Maricopa Community Colleges  ESL010   20016-20025 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/27/01

ESL010  20016-20025

LEC

3 Credit(s)

3 Period(s)

English as a Second Language I: Grammar

First level of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on basic conversational skills, pronunciation, vocabulary building and grammar. Some reading and sentence level writing. Credit (P) or no credit (Z). Standard grading available according to procedures outlined in catalog. May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) credits. Prerequisites: Appropriate ESL placement test score.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

ESL010  20016-20025

English as a Second Language I: Grammar

 

1.

Use the verb "to be" in both conversation and simple written sentences in the following tenses: simple present, imperative, present continuous, and simple past. (I)

2.

Use common English verbs in both conversation and simple written sentences in the following tenses: simple present, imperative, present continuous, and simple past. (I,II)

3.

Use subject and object pronouns in both conversation and simple written sentences. (III)

4.

Use common adjectives and adverbs, as well as possessive adjectives and adverbs of frequency, in both conversation and simple written sentences. (IV)

5.

Use common prepositions in both conversation and simple written sentences. (V)

6.

Use the following types of nouns in both conversation and simple written sentences: count (singular and plural) and non-count. (VI)

 

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

 

ESL010  20016-20025

English as a Second Language I: Grammar

 

 

I. The verb "to be"

A. Affirmative, negative, and interrogative

B. Short answer

C. Simple past form

D. Tag questions

E. "There is" and "there are"

II. Verb tense

A. Affirmative, negative, and interrogative

B. Imperative

C. Present continuous

D. Simple present

E. Simple past

F. Future with "going to"

G. Tag questions

III. Pronouns

A. Subject pronouns

B. Object pronouns

IV. Adjectives and adverbs

A. Other/another/some/any

B. Possessive adjectives

C. Adverbs of frequency

D. Cardinal and ordinal numbers

E. Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, those

V. Prepositions

A. Prepositions of place

B. Prepositions of time

VI. Nouns

A. Singular and plural

B. Non-count

 

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