INTL 059 Beginning Grammar

4 credits

This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, is designed to improve written and spoken English grammar at the beginner level. This course focuses on developing basic academic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.

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

Corequisites: INTL 077, INTL 078 or INTL 084, INT079.

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 basic grammar with 75% accuracy
Identify and use the simple present, simple past, and future tenses
Identify and use subject-verb agreement with simple and compound subjects
Identify and use articles, prepositions, adjectives, and personal pronouns
Identify and use count nouns, non-count nouns, and quantifiers
Identify and use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Form and respond to questions
Utilize appropriate sentence punctuation

Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40