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Guidelines for Grammar 3, EAP 0360?????? Text & Workbook: Fundamentals of English Grammar, Azar (Grey), 4th Edition, Pearson-LongmanLevel 3 grammar is the last stage where basic grammar skills are taught and reviewed: questions, negations, and elementary tenses in preparation for more advanced work in grammar 4. Therefore, the aim or purpose of this course is to ready the student for intermediate grammatical forms and expressions in order to improve spoken and written skills.1)?A diagnostic verb exam should be given to assess student readiness for simple and continuous present, past, and future (Chapters1-3). Since emphasis in the course outline is on tenses—from present through past and future (chapters 1-3) for the first six weeks of the sixteen-week semester; then exercises should include oral drill work along with those in the text and the accompanying workbook (which may be purchased). Oral work should include substitution and replacement drills in addition to personalizing situations, relevant to the students, in the appropriate tenses; in this way, the drill work has a context in which to work in normal, everyday circumstances. Have photos ready to describe actions. Students with difficulties in executing the review of Present, Past, and Future tenses need to be referred to our tutoring service.2) Since formulation of questions (chapter 5) poses various problems for our students, make sure to include extensive oral and written work—teacher/student and student/student—in order to facilitate spoken and written skills. Do as many textbook/workbook exercises as time permits. Have students create their own questions in situational contexts.3) Since the formulation of questions at this level is one of the greatest stumbling blocks, drill work becomes essential for interrogative and negative forms. These as well as oral exercises will prepare students for a more comprehensive work in higher level tenses.4) To improve the active skills—speaking and writing--emphasis should be placed on connecting ideas through compound and complex sentences, especially with adverb clauses in the future (chapter 3). Devise your own sentence-combining activities and drills for both compound and complex sentences; other exercises can be utilized so that students create their own sentences. In this way, they can see relationships between ideas more readily. In addition, all exercises and drills can be incorporated in midterm and final exams. 5) Make sure grammar class is active, conversational at times so that the students do not lose track of grammar’s usefulness in active skills and everyday situations, particularly in the formulating questions and using modals.6) To sum up, grammar 3 is the final stage of basic grammar in our program to ensure readiness for advanced grammar. Not all exercises from text or workbook need to be done. Make sure students capture the essence of the lessons through exemplary exercises that illustrate the points to be understood. Elicit rules from students when possible rather than dictating the rules to them. Do diagrams to demonstrate sequence of tenses. Hand out worksheets that pinpoint the sequence of tenses through cue words. Finally, please ensure that students express themselves reasonable well in formal and informal situations. ................
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