English Communication Course - Grammar Focus

English Communication Course

• Course Goal: Help students become familiar with grammar nuances, build confidence in grammar's learnable nature, and raise awareness of language and its grammatical variety.
• Course Structure: Divided into four sections:
  • A. Grammar
  • B. Listening and Speaking
  • C. Basics of Reading
  • D. Basics of Writing
• Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
  • Identify non-standard English usage (written and spoken).
  • Recognize and correct usage errors.
  • Improve language competence.
  • Understand regional English dialects.
  • Speak confidently and intelligibly.
  • Value reading's importance.
  • Develop a reading habit.
  • Comprehend unfamiliar texts independently.
  • Appreciate writing's role in academic life.
  • Write simple sentences without grammatical errors.

Unit I: Major Basic Grammatical Categories

• Focus: Correctness and error correction in various sentence types.
• Topics:
  • Simple sentences (using primary auxiliaries).
  • Descriptive Sentences
  • Expressing possibilities and probabilities (using 'can', 'may').
  • Expressing future plans, goals, etc. (using 'shall', 'will').
  • Expressing obligations, duties (using 'should', 'ought', 'might').
  • Expressing possessions (using 'have', 'has', 'had').
  • Subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, modal verbs.
  • Active and passive voice.
  • Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences.
  • Question types (Wh-, Yes-No, Tag).

Unit II: Introduction to Reading Skills

• Focus: Different text types (narrative, descriptive, extrapolative).
• Topics:
  • Type identification.
  • Comprehension of various reading texts.

Unit III: Introduction to Writing Skills

• Focus: Technical writing.
• Topics:
  • Report writing (news reports, project reports, event reporting).
  • Academic writing (Abstracts, proposals, research articles, keywords).
  • Scientific abstract writing (concise and effective).

Unit IV: Official Communication

• Focus: Official and formal letter writing.
• Topics:
  • Letter writing format (official correspondence).
  • Passive voice use in formal letters.
  • Formal English usage.
  • Letters for requests, invitations, etc.
  • International email communication.
  • Scientific communication.
  • CV format and cover letter writing.

Assessment

• Areas: Listening skills, pronunciation, fluency, speaking in seminars, ability to understand unfamiliar dialects.