ERCIYES UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
2013-2014 Academic year, Spring Term
ELAN 154 Contextual Grammar
Instructor: Pelin Irgin e-mail: pelinirgin@erciyes.edu.tr
Course Objectives
With the theme-based texts, to provide EFL university students to practice the grammatical structures
through engaging oral and written activities involving authentic readings, error correction exercises, charts,
discussions on cultural notes, paired drills and composition writing. To introduce wide range of
communicative activities and expanded writing and pair editing to lead students from grammar
recognition to production
Course topics
The course will cover the following topics:
W 1: Expanding Horizons/Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing / Peer editing (Homework)
W 2: Making a Difference/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 3: Making Choices/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 4: Health and Fitness II/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 5: American Culture II / Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 6: The Spirit of America / Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 7: Midterm/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 8: Dating and Marriage/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 9: Urban Living/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 10: Age is a State of Mind/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 11: The Future is in Our Hands/ Reading & Paired Oral& Written Activities
Timed writing/ Peer editing (Homework)
W 12: A Quick Review
W 13: A Quick Review & Submission of the Writing Portfolio
W 14: Final Exam
Assessment
Midterm Exam %40
Final Exam %60
Policies
Attendance: Students are required to attend all classes Use my office hours! Use email to ask questions!
Lateness: Late attendances and submission will be not accepted. Students should not ask for exceptions.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to adhere to University policies concerning scholastic integrity. Any form
of scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated, Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism,
falsifying academic records, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student.
All students taking ELAN 153 Contextual Grammar I and ELL 201Advanced Grammar I courses are required to
have at least a peer for writing activity at American Corner and regularly cooperate on written activities with their peers.
Course book
“The Advanced Grammar Book” by Jocelyn M.Steer & Karen A.Carlisi. Second Edition. Heinle&Heinle
Publishers. ISBN: 0-8384-4715-5
Useful links:
Centre for Independent Language Learning
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/default4.htm
Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com
English Grammar
http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/
English Grammar Connection
http://www.englishgrammarconnection.com
English as 2nd Language
http://www.esl.about.com
English Page
http://www.englishpage.com
English Forum
http://www.english-forum.com
English-to-go
http://www.english-to-go.com
English-Zone.com
http://www.english-zone.com
Guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab For ESL/EFL Students
http://www.esl-lab.com/
ESL Activities.com
http://www.eslactivities.com
Guide to Grammar and Writting
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
fonetiks.org
http://fonetiks.org/
My English Teacher
http://www.myenglishteacher.net
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Nonstopenglish
http://www.nonstopenglish.com
Owl Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/
Parapal Online
http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/
Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/
Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
The Writing Center - University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html
UEFAP.com
http://www.uefap.com
Vocabulary Exercises for the Academic Word List
http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl/index.htm
World-english
http://www.world-english.org