Grammar 2 Course Outline
Course Code: Engl. 2321
1st Semester 2011-2012
Class Meetings: Sat., Mon., Wed.: 2-3 p.m. 9:20-10:30
Sun., Tue.: 8-9:30/9:30-11 a.m.
Instructor: Dr. Sadek Firwana
Office: Administration Building/ Quality Unit
Email:
Office Phone: 1020
Office Hours: Sat., Mon., Wed: 1-2 2:30
Sun., Tue. 11-12:30
Course Description
This course intends to sharpen your skills in recognizing and using grammatical
structures further more since grammar is the backbone of any language. Thus, this
grammar course contributes to bridging the gap between the use and usage of
grammar.
Course learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. know and practise the parts of the English sentence.
2. identify and use count and non-count nouns.
3. identify and use modal auxiliaries.
4. recognize and use participles and adjectives; comparative and superlative forms.
5. recognize and use adjective clauses.
6. recognize and use adverb clauses and adverb classifications.
7 identify compound and complex sentences.
8. recognize and use connectors
9. identify and use the passive voice.
10. recognize and use gerunds and infinitives.
11. identify and use verb tense, aspect, voice, and mood.
Distribution of course content throughout the semester:
Week
Week #1
Points to be covered
- Introduction to the Course.
- Diagnostic test
Week
Week #9
Week #2
Parts of the English sentence
Subject Vs. Predicate
Structures used as subjects
Week #10
Week #3
Nouns1
Week #11
Proper Vs. Common
Concrete Vs. Abstract
Countable Vs. Uncountable
Singular Vs. Plural
Week #4
Nouns2
- Case of Nouns
Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Vocative
Genitive
Pronouns:
Types
Forms
Agreement
Week #5
Week #12
Week #13
Week #6
Verbs1
Week #14
Finite Vs. Nonfinite
Transitive Vs. Intransitive
Time, tense, aspect, voice,
mood
Week #7
Verbs2
Agreement
Main Vs. Auxiliary
Modals
- 1st Midterm Exam
- Adjectives1
Function
Attributive Vs. Predicative
Comparison
Week #8
Week #15
Points to be covered
Adjectives2
Formation of Adjectives
Order of Adjectives
Patterns of Adjectives
Adverbs1
Types of Adverbs
Structures of Adverbs
Formation of Adverbs
Order of Adverbs
Adverbs2
- Classes of Adverbs
Adjuncts
Disjuncts
Conjuncts
Confusion of Adjectives
and Adverbs
Sentence Structure1
Simple, compound and
complex sentences
Conjunctions
Noun Clauses
- 2nd Midterm Exam
- Sentence Structure2
Adjective clauses
Defining Vs. Non-defining
Relative clauses
Participial constructions
- Sentence Structure3
- Adverbial clauses of:
Time
Place
Manner
Contrast
Condition
Purpose
Revision
Attendance Policy:
It is very important that you attend all of your classes. The Islamic University of Gaza
policy states the following:
A student at the Islamic University of Gaza is expected to attend at least 75% of
classes in order to progress satisfactorily toward completion of course
objectives. A student who is not meeting course objectives may be withdrawn
from the course at the discretion of the instructor. If you must be absent from
class, it is your responsibility to find out what work you missed in class, as well
as any homework assignments and announcements about tests.
Course Evaluation:
The following categories and percentages represent how your final grade will be
determined.
Attendance and Participation
Two midterm exams
Final exam
10%
40% (20% each)
50%
Course Textbook:
Grammar Practice by Elaine Walker & Steve Elsworth. Longman (2000).
Useful References
1. Azar, Betty, Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed. (1998).
2. Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage, 3rd ed. (2005).
3. Understanding and using Thomson& Martinet, A Practical English Grammar,
3rd ed. (1986).