Students will be evaluated on their successful completion of regular assignments and a midterm and final exam. Academic Grammar I. Permission of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward a degree. This course is designed for non-native graduate and undergraduate students who have sufficient language proficiency to be admitted to the University, but who still lack accurate control of key grammatical structures associated with both spoken and written academic English. Course topics will include the use of modals, tense and voice usage, nominalizations, parallel structure and patterns of cohesion.
Class meetings are once a week for ninety minutes.
Permission of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward a degree. Designed for non-native graduates and undergraduates who already possess a good knowledge of English grammar. This course is a continuation of Academic Grammar I. Emphasis will be on grammar used in academic contexts. Topics include advanced features of punctuation connectives, cohesion, prepositions, article usage and complex nominalization.