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Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

INTL 081 Low-Intermediate Grammar

4 credits
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds upon and reinforces grammatical concepts taught in INTL 059  while introducing and developing more complex academic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary skills.

Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

Corequisites: INTL 085 , INTL 086A , INTL 084  or INTL 088 .

Quarters Offered: All

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Write clear simple and complex sentences in English, showing some control of intermediate grammar with 75% accuracy
  • Identify and use the simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, and future tenses
  • Identify and use the present perfect and past perfect tenses
  • Form and respond to information questions
  • Generate and respond to tag questions
  • Identify and generate comparative, equative, and superlative statements
  • Identify and use appropriate punctuation for simple and complex sentences


Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40