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Advanced English Grammar

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Semester Gasal 2014/2015
TBI-11015/ Group 3A
Tuesday, 5th (14.40-16.10) / N-2
Wednesday, 5th (14.40-16.10) / N-1
: Lulut widyaningrum
: 081335760823 / widyaningrum.lulut@yahoo.co.id

Course Description:
This course is designed to help students develop ability to recognize language
structures that are used correctly and to identify word and phrases that are used
incorrectly. Since this course is adapted from the section two of TOEFL, it consists of
two parts both structure and written expression.
Goals:
The course is aimed to develop students ability to identify the correct word, phrases,
or clauses needed to complete individual sentences and to detect errors in standard
written English sentences. Therefore, by the end of this course, they will be able to
answer the section two of TOEFL questions.
Course Plan (tentative)
Meeting
Topic
1
Course Overview
2
Subject Verb-Agreement:
verb agreement, tense and form
3
Pronoun:
Pronoun form, agreement and reference
4
Full Subordination:
Compound and Complex sentence; Adjective Clause
5
Full Subordination:
Adverb and Noun clauses
6
Parallel Structure:
With coordinate conjunction, paired conjunction and comparison
7
Comparative and Superlative:
Form and use of comparative & superlative
8
MIDTERM EXAM
9
Word Form:
Problem with the form of verb: After have, will, would and be
Problem with the use of verb: use have and had correctly, use
the correct tense with time expressions, use the correct tense
with will and would.
10
Word Form:
Problem with the form of Noun, pronoun, adjective and Adverb
11
Word Order:
Inversion
12
Articles and Prepositions
13
Correct Usage:
Make vs Do; Like, alike and Unlike; Other, another, others and
the Others; sit/set, rise/raise, lie/lay
14
Redundancies and/or unnecessary repetition
15
Feedback and final review
16
FINAL TEST

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References

Philip, D. 1996. Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL test. New York:
Addison Wesley Longman.
ETS. 2003. Test Preparation Kit, 2nd Edition. NJ: ETS.
King, C and Nancy Stanley. 1989. Building Skill for TOEFL. Jakarta: Bina Rupa
Aksara.
Gear, Jolene. 1993, Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL test, New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Pyle, M.A and M.E Munoz. 1991. TOEFL preparation Guide. NY: John Wiley & Son
(Cliffs Notes).
Any related sources from the website, books, or publications.

Course Activity Guideline:

1. The class activities are in the form of:
Giving brief presentation (Each presentation is not more that 30 minutes).
Discussing the questions provided by the presenter.
Checking understanding by answering questions provided by the lecturer and
discussing it.
Optional: Supplementary material and Material Review may be presented
during the course.
2. The class will be divided into groups based on the number of course materials.
Before giving presentation, each group should provide the presentation handout
for the class member and hand in the primary handout as well as the soft copy
file.
Projects:
Before the FINAL EXAM, students are required to collect portfolio that cover all
material of the courses. Make sure the portfolio organization consists of:
- topics
- definition/ explanation
- example
- example of TOEFL questions
Assessments
Daily Basis (Attendance, Activeness and involvement, Practical Assignment)
Group Presentation
Quizzes/ projects
Mid term test
Final test
Grading
80.100
75.79
70.74
65.69
60.64
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A
B+
B
C+
C
D (failed)

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