PRETOEFL GRAMMAR
Syllabus: Spring 2010
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Instructor: Margaret Young
Office: 229 East Hall
Telephone: (503) 725-4143
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Office hours: Wednesday 3:20-4:00 and by
appointment
E-mail: youngm@pdx.edu
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Textbook: The Heinle and Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant: Grammar,
by Milada Broukal,
1995
Grading: Grading is based on attendance and
participation. See the table below.
Attendance. It is
important to come every day and be on time, especially when practice
tests are scheduled.
- There are no excused absences.
- If you are late more than 10
minutes, it counts as an absence.
- If you are late more than 5 minutes,
these are recorded; two of these late arrivals count as one
absence.
- It is your responsibility to sign the attendance
sheet at the beginning of each class, or when you arrive.
- If you do not bring the book, you
will be marked absent and asked to leave. You MAY NOT share
books.
- In order to receive a particular
grade, you are only allowed a certain number of absences, shown
below. If you register late for the class, your grade will
be based on the percentage of classes that
you have attended since your registration.
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ABSENCES
(HOURS)
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%
BASED ON
20
HOURS
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LETTER
GRADE
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0
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100
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A
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1
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95
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A
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2
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90
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A-
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3
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85
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B
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4
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80
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B-
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5
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75
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C
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6
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70
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C-
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7
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65
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D
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8
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60
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D-
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9
or more
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55
and below
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F
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Cell phones. Cell phones must be turned off at all
times. If your cell phone rings during a
test or other
timed activity, you will be marked absent for one hour.
Participation. Participation
includes
several elements:
- Being on time and ready to start
class;
- Having all of your materials (book,
paper, pencil) ready to use at the beginning of class;
*Having all of your materials (book,
paper, pencil) ready to use at the beginning of class;
- Working well in groups by sharing
work equally and paying attention to the task;
- Paying
attention in class and asking
questions
Objectives: In this course
you will
practice different types of questions on the Structure section of the
paper-based
TOEFL (PBT) in order to become familiar with them. You will
also
learn about and practice strategies
so that
you can
maximize your effectiveness on this part of the test. In
addition, you
will take some practice tests in class for the purpose of becoming more
comfortable with and working more effectively under simulated testing
conditions with time constraints.
In
addition, this class will provide you with an overview of intermediate
and advanced
grammar, which will help you with your grammar classes in ESL.
Homework: This is not
required.
However, we will not be able to cover all of the material in the book
this
term. If you wish to improve your TOEFL score significantly, you might
wish to
do extra work in the book, and practice outside of class, especially in
the
Learning
Center, and with a
study group. A copy
of the textbook is in the
Learning
Center. However,
PLEASE
DO NOT DO WORK IN THE BOOK THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED TO DO IN CLASS,
ESPECIALLY THE
PRACTICE TESTS. If you are not sure what we are going to do
in class,
please ask me. In addition, I
strongly
recommend that you analyze your mistakes after each practice
test. We will begin analyses in class, but you may not have time
to finish.
The Learning
Center:
To find
out the open hours for the LC, call 503-725-9199, or drop by.
There are
several software programs in the
Learning Center
which can help you
improve your scores on the TOEFL.
If you have difficulty hearing, seeing, walking,
or if you
have an illness or other condition that will make
studying in this class difficult, please tell the teacher.
TENTATIVE
CALENDAR
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CONTENT
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DAY (DATE)
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Studying: analysis, practice, study
groups
Strategies: timing, eliminating wrong answers, guessing
Practice Test G (handout); Analysis of Practice Test G
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1
(4/1)
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CHAPTER 1: NOUNS
CHAPTER 2: PRONOUNS
Practice
Test H (handout); Analysis of Practice Test H
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2
(4/8)
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CHAPTER 3: PARTS OF A SENTENCE
CHAPTER 4: VERBS
Practice Test 1 (book)
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3 (4/15)
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CHAPTER 15: WORD FORM
CHAPTER 13: PARALLEL STRUCTURE
Practice Test 2 (book)
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4 (4/22)
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CHAPTER 14: WORD ORDER
CHAPTER 7: NOUN CLAUSES
Practice Test 3 (book)
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5 (4/29)
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NOTE:
The IELP TOEFL will be Saturday, May 8.
CHAPTER 8: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES, REDUCED
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Practice Test I (handout)
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6 (5/6)
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.CHAPTER
9: ADVERB CLAUSES,
REDUCED
ADVERB CLAUSES
Practice Test 4 (book) |
7 (5/13)
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CHAPTER
10: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
CHAPTER 11: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Practice Test 5 (book) |
8 (5/20)
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CHAPTER 5: PREPOSITIONS
CHAPTER 6: ARTICLES
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9 (5/27)
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Short
class: Course
evaluations
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10 (6/3)
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March 25, 2010