences showing sequence or reason (after, before, when,
because)
 use parts of speech and phrases with appropriate word order:
1. Irregular plural nouns
2. Count and non-count nouns
3. Noun phrases with quantifiers (some, many, a lot of, any much)
4. Nouns as objects
5. Subjects, object and possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives
6. Adverbs of frequency and manner
7. Prepositional phrases
 use verbs, modals and related phrasal forms in affirmative, negative, question
and short answer forms:
1. Simple present vs. present progressive
2. Simple past of regular and high frequency irregular verbs (inc. there
was/were)
3. Simple future (will / be going to)
4. Have to/Need to (need/obligation)
5. Want to/Like to/Would like to
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Course work and Grades
There is a lot of material to learn in this course. Students need to study at home every
day and do all the homework. It is impossible to do well in this course without a lot of
individual study time.
If you do not understand a lesson, come to my office immediately, and I will help you.
The final grade in the course will be A (100-90), B (89-80), C (79-70), D (69-60), F
(59 or below):
Attendance and class participation
Homework assignments
Tests and Final Examination
10%
15%
75%
Note: Alternate tests will not be given. The final examination cannot be taken before
or after the exam date.
Attendance and Punctuality
Come to class on time and attend classes regularly. If you are late or absent, your
grade goes down. If you are absent for 3 consecutive lessons, you will be dropped from
the class. More than 4 absences can result in a drop or a failing grade. If you are not
in class during attendance check, you will be marked absent. You must see me after
the class so that I mark you late. In the final grade, 2 late arrivals will count as 1
absence. But you will be marked absent if you arrive 20 minutes late.
Cell phones
Turn off your cell phones during the lesson. Phones and beepers may not ring nor be
answered during the lesson.
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SYLLABUS & PROJECTED SCHEDULE*
Wk 1, 2, 3
Introduction: course overview and requirements.
Lesson 1: Review verb “to be” and Questions
Lesson 2: Review Simple Present
Lesson 6: Review Present Continuous
TEST
Wk 4, 5, 6
Lesson 4: Nouns, Quantity words, “there is/are,” Generalizations
Lesson 10: Count & Non-count nouns, Quantity words
TEST
Wk 7, 8, 9
Lesson 3-4: Frequency adverbs, Prepositions of Time
Lesson 5: Pronouns: subject, object, possessive
TEST
Wk 10, 11, 12
Lesson 8: Simple Past
Lesson 7: Future
TEST
Wk 13, 14, 15
Lesson 9: Infinitives, Modals
Lesson 11: Adverbs of manner
TEST
Wk 16, 17
Catch up.
FINAL EXAMINATION ( see date above)
* If necessary, I will change this syllabus and schedule for the benefit of the class.
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