ENGL 102 (Language Structures and Drills I)
4 credits
Course Description
This course is the first half of the Intermediate Language Structures and Drills sequence. It provides
students with an overview of the English tense system in the active voice, and introduces them to basic
patterns of sentence structure. It begins with a review of the simple and progressive tenses (present and
past) and future forms with will and be going to, and then introduces the present perfect, present perfect
progressive and past perfect forms. It also provides a review of direct question formation and simple noun
phrase construction. Students are given practice in recognizing the basic clausal patterns of English, and
expanding sentence skeletons with modifying adjectives and adverbials. Throughout the course,
grammatical structures are presented through an active oral approach and reinforced through extensive
drill practice, guided conversation exercises and daily written homework assignments.
Prerequisites: None
Goals and Performance Objectives
Goal 1.0
To provide students with a systematic review of grammatical structures essential
for oral and written communication tasks at an intermediate level
1.1
Students should be able to demonstrate mastery of the English tense system
(i.e. be able to comprehend and use actively in speech and writing all of the verb
tenses outlined in the first four chapters of Azar’s Fundamentals of English
Grammar, 4th Edition). The following four tenses are not included at the
intermediate level, but may be gradually introduced in the sequel course (ENGL
112), or postponed until the third semester (ENGL 211): future progressive, past
perfect progressive, future perfect and future perfect progressive.
1.2
Students should be able to demonstrate fluency in the use of question words and
forms that occur in conversational English, and be able to apply these structures
in their writing.
1.3
Students should be able to recognize the basic clausal patterns of English
sentences and be able to expand a basic sentence skeleton by adding optional
modifying adjectives and adverbial phrases.
1.4
Students should be able to comprehend and construct complex sentences
containing the following adverbial clauses:
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.5
present and past time clauses
future time clauses
future if-clauses
Students should be familiar with the following basic grammatical terminology:
1.5.1
the parts of speech (i.e. noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition,
article, pronoun, conjunction, demonstrative and interjection)
1.5.2
important syntactic terms (i.e. phrase, clause, main clause, dependent
clause, time clause, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex
sentence)
1.5.3
elements of clause structure (i.e. subject, verb, object, object of a
preposition, complement and adverbial)
1.6
Students should be able to spell and pronounce correctly words with regular -s, -ing
and -ed endings.
1.7
Students should be able to apply basic rules of sentence structure, grammar and
mechanics to academic writing tasks at an elementary and intermediate level. These
writing tasks will be presented in both the core grammar textbook, Fundamentals of
English Grammar 4th Edition, and the core composition textbook, Introduction to
Academic Writing: Level 3 (see ENGL 101 Writing I component).
Course Content
Core Textbook: Betty Schrampfer Azar, Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th Edition (Chapters 1-5)
The English Tense System (Active Voice)
Chapter 1 (Present Time)
Chapter 2 (Past Time)
Midterm Exam #1 (Chapters 1 & 2)
Chapter 3 (Future Time)
Chapter 4 (The Present Perfect and the Past Perfect)
Midterm Exam #2 (Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Formation of Direct Questions (Yes/No, WH- and Tag Questions)
Chapter 5 (Asking Questions)
Final Exam (Comprehensive)
Additional Grammatical Topics (optional)
Supplementary Notes: Parts of Speech, Simple Sentence Structure
Supplementary Textbook: Azar/Hagan, Fundamentals of English Grammar (Workbook), 4th Edition
(Chapters 1-5)
Course Assessment
Continuous Assessment (60%)
Midterm Exam #1
(Wednesday, October 21, 2015)
20%
Midterm Exam #2
(Wednesday, November 25, 2015)
25%
(HQAP) 4 – 6 Quizzes/Homework Assignments [10%]
15%
Attendance and Participation [5%]
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60%
Final Assessment (40%)
Final Exam (Comprehensive)
40%
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40%
TOTAL
100%
Assessment Tools
In addition to homework and quizzes, which are an integral part of the continuous assessment of ENGL
102, written examinations will be used throughout the semester to assess student progress in the core
textbook, Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th Edition (by Betty Schrampfer Azar).
Grammatical structures – Discrete grammatical points and overall competency in the principles of
English sentence structure will be tested using the following diagnostic tools:
Fill in the blank questions (simple completion questions consisting of sentences from
which grammatical items are removed)
Cloze exercises (short texts or dialogues from which grammatical items or content
information has been removed)
Sentence construction tasks (scrambled words or phrases are to be rearranged into
grammatically correct sentences, sentences are to be reduced to their basic skeletons,
sentences are to be expanded with modifying adjectives and adverbials, statements are
to be converted into yes/no, WH- and tag questions)
Multiple-choice questions (simple completion questions consisting of sentences from
which grammatical items are removed)
Editing Skills – The students’ ability to correct errors in grammar, usage and punctuation likely to
occur in their own writing will be assessed using the following tools:
Error analysis questions
(identifying and correcting errors in isolated sentences;
these errors may focus on the target structures covered in the textbook as well as on
miscellaneous errors common in student writing at this level)
Paragraph editing (identifying and correcting errors in a short, paragraph-length text;
these errors may focus on grammatical structures, word usage or punctuation)
ENGL 102 Syllabus
(Language Structures and Drills I)
Core Textbook: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 4th Ed. (Betty Azar)
WEEK 1
Aug 23 – 27, 2015
WEEK 2
Aug 30 – Sept 3
WEEK 3
Sept 6 – 10
WEEK 4
Sept 13 – 17
Sept 20 – 28
WEEK 5
Oct 4 – 8
WEEK 6
Oct 11 – 15
Introduction: Goals and Objectives, Course Outline
Chapter 1 (Present Time)
Sections 1-1, 1-2 (pp 1-9)
Chapter 1 (Present Time)
Sections 1-3 to1-6 (pp 10-19)
Chapter 1 (Present Time)
Section 1-7 (pp 20-25)
Chapter 2 (Past Time)
Sections 2-1, 2-2 (pp 26-30)
Chapter 2 (Past Time)
Sections 2-3, 2-4 (pp 31-38)
EID AL-ADHA BREAK
(September 20 – 28, 2015)
Chapter 2 (Past Time)
Sections 2-5 to 2-7 (pp 39-51)
Chapter 2 (Past Time)
Section 2-8 (pp 52-54)
Review Practice
Chapter 3 (Future Time)
Sections 3-1 to 3-4 (pp 55-65)
WEEK 7
Oct 18 – 22
Midterm Exam #1 (Chapters 1 & 2)
(Wednesday, October 21, 2015)
WEEK 8
Oct 25 – 29
Chapter 3 (Future Time)
Sections 3-5 to 3-8 (pp 65-75)
Chapter 3 (Future Time)
Sections 3-9, 3-10 (pp 75-80)
WEEK 9
Nov 1 – 5
WEEK 10
Nov 8 – 12
WEEK 11
Nov 15 – 19
WEEK 12
Nov 22 – 26
Chapter 4 (The Present Perfect and Past Perfect)
Sections 4-1, 4-2 (pp 81-86)
Chapter 4 (The Present Perfect and Past Perfect)
Sections 4-3 to 4-5 (pp 87-97)
Chapter 4 (The Present Perfect and Past Perfect)
Sections 4-6, 4-7 (pp 98-107)
Chapter 4 (The Present Perfect and Past Perfect)
Section 4-8 (pp 108-110)
Review Practice
Midterm Exam #2 (Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4)
(Wednesday, November 25, 2015)
WEEK 13
Nov 29 – Dec 3
Chapter 5 (Asking Questions)
Sections 5-1 to 5-6 (pp 111-124)
WEEK 14
Dec 6 – 10
WEEK 15
Dec 13 – 17
Chapter 5 (Asking Questions)
Sections 5-7 to 5-13 (pp 125-137)
Chapter 5 (Asking Questions)
Sections 5-14, 5-15 (pp 138-145)
WEEK 16
Dec 20 – 24
Review Week
WEEKS 17, 18
Dec 27 – Jan 7, 2016
FINAL EXAM PERIOD