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ESL 033 - Intermediate Grammar I
This course is a continuation of Elementary Grammar (ESL 023). Students practice grammatical structures through reading writing, speaking and listening tasks in a classroom setting. This course is helpful for students who are fluent in English, but who need to develop the accuracy that is necessary for success in college. The course is also recommended for new international students who may have memorized grammar rules, but cannot apply them in conversational or academic situations.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Use with accuracy the past perfect and future perfect verb tenses.
- Use with accuracy the present, past and future tenses in reported speech and conditional time (real and unreal).
- Apply accurately the passive, gerund and infinitive forms of verbs.
- Use models expressing possibility, ability and permissibility accurately.
- Produce adverb, noun and adjective clauses accurately.
- Use strategies to detect and correct grammatical errors.
Prerequisite: Placement test, instructor recommendation or Elementary Grammar (ESL 023).
Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in Intermediate Writing I (ESL 034) unless testing indicates otherwise.
3 hours each week 3 credits