ESOL 0391 - ESOL Grammar I

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3 Lab: 1
This course focuses on standard English grammar usage for academic purposes. Open only to non-native English speakers. Students develop control of fundamental structures including basic tenses, parts of speech and simple sentences. This course is designed to support success in ESOL 0371, Writing I, and must be taken concurrently as a corequisite. This course carries institutional credit but will not transfer and will not be used to meet degree requirements. CIP Code: (3201086612)
Prerequisite: Placement by testing; Corequisite: ESOL 0371.
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Use basic verb tenses and voice with proficiency: present, past, and future, including the use of “there is/there are” and imperatives. 2 - Use simple, compound, and complex sentences structures including phrases and clauses with proficiency at the basic level, including forming YES/NO and WH-questions. 3 - Use parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, conjunctions and determiners (quantifiers, articles, demonstratives, possessives) appropriately and with proficiency at the basic level, with specific attention to: identifying and using count & non-count, subject pronouns, object pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns & possessive adjectives and possessive nouns. 4 - Use appropriate word choice, word form, and word order with proficiency.