Overview
Summarized
course:
This course
is designed to present general knowledge of the different parts of speech. It
provides students with understanding and using of the basic tenses / verbs
(simple present, simple past, present progressive, past progressive), nouns
(count & non-count), articles, quantifiers, pronouns (subject, object,
possessive, reflexive, reciprocal), demonstratives, adjectives, possessives,
comparatives and adverbs
Intended learning outcomes
At the
end of the course, the student must be able to:
1. Develop
their knowledge of the English language and its basic structures;
2. Express
themselves in English using the rules they have studied without making
mistakes;
3. Interpret
the comparisons between the present simple vs. present continuous, past
simple vs. past continuous, past simple vs. present perfect & present
perfect continuous, and past perfect vs. past perfect continuous in
sentences;
4.
4. Use tenses (present, past and future) correctly
in their different forms; interrogative, negative and affirmative statements.
5. Use time clauses in the future tense. Pieces of
theoretical information are recalled and accumulated to solve a realistic
linguistic problem.
Teaching and learning methods
The course will be presented to the student
through lectures, panel discussions, or assignments and exercises, discussion
and dialogue
Methods of assessments
Methods
of evaluating students in this course:
(class work 40% & final 60%)
Class
work is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks.
Final
exam is in a form of written exam.
References
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Main Contents of the Course
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Scientific topics
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Week
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Readings / References / Notes
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Word Classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, ... etc)
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1
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Nouns
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2
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Countable
and uncountable nouns
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3
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Derivation
of nouns
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4
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Abstract
vs concrete nouns
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5
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Pair
nouns( e.g trousers- glasses….etc)
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6
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Compound
nouns ( two nouns together ,e.g bread knife, a paper gag…etc)
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7
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Possessive
nouns
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8
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Function
of nouns ( subject, object…etc)
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9
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Subject
- verb- agreement
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10
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Sentence
structure
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11
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Verbs
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12
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Tenses
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13
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Determiners
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14
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