2. Grammar / Vocabulary Development – Fall 2015

3. Instructor Name: Deirdre Prendergast (aka D. or Deirdre) Email: de_pre9@hotmail.comde_pre9@hotmail.com

4. 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%

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

6. 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

7. 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 12-16 “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 19-23 “Perfect Tenses”  Present & Past Perfect Murphy: 7—16 Appendix 1 (Irregular forms) Appendix 2 (usage) 9 Oct 26-30 “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)

8. Week Topic / ThemeKey Skills / ActivitiesCourse Material 11 Nov 9-13 Midterm MIDTERM EXAM Computer lab 12 Nov 16-20 “Verbs acting as nouns”  Gerunds  Infinitives Murphy: Unit 52—57 13 Nov 23-27 “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 104-106 Murphy: Superlatives— Unit 107 15 Dec 7-11 “Connecting and Linking – Intro to Complex Sentences”  Conjunctions / Prepositions Murphy: Connectors— Units 112-115, 118

9. Week Topic / ThemeKey Skills / ActivitiesCourse Material 16 Dec 14-18 “Adding details”  Relative Clauses Murphy: Relative Clauses, Units 91—96 17 Dec 21-25 “Ordering Words”  Word order in sentences Murphy: Word Order, Units 98, 108—109 18 Revision weekStudents self-study 19&20 Final exam periodFINAL EXAM

10. Why are grammar and vocabulary so important?

11. Can you spot the mistake? FAIL!

14. (FAIL!)

15. 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.

16. 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 2011. on easier have lived