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Dr. Emily Thrush
ethrush@memphis.edu
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Engl 7535, ESL Grammar, will help familiarize students with the basic structure of
English, particularly those areas that cause most difficulty for non-native speakers.
The course has several goals. One, TESL students become familiar with grammatical
terminology and practice identifying and labeling sentence structures. Two, they develop
an understanding of how English syntax works to convey meaning. Third, they familiarize
themselves with various techniques of teaching grammar to those whose first language
is not English. Beyond these goals, there are other ancillary ones, including an understanding
of why errors occur in second language writing and speaking and some specific interference
problems between English and other languages.
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Aims and Organization: The primary objective of this course is to give participants an understanding of
grammatical features of the English language which are most troublesome to non-native
speakers. Those topics include the article system, the auxiliary system, the structure
of idiomatic expressions and inflectional endings. Participants discover how to explain
to the ESL learner those elements of the language which are routine and intuitive
for native speakers of English. Participants also compare types of ESL grammar texts
with respect to their linguistic bases. Web classes consist of exercises meant to
test understanding of the readings, discussions on the discussion board, links to
internet sites providing helpful information.
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Required Texts:
Nunan, Grammar. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0073103098
Byrd and Benson. Applied English Grammar. 1st ed. ISBN-10: 0030335280
(Available from the University Bookstore or online from Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com.)
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Assignments and Written Work: The participants complete assignments and quizzes. Through short written assignments,
they also demonstrate the ability to locate and label errors in ESL student writing.
Each module consists of readings, usually from both textbooks, exercises to be submitted
to the Dropbox, a quiz and discussion questions to be answered on the discussion board. Complete each module by the date indicated on the Modules page.
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Grading:
Module assignments 50%
Final Exam 20%
Discussion Board 15%
Quizzes 15%
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