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Winter 2002
Class Information
| Class: |
10:15 - 11:20 am Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
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| Location: |
NH 362 |
| Instructor: |
Gregry M. Davis |
| Office: |
341 East Hall |
| Office hours: |
Wednesday: 1:00-1:45 p.m. |
| Phone: |
503 725-9196 |
| E-mail: |
davisg@pdx.edu |
You can lead a horse to water,
but you can't make him drink! |
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Materials/General Information
 | Understand and Using English Grammar, third edition;
by Azar; Longman 1998 |
| Answer Key (Available at Smart Copy, 1915 SW 6th Avenue; ask for
Chapin's Grammar 3 packet) |
| English-English dictionary (e.g., Longman (Advanced), Cambridge,
American Heritage ESL dictionaries). Please do not use 2-language dictionaries or
computers. |
| An e-mail account. |
| All phones/pagers/etc. should be turned off or set to vibrate during
class time. |
Course Description
In this course, we will quickly review:
| modal auxiliaries (can, could, may must, might, should) |
| infinitives and gerunds |
| real conditions |
| expressions of quantity with count/non-count nouns |
| all verb tenses in active and passive voices |
We will spend more time on these topics:
| past perfect and future perfect tenses |
| past modal forms |
| subordinate clauses: adjective, adverb, and noun clauses,
including reported speech and common subordinators |
| participial adjectives |
Class Objectives
Grades
Grades will be based on participation/performance in the following
areas:
| Homework/Participation |
20% |
| Classwork/Quizzes |
30% |
| Midterm Exam |
20% |
| Final Exam - Week of March 18
(Time/Place: TBA) |
30% |
IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to pass to Level 3 Grammar, you
must have passing grades on all verb tense assignments, verb tense quizzes, and midterm
exam/final exam verb tense sections.
| HOMEWORK: You will have regular homework exercises from the textbook
and from the Internet. You should do the textbook exercises and then correct your
own work with a different color pen. You will hand in each week's homework
(usually on Mondays). I will check your homework to see if you are having particular
difficulty with the grammar. I will NOT grade the homework, but I will
give you credit for handing it in. You must hand in 90% of the homework assignments, or
your grade will be lowered. |
| LATE OR MISSED ASSIGNMENTS: I do not accept late homework. If you miss a quiz or a test, you cannot make it up. If you miss a
class, it is your responsibility to ask a classmate about the work you missed; you will
still be responsible for the information you missed if it appears on an exam or a later
assignment. |
| Attendance |
 | If you are more than 10 minutes late, you will be marked absent.
However, please come to class even if you are late. |
| There are no excused absences. |
| Missing 3 classes will result in your final grade being lowered 10
percentage points. |
| Missing 6 classes may result in your failing the course. |
| If you miss class, you are responsible for all the information
covered in class. Please get the telephone number or e-mail address of a classmate who is
dependable. You will have to rely on him/her to give you information if you are absent.
If, however, you know beforehand that you will not be able to attend, let me know as soon
as possible. Maybe you will miss less if we plan together. |
This class is graded A - F.
| Percent |
Letter Grade |
| 97-100% |
A + |
PASSING |
| 93-96% |
A |
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| 90-92% |
A - |
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| 87-89% |
B + |
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| 83-86% |
B |
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| 80-82% |
B - |
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| 77-79% |
C + |
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| 73-76% |
C |
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| 70-72% |
C - |
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| 67-69% |
D+ |
NOT PASSING |
| 63-66% |
D |
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| 60-62% |
D - |
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| 0-59% |
F |
| Week |
Topics (Chapter) |
Exercises |
| 1 |
Diagnostic & Gerunds/Infinitives (14-15) |
G/I List (for weekly quizzes)
PP List (for weekly quizzes) |
| 2 |
Gerunds/Infinitives (14-15), Nouns (7-8) |
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| 3 |
Verb Tenses (1-5) |
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| 4 |
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| 5 |
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| 6 |
Midterm Exam, Modals (9-10) |
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| 7 |
Modals (9-10) |
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| 8 |
Passive Voice & Participial Adjectives (11) |
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| 9 |
Noun Clauses & Reported Speech (12) |
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| 10 |
Adjective Clauses (13) |
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| FINALS |
Comprehensive Written & Oral Final Exam |
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EXTRA GRAMMAR
PRACTICE
You will find lots of practice software, especially "Focus on
Grammar," in the Learning Center. A word of warning, however: the Advanced
series, although it goes with our textbook, may have some grammar points that are too
difficult. These are covered in level 4 and level 5 grammar. Be sure to check
the contents of the software before you get into it. For review, the Intermediate
and Upper Intermediate levels should be fine.
For quick practice, here are on-line links. Links
with an asterisk (*) are especially good, I think.
DIAGNOSTIC (find out what you need to practice)
ESL BLUES(s)
This doesn't test all of the grammar points in Levels 2-3, but it will help. After
you take the troubleshooting quiz, correct it, and then click on the problem areas for
more practice.
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouble2.htm
VARIETY
*English Language Centre Study Zone (University of Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada)
This has an excellent variety of fun exercises, and very clear explanations.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm
*Englishpage.com
This site is commercial, but has a very complete explanation of types of verbs (e.g.
stative, transitive), as well as exercises.
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
Grammar Modules from Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/sif/Tutorials/Grammar/Table_of_contents_grammar/table_of_contents_grammar.html
Karin's ESL Partyland--The Quiz Center
Choose the medium section in grammar for Level 2, or browse through.
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm#Grammar
NetGrammar
If you have time, browse through this site--it has reading listening, vocabulary, and
writing help related to grammar. There are also several levels, so be careful.
Problem: it's difficult to locate specific grammar points to practice.
http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/~allenq/netgrammar/
Dave Sperling's ESL Quiz Center
Test your knowledge of a variety of grammar points (nouns, prepositions, verbs) with these
quizzes:
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/#grammar
Grammar Quizzes (Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students)
Recommended: Articles, Plurals, Pronouns, Verbs, Word Choice (includes
comparatives/superlatives and verb-related items)
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html
Interactive Javascript Quizzes for ESL Students
Get a percentage score when you test yourself.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/
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