GRAMMAR & WRITING PRACTICE
1999 -- 2000
(C-2011-01208-A)
FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
EVENING DIVISION
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TERRI LI-CHI YUEH

TIME: TUESDAY 6:40 - 8:20 PM
 CLASSROOM: ES 509 / CL 301 ES 509 / CL 301
OFFICE: LA 110 / SF 901
TEL: 29031111 EXT. 2269 / 3722 
MAIL BOX: LA 110
E-MAIL: yueh@mails.fju.edu.tw / terriyue@ms3.hinet.net

COURSE DESCRIPTION

TENTATIVE SYLLABUS

REFERENCES

LINKS

 

 ANSWERS TO THE GRAMMAR EXERCISES On-line Chat room

REQUIRED TEXTS:

CORRECT WRITING, 6TH ED. (BUTLER, HICKMAN, McALEXANDER, OVERBY)(CW)
MODERN ENGLISH: A PRACTICAL REFERENCE GUIDE (FRANK) (ME)
FIRST STEPS IN ACADEMIC WRITING (HOGUE) (FSW)
LONGMAN ESSENTIAL ACTIVATOR

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Welcome to take the Grammar & Writing Practice Course! This course aims to help you to develop a feeling of self-confidence and competence in English, to increase your flexibility in use of syntax, and to show you how to build on your strengths to create unified and coherent paragraphs by using writing strategies. Throughout the program you will read, write, and share ideas with your classmates; peer discussion groups, inter-class exchanges, websites visit, class writing projects, and revision workshops are all alternatives. All the activities are designed to help you enjoy writing as a process of movement, discovery, and communication. Do not worry about making mistakes -- you can learn from your mistakes!
Remember this -- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! The best way to improve your writing ability is to write, write, and write some more. Please let me know how I can help you with questions or problems that you may have. We are all in this together! I hope you try your best to follow the course and enjoy your learning!

REQUIREMENTS

Be an active member of the class_this is possible only if you are present. Thus, regular attendance, class participation, learning attitude, and assignments submitting on time are very important for your grade and progress in language learning. If you are absent, you are responsible for the material that we cover in the class. If you miss the class for more than four times (with excuses or non-excuses), you might not pass the course. In addition, please make necessary preparation before you come to the class. Any delayed papers will not be accepted and you are expected to complete assigned writings on your own; that is, ¡§no late paper!¡¨ and ¡§no plagiarizing!¡¨ Failure to do so will positively affect your final grade.

GRADING POLICY:

IN-CLASS ATTENDANCE & WEB-CLASS PARTICIPATION 15%

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS & REVISIONS 30%

PRACTICES & QUIZZES 25%

MIDTERM REPORT & FINAL EXAM 30%

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TENTATIVE SYLLABUS

  1. 10/4 COURSE ORIENTATION / A DEAR TEACHER LETTER
  2. 10/11 WHAT IS GRAMMAR? & THE PARTS OF SPEECH (CW 1)


    3. *THE WRITING PROCESS & YOUR WRITING HABITS (FSW PP 1-6)

  3. 10/18 GRAMMAR & WRITING RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET / WEB CLASS
  4. 10/25 WHAT IS A SENTENCE? (FSW PP 8-15) & SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (CW 7)
  5. 11/1 PARTS OF SENTENCE (CW 2 & 9; FSW PP 206-208)


    6. SENTENCE STRUCTURE & CLAUSES (CW 6; ME 11; FSW PP 18-23)

  6. 11/8 *WHAT IS A GOOD TOPIC SENTENCE? / MECHANICS (FSW PP 11-15; CW 20)
  7. 11/15 COMMA SPLICES & RUN-ON SENTENCES (FSW PP 51-54 & 121-125; CW 5)


    8. PUNCTUATION (FSW PP 55-62) / TURN IN THE TYPED ASSIGNMENT FROM NOW ON

  8. 11/22 VERBS: TENSE, VOICE, MOOD (CW 8; ME 4)


    9. UNNECESSARY SHIFTS

  9. 11/29 VERBALS & PHRASES (CW 3-4; ME16-21) / MIDTERM REPORT
  10. 12/6 *WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH? & PARAGRAPH UNITY (FSW PP 102-115)


    11. *TIME-ORDER PARAGRAPHS (FSW PP 32-38)

  11. 12/13 PREPOSITIONS (FSW PP 81-87; ME 9)


    12. *SPACE-ORDER PARAGRAPHS (FSE PP 70-78)

  12. 12/20 OUTLINE MAKING (FSW PP 39-43& PP 116-117)
  13. 12/27 TRANSITIONAL SIGNALS (FSW PP 44-50; 204 & ME 10)


    14. *PARAGRAPH COHERENCE

  14. 1/3 FAULTY AGREEMENT (CW 9-10)
  15. 1/10 REFERENCE & CASE OF PRONOUNS (CW 11-12; ME 3)
  16. 1/17 FINAL EXAM

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EFERENCRES:

Oxford Advanced Learner¡¦s English-Chinese Dictionary, 4th ed. 1998. Oxford: Oxford UP.

Alexander, Louis. 1998.Longman Right Word Wrong Word. Hong Kong: Longman.

Alexander, Louis. 1993 Longman English Grammar Practice.. Hong Kong: Longman.

Arnaudet, M. L. & Barrett, M. E. 1990. Paragraph Development, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall

Ascher, Allen. 1993. Think About Editing: A Grammar Editing Guide For ESL Writers. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.

Bailey, E. P. & Powell, P. A. 1999. The Practical Writer, 7th ed. Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company.

Brieger, N. & Sweeney, S. 1994. The Language of Business English: Grammar & Function. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Devitiis, G. D., Mariani, l. & O¡¦Malley, K. 1997 English Grammar for Communication. Hong Kong: Longman.

Henrichsen, Lynn E & Pack, Alice C. 1992. Sentence Construction, 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.

Kramer, M. G., Leggett, G. & Mead, C. D. 1995. Prentice Hall Handbook for Writers. 12th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Marius, R. & Wiener H. S. 1994. The McGraw-Hill College Handbook. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Redman, S. 1997. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Strong, William. 1981. Sentence Combining and Paragraph Building. London: Random House.

Swan, M. & Walter, C. 1997. How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book. Oxford: Oxford UP.

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Internet links

ENGLISH BASICS HTTP://WWW.RHLSCHOOL.COM/ENGLISH.HTM

THE GLOBAL ENGLISH CLASSROOM HTTP://ENGLISHTOWN.EF.COM

GUIDE TO GRAMMAR & WRITING HTTP://WEBSTER.COMMNET.EDU/HP/PAGES/DARLING

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