English Grammar

ENG 321-01 Winter 2013 Time: TTh 3:30-5:00 p.m. Classroom: MCK 101 Instructor: Dr. Sanoma Goodwill Office Hours: MWF 10-11 a.m. or by appointment Office: MCK 104A Phone: (808) 675-3363 email: sanoma.goodwill@byuh.edu

Prerequisites: Students taking this class must have passed English 101 and English 201 with at least a Cminus. Course Description: This course is designed to provide a principled basis for grammar decisions for writing and teaching. In addition, the critical importance of English grammar in the political and economic development of the international community will become obvious. First, a quick review of the development of the English Language from its prehistoric Indo-European to its current status as a world language will place the study of grammar in a historical context. Next, a brief study of the different approaches to grammar will provide helpful criteria for selection of writing manuals, grammar textbooks, and teaching methods. A clear distinction between the objectives of prescriptive and descriptive grammars will be emphasized. Students whose objective in taking the course is to improve the grammar of their own writing will become skilled in the use of handbooks and manuals as they learn the structure of English and the terminology used to describe its elements. The greatest portion of the semester will comprise a detailed analysis of the basic grammar of standard written English, using the textbook Analyzing English Grammar6th edition by Thomas P. Klammer, Muriel R. Schulz, and Angela Della Volpe. This text begins with a chapter defining grammar and the second chapter introduces varieties of English, regionally and socially distinguishable both locally and internationally. To cap the semesters learning experience, each student will do a written critique of a grammar text or handbook and present an oral report of the evaluation to the class. Course Objectives: This course is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to use grammar and writing skills in their careers or to teach English to either native speakers of English or to speakers of English as an additional language. Students completing this course should accomplish the following: Survey briefly the history of English and traditional and scientific grammars

Be able to describe and analyze grammatical structures using correct terminology Have principle-based criteria for selection of grammar and writing handbooks, textbooks, and teaching materials and methods

Required Texts: 1. Klammer, Thomas P., Muriel R. Schultz, and Angela Della Volpe. Analyzing English Grammar. 7th ed. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-205-25252-7 ISBN-10: 0-205-25252-4 2. A grammar text or handbook of your choosing. Perhaps you have one from an earlier writing class, or you can check one out from the library for the assignments and class discussions as needed. 3. Access to a good dictionaryyour own or in the library. You will also be asked to use the Oxford English Dictionary commonly known as the OED. This is available in the Reference section of the library and on-line. SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS English 321 Winter 2012 Subject to Radical Revision WEEK 1 DATE T 1/8 READ BEFORE todays class Introduction DUE: Exercises 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 for ungraded credit. Check Ex. 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 Quiz over Introduction DUE for todays class In class ASSIGNMENTS for the next class Do exercises 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. Th 1/10 READ: -Preface -Chapter 1 Introduction, pgs. 1-19 --Do exercises 2.1, 2.2, & 2.3. Write out your thinking to the -Do exercises 3.1- 3.6 for ungraded credit. -Explore Canvas 2 T 1/15 Medical appointment NO CLASS NO CLASS --Do exercises 2.1, 2.2, & 2.3. Write out your thinking to the questions asked. -Do exercises 3.1- 3.6 for ungraded credit. -Explore Canvas Th 1/17 READ: DUE: exercises Spot check -Do all exercises 3.7 to 3.12 for ungraded -Ch 2 Varieties of English 2.1, 2.2, & 2.3. and exercises.

material in Ch. 1 questions asked.

pgs. 20-38 - Ch. 3 "The Morphology of English" pgs. 39-52 3 T 1/22 Read Ch. 3 "The 52-64

exercises 3.1 -3.6

credit. Do Morphology exercise for a grade

DUE: Exercises ungraded credit. Morphology exercise for a grade

Spot check 3.11 for ungraded credit. Take Checkup quiz on morphology Spot check exercises in class

Do all of exercises 4.1-

Morphology of English" pgs. 3.7 to 3.12 for

exercises.3.8 to 4.6

Th 1/24 Read Ch. 4 Form-Class Words, pgs. 65-79 4 T 1/29 Read chapter 4 to the end (76-93) Adjectives and Adverbs, Analyzing Form and Function. Th 1/31 5 T 2/5 READ: -Ch. 5 Structure-Class Words, Part 1: Modifying Words pgs. 97-113 Th 2/7

DUE: exercises 4.1-4.6.

Do all of exercises 4.74.14 for ungraded credit. Do exercises 5.1 through 5.4, for ungraded credit.

DUE: 4 .7-4.14, in Spot check for ungraded credit. exercises in class Check-up Quiz: Form Classes

DUE:exercises 5.1 through 5.4, for ungraded credit.

Spot check exercises in class

Do exercises 5.5 through 5.8 for ungraded credit. Do graded exercise Diagramming

READ: Ch. 5 Structure-Class DUE: Exercises Words, Part 1: Qualifiers to 5.5-5.8 for the end, pgs. 113-131. ungraded credit and graded exercise Diagramming.

Spot check exercises in class

Review for Exam

T 2/12

EXAM 1 in the Testing Center during class time only.

EXAM 1 in the Testing Center only.

EXAM 1 in the

Do ex. 6.1 for

Testing Center ungraded credit. time only. 6.1 in class. -Go over exam Spot check exercises in Do graded exercise Structure-Class words Do exercise 7.1- 7.5 for ungraded credit.

during class time during class DUE: Exercise 6.1 -Check exercise Do 6.2- 6.7; for ungraded credit DUE: Exercises 6.2- 6.7 for

Th 2/14 Read Ch. 6 Structure Class Words, Part II: Connecting Words pgs. 132-139 7 T 2/19 Read Ch. 6 Structure Class Words, Part II: Connecting

Words, pgs. 139-157

ungraded credit, class and for a grade Structure-Class Words

Th 2/21 Read Ch. 7 Phrases, pgs.158-184 8 T 2/26 Read Ch. 7 Phrases, pgs. 184-206

DUE: Exercises 7.1-7.5 for ungraded credit.

Spot check exercises in class DUE: Exercises

Do even numbers of exercises 7.6-7.11 Do exercises 8.1-8.6 for ungraded credit.

DUE: Exercises 7.6-7.11 for ungraded credit

7.6-7.11 for ungraded credit

Th 2/28 Read Ch. 8 Five Basic Sentence Types, pgs. 207227 9 T 3/5 Read Ch. 8 Five Basic Sentence Types, pgs. 227248

DUE: Exercises 8.1-8.6 for

Spot check exercises in

All of exercises 8.78.16 for ungraded credit. Do exercises 9.1- 9.10 for ungraded credit.

ungraded credit. class DUE: Exercises 8.7-8.16 for ungraded credit. Spot check exercises in class Checkup Quiz Sentence Types

Th 3/7

Read Ch. 9 Basic Sentence 272

DUE: Exercises ungraded credit. 9.11-9.18 for ungraded credit.

Spot check exercises in class Spot check exercises in class Exam II in the

Do exercises 9.119.18 for ungraded credit Review for Midterm II

Transformations, pgs. 249- 9.1-9.10 for 10 T 3/12 Read Ch. 9 to the end, pages DUE: Exercises 272-294

Th 3/14 Exam II in the Testing Center during class time only 11 T 3/19 Read Ch. 10 Finite Verb

Exam II in the Testing Center only DUE: Exercises ungraded credit

Do exercises 10.1credit. Do exercises 11.111.3 for ungraded credit. Do exercises 11.111.3 for ungraded credit.

Testing Center 10.10 for ungraded time only Spot check exercises in class NO CLASSES

during class time during class

Clauses, Part I pgs. 295-331 10.1 - 10.10 for Th 3/21 EMPOWER YOUR DREAMS NO CLASSES

12

T 3/26

PRINCE KUHIO DAY

NO CLASSES

NO CLASSES

Do exercises 11.111.3 for ungraded

credit. Th 3/28 Read Ch. 11 Finite Verb Clauses, Part II: Nominal Clauses, pgs. 332-346 13 T 4/2 Read Ch. 11 Finite Verb Clauses, Part II: Nominal Clauses, pgs. 346-358 Th 4/4 Phrases, pgs. 359-383 14 T 4/9 Read Ch. 12 Nonfinite Verb Phrases, pgs. 383-403 Th 4/11 DUE: Exercises 11.1- 11.3 for ungraded credit. DUE: Exercises 11.4- 11.6 for ungraded credit. 12.1-12.7 for ungraded credit. DUE: Exercises 12.8-12.13 for ungraded credit Final held MCK 101 from 7-8 p.m. Student 7:00 to 9:50 p.m. reports on Final Book Evaluations Spot check exercises in class Spot check exercises in class Spot check exercises in class Spot check exercises in class 8-9:50 p.m. Test III in the Do exercises 12.812.13 for ungraded credit. Prepare for your presentation and Review for Final PAU Do exercises 11.411.6 for ungraded credit Do exercises 12.1-12.7 for ungraded credit.

Read Ch. 12 Nonfinite Verb DUE: Exercises

Project: Grammar classroom

This course will fulfill the English Department Learning Outcomes, which expect students to

1. Comprehend and reflect upon the intellectual, moral, and aesthetic value and richness of literary texts. 2. Learn about and engage in informed discourse and debate about selected works of literature, criticism, and theory. 3. Find, analyze, evaluate, and assimilate new information related to the field of English studies. 4. Compose, revise, critique, and refine persuasive critical papers in edited English. 5. Communicate in a clear, concise, and convincing manner in public and professional settings. 6. Understand, organize, integrate, and document successfully data from primary and secondary sources. 7. Work effectively with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.