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All Skills Grammar

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Course Overview

Level
Level 5+
Course Code
PT5-ASG
Status
Active

Course Description

This course is intended to move from an emphasis on spoken accuracy to an emphasis on written accuracy. Students will learn grammar principles and concepts, then apply those principles to spontaneously-produced written and spoken text.

Course Emphasis

  • Grammar Form - 40% 
  •  Meaning/Use - 60%
    • Writing (30%)
    • Speaking (20%)
    • Listening (5%)
    • Reading (5%)

Course Books and Materials

  • Understanding and Using English Grammar, 5th Edition (Pearson Education) 9780134268828

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Notices target grammar use in listening and reading both in isolation and in at-level text.
    1. Recognizes target grammar form
    2. Understands the meaning of target grammar 
    3. Understands when and why target grammar is used
    4. Uses grammar strategies to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words
  2. Uses target grammar appropriately* in general academic English
    1. Generates target grammar form in isolation
    2. Uses target grammar to participate appropriately
    3. Explains the reasoning of target grammar use in different contexts (informal, formal, written, and spoken)  
    4. Uses target grammar to respond to a prompt with time constraints and/or preparation time 
    5. Uses grammar strategies to change the meaning and/or part of speech of familiar words
  3. Engages in level-appropriate tasks and functions
    1. Narrates and describes in all major time frames with some control of aspect
    2. Asks and answers questions using target grammar
    3. Responds appropriately to complications with familiar tasks and topics
    4. Supports opinions about familiar situations and some academic topics
    5. Uses grammar to connect ideas at the paragraph level 
    6. Uses circumlocution to clarify meaning and maintain fluency

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