Grammar / Vocabulary Development – Fall 2015

Instructor Name: Deirdre Prendergast (aka D. or Deirdre)

Grammar / Vocabulary Development Textbook: English Grammar in Use, Murphy, 2 nd Edition, 2001 (China Edition) First Classes: M, Tu, W – Sept. 28, 29, 30 / Th, Fr – Oct 8, 9 Assessments: HW/Participation 10% Midterm Exam 20% (in Lijin Computer Lab) Final Exam 70%

To understand and use grammatical structures appropriately To develop strategies to improve vocabulary acquisition and use Aims for this class

Teaching & Learning Methods In Grammar and Vocabulary class we will use… Activities and games Class discussion PPT presentations Textbook work Online practice at Quia.com

Week Topic / ThemeKey Skills / ActivitiesCourse Material 6 Oct 5-9 “Today and Yesterday’  Welcome—Intro, Skills & Diagnostic Tests  Simple Present, Present Continuous, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Used to Murphy: Units 1—6, 18 Appendix 1 (Irregular forms) Appendix 2 (usage) 7 Oct “Today and Yesterday’  Welcome—Intro, Skills & Diagnostic Tests Simple Present, Present Continuous, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Used to Murphy: Units 1—6, 18 Appendix 1 (Irregular forms) Appendix 2 (usage) 8 Oct “Perfect Tenses”  Present & Past Perfect Murphy: 7—16 Appendix 1 (Irregular forms) Appendix 2 (usage) 9 Oct “Future”  Future tense forms Murphy: Units 19—24 Appendix 3 (usage) 10 Nov 2-6 “Adding a condition”  Modals Murphy: 26—36, Appendix 4 (usage)

Week Topic / ThemeKey Skills / ActivitiesCourse Material 11 Nov 9-13 Midterm MIDTERM EXAM Computer lab 12 Nov “Verbs acting as nouns”  Gerunds  Infinitives Murphy: Unit 52—57 13 Nov “A, The, Ø”  articles Murphy: Units 70—77 14 Nov 30- Dec 4 “Comparing and Contrasting”  Adjectives and Adverbs— Comparative and Superlative Murphy: Comparisons: Units Murphy: Superlatives— Unit Dec 7-11 “Connecting and Linking – Intro to Complex Sentences”  Conjunctions / Prepositions Murphy: Connectors— Units , 118

Week Topic / ThemeKey Skills / ActivitiesCourse Material 16 Dec “Adding details”  Relative Clauses Murphy: Relative Clauses, Units 91—96 17 Dec “Ordering Words”  Word order in sentences Murphy: Word Order, Units 98, 108— Revision weekStudents self-study 19&20 Final exam periodFINAL EXAM

Why are grammar and vocabulary so important?

Can you spot the mistake? FAIL!

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Good grammar is important because… It makes your written and spoken English much clearer. It shows that you have a good command of English. It is essential for good writing. It is necessary for the TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC, etc. It can help you achieve your career goals.

Grammar Challenge! 1)I came to school with the bus today. 2) Today’s test is more easy than yesterday’s test. 3) I live in Dalian since August on easier have lived