Pedagogical Grammar for ESL Teachers
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
664
Course Level
Graduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Descriptive and pedagogical English grammar, focusing on grammatical structures that cause difficulties for ESL learners and incorporating the teaching of grammar into the ESL classroom.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify, describe, and explain key concepts in syntax.
Outcome
Identify, describe, analyze, explain, and classify words hierarchically into their morphemic, phrasal, and clausal structures.
Outcome
Identify, describe, analyze, and diagram words, phrases, and sentences.
Outcome
Identify, describe, and analyze words into parts of speech and use diagnostic tests to classify words accordingly.
Outcome
Identify, describe, analyze, and explain the four main operations in the transformational component and their relevance in syntactic theory, and/or for teaching Language Arts/ESL, writing, or editing.
Outcome
Identify, describe, analyze, and classify words according to their word formation processes.
Outcome
Identify, describe, analyze, and explain the derivational patterns that lead from the deep structure to the surface.