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English Language Syllabus 2010 Aim : Students will be able to communicate effectively in English
How to build the competency in our students? Six Language Skills - Listening and Viewing - Reading and Viewing - Speaking and Representing - Writing and Representing - Grammar - Vocabulary
Desired Outcomes Listen, read and view (Receptive Skills) -critically and with accuracy, understanding and appreciating a wide range of texts from print & non-print
Desired Outcomes Speak, write and represent (Productive Skills) -in standard English that is grammatical, fluent and appropriate for different purposes, audiences, contacts & cultures
Desired Outcomes Grammar & Vocabulary -Understand and use standard English grammar and vocabulary accurately & appropriately -understand how speakers/writers put words and use language to communicate meaning and achieve impact
GRAMMAR LINKS
O Nouns O Verbs O Adjectives WORD CLASSES
NOUNS O Nouns: words used to name things, ideas, people, place and events
NOUNS Proper vs Common Countable vs Uncountable Collective Abstract vs Concrete
VERBS O Verbs: words used to talk about actions or to describe a state of things.
VERBS Action Eg. Running walking Saying Eg. promise, ask shout Linking Eg. is/are, become Sensing Eg. watch, hear Mental Eg. worry, imagine
ADJECTIVES O Adjectives: words which describe how things, people or places look or feel
ADJECTIVES O Comparative O Superlative Examples: Smarter Stronger Bigger sillier Examples: Smartest Strongest Biggest silliest
THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS! O STEP 1: Tenses O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement O STEP 3: Special Rules (tag questions, VNV, indefinite pronouns, either or, neither nor and nouns in apposition)
Step 1: CHECK FOR TENSES O Look for the tense of the statement (hint: which word class will show a change in tense?) O Underline the verb in the sentence. The verb will reflect the tense!
CHECK FOR TENSES The car past us just now.
CHECK FOR TENSES (past tense) The car past us just now.
CHECK FOR TENSES (present tense) Jim to talk very loudly when others are talking.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (singular noun) The seamstress the clothes according to what the customers want. (present tense)
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (collective noun) The furniture in the flat destroyed in the fire yesterday. (past tense)
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT I met the team of students who going to Perth next month.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (collective noun, singular) (present continuous) I met the team of students who going to Perth next month.
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) Dawn did her homework last evening, she? do, did, does : positive!
STEP 3: SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) Dawn did her homework last evening, + she? -
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The kitten is licking its tail, it? 1) is 2) isn t 3) was 4) wasn t
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The kitten is licking its tail, it? 1) is 2) isn t 3) was 4) wasn t
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The children would help their mother to clean the house, they? 1) wouldn t 2) would 3) will 4) won t
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) The children would help their mother to clean the house, they? 1) wouldn t 2) would 3) will 4) won t
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) He knew the way to the library, he? 1) didn t 2) does 3) did 4) do
SPECIAL RULE (QUESTION TAG) He knew the way to the library, he? 1) didn t 2) does 3) did 4) do
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) (indefinite pronoun) Everyone responsible for the cleanliness in the classroom this year. (present tense) 1) is 2) are 3) was 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) (indefinite pronoun) Everyone responsible for the cleanliness in the classroom this year. (present tense) 1) is 2) are 3) was 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) Nobody where the books are kept. (indefinite pronoun) (present tense) 1) know 2) knew 3) knows 4) knowing
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) Nobody where the books are kept. (indefinite pronoun) (present tense) 1) know 2) knew 3) knows 4) knowing
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) He knows that someone at the door. (present tense) (indefinite pronoun) 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (INDEFINITE PRONOUNS) He knows that someone at the door. (present tense) (indefinite pronoun) 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither you nor I in the wrong. (singular noun) 1) is 2) am 3) are 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither you nor I in the wrong. (singular noun) 1) is 2) am 3) are 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither the teachers nor the pupils the bus to school everyday. (plural noun) 1) take 2) takes 3) taken 4) taking
SPECIAL RULE (NEITHER NOR ) Neither the teachers nor the pupils the bus to school everyday. (plural noun) 1) take 2) takes 3) taken 4) taking
SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either Sarah or the girls to remain in class. (plural noun) 1) is 2) has 3) have 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either Sarah or the girls to remain in class. (plural noun) 1) is 2) has 3) have 4) were
SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either the boys or John a solution to the problem. (singular noun) 1) had 2) has 3) have 4) having
SPECIAL RULE (EITHER OR ) Either the boys or John a solution to the problem. (singular noun) 1) had 2) has 3) have 4) having
SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (singular noun) Hanna, as well as her classmates, at the library every evening this month. 1) study 2) studies 3) studied 4) studying (present tense)
SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (singular noun) Hanna, as well as her classmates, at the library every evening this month. 1) study 2) studies 3) studied 4) studying (present tense)
SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (plural noun) The teachers, as well as the Principal, the meeting today. 1) attends 2) attend 3) attending 4) Attended
SPECIAL RULE (NOUNS IN APPOSITION) (plural noun) The teachers, as well as the Principal, the meeting today. 1) attends 2) attend 3) attending 4) Attended
THE 3 STEPS IN GRAMMAR LINKS! O STEP 1: Tenses O STEP 2: Subject-verb agreement O STEP 3: SPECIAL RULES
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