Vision : A quality study program in English with worldwide applicability
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Course Syllabus
TQF3
Course Title
: Grammar in Context I
Lecturer
: Aj. Gunniga Anugkakul, Ph.D
Aj.Chinjira Bunchutrakul
Aj.Phalaunnaphat Siriwongs, M.A
Credits
: 3(3-0-6)
Semester
: 1 Academic Year: 2015
Curriculum
: Bachelor of Humanities and Social Science
Major in English (Core Course)
Major in Japanese (Free Elective Course)
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Content
Section
Pages
Section 1
General Information
2
Section 2
Aims and Objective
3
Section 3
Course Structure
4
Section 4
Developing Student’s Learning Outcomes
5
Section 5
Lesson Plan and Assessment
8
Section 6
Learning and Teaching Resources
12
Section 7
Course Evaluation and Improvement
13
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Section 1 General Information
1. Code and Course Title : Grammar in Context I (ENL1105)
2. Credits : 3 (3-0-6)
3. Curriculum and Course Category :
This course is a part of Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Major in
English.
4. Lecturers :
Aj. Gunniga Anugkakul, Ph.D
Aj.Chinjira Bunchutrakul
Aj. Phalaunnaphat Siriwongs
Tel. 086 99 11446
E-mail: phalaunnaphat@hotmail.com
5. Year / Semester
Academic Year 2015 / Semester 1
6. Prerequisite Course
None
7. Co-requisite Course :
None
8. Learning Location
Building Number : 35 Room 3541
9. Last Date for Preparing and Revising this Course:
12 December, 2015
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Section 2 Aims and Objectives
1. Course Aims
At the end of this course, the student will possess to cognitive domain,
psychomotor domain, and affective domain in the following areas of performance:
1.1 Students should be able to present the various grammatical forms and relate them
to meaning and usages and learn grammar in different contexts. The clear
explanations and examples, followed by a lot of practical material, will help them
understand the grammatical system and make correct sentences.
1.2 Students should be able to communicate better using the grammar they study or
learn.
1.3 Students should be able to analyze and synthesize sentences and transformation of
sentence
1.4 Students should be able to understand tense contrasts and apply the uses of present
and past tenses including the future tenses to different situations grammatically and
suitably. Besides, students also know about the infinitive, the gerund, and the
participle.
1.5 Students are generally focused on active and passive voice which the person
donated by the subject acts. This enables students to create sentences variously.
1.6 Students understand Direct and Indirect Speech and Modals with the aim to apply
to their daily lives correctly and precisely.
1.7 Students are also emphasized on conditionals and wish forms to create situations.
1.8 Students understand comparisons of adjective and adverb and some special
structures to compare and contrast anything they prefer.
1.9 Students understand question formation and tag questions accurately.
2. Objectives for Developing / Revising Course
To employ English language and encourage students to understand
composition and the grammatical system, then make correct sentences.
Criteria of Evaluation
Attendance and Course Participation
10%
Team Work (Report and tests)
40%
Mid- Term Test
25%
Final Test
25%
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Section 3 Course Structure
1. Course Outline
This course provides comprehensive rhetoric and sentence
structure and focuses on grammatical analysis, using a step by step
approach. Throughout the course, essential grammar points are the core
of study, Also the course presents the various grammatical forms and
relates them to meaning and uses. The clear explanations and examples,
followed by a lot of practical material, will help them to understand the
grammatical system and make correct sentences.
2. Time Length per Semester (Lecture – hours / Practice – hours / Self Study –
Hours)
Practice/
Lecture
Self Study
Remedial Class
Upon Request
Field Work/Internship
35
5
5
Hours
Hours
Hours
3. Time Length per Week for Individual Academic Consulting and Guidance
Either Mondays or Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 4 pm
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Section 4 Developing Student’s Learning Outcomes
Learning
Learning Activities
Learning Assessment
Standards/Outcomes
1. Ethics and Morals
Being inquisitive in
learning
1. Class Discussion
1. Q&A
2. K-W-L Charts
2. Class Participation
1. Lecture with topics
relevant to current
situations
1. Scoring Rubrics
2. Learning by doing
3.Performance-based
assessment
and
Self-disciplined
2. Knowledge
Students will be able to
classify types of sentences
and analyze sentence
structures including
clauses, phrases, and
conjunctions with the
following outcomes:
1.analysis of sentences,
2.transformation of
sentences,
3. Self-directed learning
4. Pros and Cons
5. Models and Outlines
6.Small group work
2. Q&A
4. Essay Questions
5. K-W-L Charts
6.Portfolios for assessment
3.synthesis of sentences,
7.Think-Write-Pair-Share
7. Self-assessment and peer
assessment
4.tenses and usages,
8.Brainstroming
8.Interactive comments
5.infinitive and gerunds,
9.Using graphic
organizers as assignments
6. the usage of tenses and
the sequence of tenses,
7. conditional sentences
and wish form,
8.modals.
10.Selecting question
types
11. A word of a week
program
3. Cognitive Skills
Students will be competent
in English writing.
 Present and summarize
1. In-class writing
2. Group brainstorming
3. Exhibit own essays and
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1. Midterm and Final
Examination
2. Quiz and Test
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Learning
Learning Activities
Learning Assessment
Standards/Outcomes
their ideas in written and
oral;
 Access, individual
writing through
assignment
presentation
4. Models and Outlines
4. Interpersonal Skills
and Responsibilities
1. Group work
Social skills: helping,
writing for communication 2. Individual assignment
used by diverse cultures
3. Peer Tutoring
throughout the evolution of
civilization, and learn to
respect other people’s
opinions
1. Impromptu
2. Essay writing
5. Numerical Analysis,
Communication and
1. E-learning
1. Quizzes
Information
2. Self-study
2. On-line assignment
Technology Skills
Students have developed
competencies in
information literacy.
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Section 5 Lesson Plan and Assessment
1. Lesson Plan
Week
Topic/Outline
Hours
Learning Activities
and Medium
Lecture and
Practice
Mini assignment
3
1
Types of Sentences
Lecturer(s)
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Aj. Gunniga A.
2
1. Run-on Sentences
2. Parallel Structure
3. Sentence Problems
4. Phrases
3
3
3
Q&A
Aj.Chinjira B.
Mini assignment
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Lecture and
Practice
Clauses
small group work
4
Present Time Tenses
3
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Aj. Gunniga A.
1. Present Simple
Aj.Chinjira B.
2. Present Continuous
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Lecture and Practice
Present Time Tenses
5
Lecture and Practice
Aj. Gunniga A.
1.Present Perfect
Think-Write-PairShare
3
2.Present Perfect Continuous
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
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Week
Topic/Outline
Hours
Past Time Tenses
1.Story Telling
6
Learning Activities
and Medias
Lecturer(s)
Lecture and Practice
3
Aj. Gunniga A.
Student-centered: Aj.Chinjira B.
Constructivist
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
approaches and
Cooperative learning
2.Role Play
Focused on
Past Simple
small group work
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Aj. Gunniga A.
7
Future Time Tenses
Lecture & Practice
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
8
Mid-Term Test
3
Examination Paper
Invigilators
9
Active &Passive Voice
2
Lecture and Practice
Aj. Gunniga
A.Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
10
Modals
3
Lecture and
Practice
Student-centered:
Problem-Based
learning and
Cooperative
learning approach
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Aj. Gunniga A.
11
Causative Verbs,
Verbs with two objects,
Passive Reporting Verbs
3
Lecture and
Cooperative writing:
Group discussion
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Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
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Week
Topic/Outline
Verb Forms
Gerunds &Infinitives
Hours
3
Learning Activities
and Medium
Lecture and Practice
Self-study and Elearning
12
Lecturer(s)
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Think-Write-PairShare
3
13
Lecture and Practice
QuestionFormation
and Tag Questions
Think-Write-PairShare
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
Cooperative
learning: Group
discussion
Aj. Gunniga A.
14
Reported
Statements
3
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
2
15
Lecture and Practice
Conditional Sentence
Based on the current
news and situation
Aj. Gunniga A.
Aj.Chinjira B.
Aj.Phalaunnaphat S.
16
Hours
Final Examination
The Sum of Periods
Examination paper
40
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Invigilators
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2. Learning Assessment Plan
Learning Outcome
1
Ethics and Morals
2
Knowledge
Assessment
Activities
Class Participation
Mid-term Test
10
25%
Final Examination
16
25%
Assignment and
Writing Essay
Quizzes
1,3,5,7,8
20%
2,4,6,9,11,12,14,15
10%
4,11,12,13
10%
4
Interpersonal Skills
and Responsibilities
Group work (Jigsaw)
Numerical Analysis,
Group
Brainstorming,
Presentation, and
E-Learning
Information
(%)
10%
Cognitive Skills
Communication and
(Week)
Proportion for
Assessment
1-16
3
5
Time Schedule
Pair and Group
Collaboration
Technology Skills
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Section 6 Learning and Teaching Resources
1. Textbook and Main Documents
Wren & Martin(2006). English Grammar& Composition: S.Chand&Company
Azar, B.S. (1999) Understanding and Using English Grammar. (3rd ed.) New York:
Pearson
East Wood, J. (2006)Oxford Practice Grammar.Oxford :Oxford University Press
Elbaum, S.N. (2001). Grammar in Context 2. Boston : Heinle&Heinle
Elbaum, S.N. (2001). Grammar in Context 3. Boston : Heinle&Heinle
2. Suggestion Information (Printing Materials/Website/CD/Others)
www.monash.edu.au
www.owl.english.purdue.edu
www.actden.com/
Section 7 Course Evaluation and Revising
1. Strategies for Course Evaluation by Students
Self-Editing and Peer-Editing Worksheets
Behavior of students in class
Students’ suggestion during the class
2. Strategies for Course Evaluation by Lecturer
Examination Result and Scoring Rubrics
3. Teaching Revision
Classroom Research
4. Feedback for Achievement Standards
Evaluation based on quizzes, Writing essay examinations, and Impromptu
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5. Methodology and Planning for Course Review and Improvement
This course focuses on the composition and English Grammar and students are
able to communicate with people from other nations by applying their 4 skills of
English. Students are allowed to do role plays, conversation and essay writing
under pressure.
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