Compton Community College

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Number: ESL 9B Division: ESL and Foreign Languages

Course Title: Intermediate English for the Non-Native English Speaker

Hours Lecture: 5 Hours Lab: 0 Weeks: 18 Units: 5

Associate Degree Credit: Certificate Credit: NonCredit:

Transfer Code: UC: CSU: None: X

Prerequisite or Corequisite: Recommended: Appropriate score on the CELSA – English Language Skills Assessment test. Concurrent enrollment in ESL 9A and 9C.

Catalog Description:

This is an intermediate level English course designed for the non-English speaker. The course begins with a review of the verb usage covered in ESL 3B. It further develops oral and written skills in the usage of modal auxiliaries.

Needs/Justifications/Goals:

Modal auxiliaries are helping verbs that add to the verb special semantic component such as ability, obligation, possibility. Extensive practice in the use of modal auxiliaries is needed to enhance students’ oral and written skills.

Course Outline Prepared by:

Shemiran Lazar Date: October 15, 1999

Curriculum Committee Chair: Division Chair:

Janice Blume Carmela Aguilar

DATE BOARD APPROVED

TOP NO. 4930.80 USOE NO. 00000000 CLASSIFICATION T5/55001(A)(1)(C2)

CAN NO. N/A SAM CODE E

Compton Community College October 15, 1999

Course Outline for ESL 9B

Intermediate English for the Non-Native English Speaker

I. Catalog Description

ESL 9B, Intermediate English for the Non-Native English Speaker 5 Units

This is an intermediate level English course designed for the non-English speaker. The course begins with a review of the verb usage covered in ESL 3B. It further develops oral and written skills in the usage of modal auxiliaries.

II. Expected Outcomes for Students

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to perform the following activities with 70% accuracy.

A.  Distinguish the different meanings modals add to the verbs using context clues.

B.  Recognize that each modal indicates more than one meaning or use.

C.  Identify the modals and their tenses in sentences or paragraphs:

1.  Single-word modals.

2.  Two or three-word modals.

D.  Add different meanings to the verb by providing modals that:

1.  Relate to ideas like ability, possibility, or necessity.

2.  Indicate future time.

3.  Are used as softners to make sentences more polite.

E.  Demonstrate the ability to substitute modals with appropriate definitions without changing the context of the sentence.

F.  Demonstrate the ability to use:

1.  Single-word modals are not conjugated for third person singular; they have no [___s] suffix, and no infinitive or participial forms.

2.  Modals are followed immediately by the base form of a verb.

3.  Negative and question sentences are formed simply by:

a.  Adding ‘not’ directly after the modal in negative sentences.

b.  Moving the modal in front of the subject to make a question.

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G.  Apply grammatical rules related to modals to change the tense of the verb and the type of the sentence.

H.  Construct sentences for given clues using appropriate modals.

I.  Choose, from a list of modals, the appropriate modal to express a given situation.

J.  Discuss the possible meaning of the modal in a sentence.

III. Course Content

A.  Ability: physical ability/learned ability

1.  Present tense: can/be able to

2.  Past tense: could/be able to

3.  Future tense: can/be able to

B.  Permission

1.  Present tense: may/might/can/could

2.  Future tense: may/might/can/could

C.  Polite request

1.  Present tense: may/would/will/could/can

2.  Future tense: may/would/will/could/can

D.  Obligation or advisability

1.  Present tense: should/ought to/had better

2.  Future tense: should/ought to/had better

E.  Necessity

1.  Present tense: must/have to/have got to

2.  Past tense: had to

3.  Future tense: must/will have to/have got to

F. Lack of necessity

1. Present tense: do not have to

2. Past tense: did not have to

3.  Future tense: do not have to

G. Prohibition

1. Present tense: must not

2. Future tense: must not

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H. Warning

1.  Present tense: had better not

2.  Future tense: had better not

I. Possibility

1.  Present tense: may/might/can/could

2.  Future tense: may/might/can/could

J. Logical conclusion

1.  Present tense: must

K.  Preference

1.  Present tense: would rather

2.  Future tense: would rather

L.  Past custom (repeated action in the past)

1.  Past tense: would/used to

M.  Expectation

1.  Present tense: be supposed to/be to

2.  Past tense: be supposed to/be to

3.  Future tense: be supposed to/be to

N.  Future

1.  100% certainty: will/shall/be going to

2.  Willingness: will

3.  Definite plan: be going to

4.  Polite question: shall

IV. Methods of Presentation

A.  Classroom lectures

B.  Use of visual aids

C.  Student group discussion

D.  Textbook practice exercise

E.  Student small group exercise

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F.  Practice exercise

G. Use of index cards

V. Assignments and Methods of Evaluation

A.  Daily homework assignments

B.  Short quizzes

C.  Classroom demonstration

D.  Question/answer work in class

E. Mid-term and final exams

VI.  Textbook(s)

Krohn, Robert. English Sentence Structure. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of

Michigan. 1990.

Recommended:

Azar, Betty S. Understanding and Using English Grammar. Englewood Cliffs,

NJ: Regents/Prentice Hall. 1989.