This document provides a course syllabus for an Advanced English class. It outlines the course objectives, schedule, assignments, and resources. The syllabus covers topics like sentence structure, grammar elements, expanding phrases and clauses, sentence transformations, and the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It also includes chapters on writing essays and summaries. The goal is to facilitate advanced English study through explanations of grammatical structures and practicing language skills in English.
1. I
Preface
This book is designed facilitate the study of advanced
English, using only in English as mediums. It offers explanations
about English grammatical structure, and practicing skills
included the four skills of learning such as listening, speaking,
reading, writing, which emphasized on reading, writing, and
comprehension sentences forms that have vocabularies, and
sentences structures related with document in using for studies.
The book is also serving as a handbook for teachers who want to
teach grammatical structure of English in advanced. The author
feels very proud that the University especially Academic Service
Center: Faculty of Society Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya
University of Wat Rai Khing has published the book, giving him
another chance to serve the University and its executive board and
the leadership of the most venerable rector.
(PhramahaYotaChaiworamankul)
Academic Service Center: Faculty of Society
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Wat Rai Khing,Samphran,Nakornpathom
Thailand 1/11/ 2013
2. II
List of Abbreviations
A.D. Anno Domoni (Christian Year)
e.g. Exempli Gratia
EU Europe
Cpt Chapter
Comp Compendium of Philosophy
EB Encyclopaedia of English Language
ed. edited
ESL English as a Second Language
etc. et cetera/ and others
Ibid ibiden/ in the same book
i.e. that is to say
IT. International Technology
PR Personal Reception
MCU Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya
n. Noun
Op.cit opera citato/ as referred
3. III
p(p). page(s)
pl. plural
Sing. Singular
tr. translated
vol(s) volume(s)
SCANS Secretary's Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills
US United State of America
4. IV
Course Syllabus
Advanced English
Academic Service Center: Faculty of Social Science Wat
Rai Khing, Royal Temple, Samphran, Nakhonpathom
1. Code of Subject 000117, Credit Numbers 2(2-0-4)
Subject Advanced English
2. Credit Numbers 2(2-0-4
3. Curriculum Bachelor of Arts Program In
Buddhist Management
Section of Subject General Education
4. Instructor
PhramahaYotaPayutto (Chaiworamankul)
5. Academic Year/ Year
The 2nd
Semester/2013, the 1st
Year
6. Pre-requisite
000 116 Basic English
7.Co-requisites No
8. Educational Institution
5. V
Academic Service Center: Faculty of Social Science Wat
Rai Khing, Royal Temple, Samphran District,
Nakhonpathom
9. Latest Revision of Course Syllabus
5 November 2013
10.Teaching Planning
week Topics/details Hours Learning
Activities(ถ้ามี)
Instructor
1 1. Pre-test
2. Introduction to
Course Syllabus
2.1Course Syllabus
Description
2.2Course
Objectives
2.3 Learning
Activities
2 Explaining &
Example,
Slides, Power
Point
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
6. VI
week Topics/details Hours Learning
Activities(ถ้ามี)
Instructor
2.4 Evaluate
Methodology
2.5Assignment
2.6 Class
Attention
2 Sentence Structure 4 Lecture
Illustration
Work sheet,
Assignments
Slides, Power
Point
3 Punctuation in
English
2 Lecture
Illustration
Work sheet,
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
7. VII
week Topics/details Hours Learning
Activities(ถ้ามี)
Instructor
Assignments,
Slides, Power
Point
4-5 Clauses and
Sentence Structure
4 Lecture
Illustration,
Work sheet,
Assignments,
Slides,
Power Point
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
6-7 Expansion of
Phrases to Clauses
4 Lecture
Illustration,
Work sheet,
Assignments,
Slides,
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
8. VIII
week Topics/details Hours Learning
Activities(ถ้ามี)
Instructor
Power Point
8 Midterm Exam 2 PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
9-10 Reduction of
Clauses to Phrases
4 Lecture
Illustration,
Work sheet,
Assignments,
Slides,
Power Point
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
11-
12
Writing Essays and
Summaries
4 Lecture
Illustration
Work sheet,
Assignments,
Slides,
Power Point
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
9. IX
week Topics/details Hours Learning
Activities(ถ้ามี)
Instructor
13 Practicing Basic
Listening
and
Speaking
Proficiency
2 Lecture
Illustration,
Work sheet,
Vedio Clips,
Power Point
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
14 Practicing
ReadingProfi
ciency
2 Lecture
Illustration,
Work sheet,
Vedio Clips,
Power Point
Projector
PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
15 Conclusion 2 PhramahaYota
Chaiworamankul
16 Final Exam 2
11.Planning Evaluations of Learning Score
10. X
Num
ber
Evaluate Methodology
Week of
Evaluatio
n
Evaluation
Percentage
1
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
8
15
20%
50%
2 Presentation & Assignment
Whole
Semester
20%
3
Class Attention &
Participation
Whole
Semester
10%
12.Resources of Learning
1. Main Document
PhramahaYotaPayutto(Chaiworamankul) Advanced English.
Nakhornpathom : MCU. Rai Khing Printing. 2013
2.Important Documentary
3. Documentaries Descriptions and Suggested Readings
Documentaries Descriptions and Suggested Readings 000117
Advanced English
Bryant, Margaret (1945). A functional English grammar. D.C.
Heath and company.
11. XI
Carter Ronald, McCarthy, Michael (2006). Cambridge
Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide, Cambridge
University Press.
Cobbett, William (2003, originally 1818). A Grammar of the
English Language (Oxford Language Classics), Oxford University
Press.
Fries Charles, Carpenter. (1952). The structure of English; an
introduction to the construction of English sentences. New York:
Harcourt, Brace.
Greenbaum, Sidney (1996). Oxford English Grammar,
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Greenbaum, Sidney (1990). A Student's Grammar of the
English Language. Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Halliday M. A. K; Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M. (revised
by) (2004).An Introduction to Functional Grammar, 3rd. edition.
London: Hodder Arnold.
Huddleston, Rodney D. (1984) Introduction to the grammar
of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Huddleston, Rodney D. (1988) English grammar: An outline.
12. XII
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Huddleston, Rodney D.; Pullum, Geoffrey K., eds (2002).
The Cambridge grammar of the English language.Cambridge
University Press.
Huddleston, Rodney D.; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2005).A
student's introduction to English grammar.Cambridge University
Press.
Jespersen, Otto. (1909–1949). A modern English grammar on
historical principles (Vols. 1-7). Heidelberg: C. Winter.
Schibsbye, Knud (1970). A Modern English Grammar:
Second Edition. London: Oxford University Press.
Sledd, James. (1959) A short introduction to English
grammar Chicago: Scott, Foresman.
Strang, Barbara M. H. (1968) Modern English structure (2nd
ed.) London: Arnold.
Thomson, A. J. (Audrey Jean); Martinet, A. V. (Agnes V.)
(1986). A practical English grammar:Fourth Edition. Oxford
University Press.
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage edited by R.W.
13. XIII
Burchfield. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. 1996. Used with
the permission of Oxford University Press
Zandvoort, R. W. (1972) A handbook of English grammar
(2nd ed.) London: Longmans.
Contents
Page
Preface I
List of Abbreviations II
Course Syllabus IV
Contents XIV
Chapter 1 2
Background of the History of English Language 2
14. XIV
Phonemic 3
Morphemic 3
Syntactic 3
Semantic 3
Lexical 4
The Importance of English language 6
Conclusion 10
Exercise 11
Chapter 2 13
Sentence structure 13
Basic Sentence Structure 13
Sentence Structure 13
Subjects and Predicates 18
Subject 18
Predicate 19
Direct Object 19
Indirect Object 19
Subject Complement 20
15. XV
Summing Up Sentence Pattern 20
Basic Sentence Patterns 20
Tenses 21
Other 22
Conclusion 23
Exercise 24
Chapter 3 26
Sentence Patterns 26
Verb of Being Patterns 26
Linking Verb Pattern 26
Action Verb Pattern 27
The Ten Sentence Patterns 28
Conclusion 33
Exercise 34
Chapter 4 40
Elements of Sentence Structuring 40
Table Chart of Parts of Speech 40
Subject 42
Predicate 43
Phrases 44
Clauses 45
16. XVI
Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses 46
Compounding Sentence Elements 46
Words 47
Phrases 47
Clauses 47
Avoiding Fragments 48
Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 49
Error #1: The Comma Splice 49
Error #2: The Fused Sentence 50
Sentence Types and Punctuation 51
A Compound Sentence 52
A Complex Sentence 53
A Compound-Complex Sentence 53
Punctuation Patterns 54
Connectors—Compound and Complex 54
Sentences
A dependent (subordinate) Clause 54
may be introduced by:
Punctuations 55
Preposition 55
Conjunction 56
17. XVII
Transition 56
Review: Punctuation Marks 56
Apostrophe 57
Parentheses 59
Dash 59
Italics (underlining) 60
Quotation Marks 61
Quotation: 62
The Value of Punctuation 63
Table Chart of Punctuation Marks 64
English Tips 66
Conclusion 66
Exercise 68
Chapter 5 80
Expansion of Phrases to Clauses 80
What are Phrases and Clauses? 80
How Can We Identify Phrases and Clauses? 80
18. XVII
I
Five Basic Structures of Simple Sentences 83
Samples of Patterns Expanded with Clauses 85
and Phrases
Subject/Verb expanded with a dependent 85
relative clause and a prepositional phrase:
Subject/Verb/Object expanded with a 85
participial phrase:
Subject/Verb/Object expanded with a 85
dependent adverbial clause:
Subject/Verb/Object expanded with a 86
dependent relative clause:
Subject/Verb/Object expanded with all of 86
the above:
A Guide to Phrases and Clauses 86
Phrases 86
Clauses 87
Conclusion 88
Exercise 90
Chapter 6 95
Sentence Pattern Transformations 95
19. XIX
Transform to Passive Voice 95
To Create the Transformation 96
Transform to the Expletive there is / there are 97
Transform to Cleft/Divide 98
Method 1 98
Method 2 100
Past Tense 100
Present Tense 101
Past Tense 101
Transform to Negative 101
To Create the Negative Transformation 101
Transform to Interrogative with yes-no Answer 103
Transform to Interrogative 104
Interrogative Words 104
Transform to Emphasis / Emphatic 106
Transform to Imperative 106
Transform to Exclamatory 107
Answer the Question Active and Passive 108
Conclusion 110
Exercise 110
Chapter 7 114
Clause and Sentence Structure 114
20. XX
The Simple Sentence 114
The Compound Sentence 115
Special Cases of Compound Sentences 117
Compound-Complex 117
The Complex Sentence 118
Terminology 120
English Learning Tip 122
Conclusion 122
Exercise 123
Chapter 8 128
Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Phrases 128
Time: Since, After, and Before 128
General Rules 129
Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Phrases 130
(continuous)
Time: While (during the same time) 130
21. XXI
Cause and Effect 131
Time + Cause & Effect: Upon -ing/ On –ing 132
Adverb clauses 132
Part 1: Adverb Clauses 132
1. Introduction 132
Time 133
Cause and effect 133
Opposition 133
Condition 133
2. Time relationships with adverb 133
Clauses
3. Cause and effect relationships 135
with adverb clauses
Because 135
Since 136
Now that 136
As 136
22. XXII
As/so long as 136
In as much as (very formal) 137
Part 2: Other ways of showing cause 137
and effect relationships
1. Such … that and so … that 137
Using “In order to” 138
Using: So …that 139
Using: “because of” and “due to” 141
Using “therefore” 142
Part 3: Reduction of Adverb Clauses 143
to Modifying Phrases
1. Changing time clauses to 143
modifying phrases
Adverb clause 143
Modifying phrase 143
23. XXII
I
2. Expressing the idea of 144
“During the same time” in
Modifying phrases:
3. Expressing cause and effect 145
relationships in Modifying
phrases
Conclusion 146
Exercise 149
Chapter 9 153
The Four Skills of English Language 153
Introduction 153
Module Group 154
English Tip 155
Listening Skills 156
24. XXI
V
Why You Need Good Listening Skills 156
How to Listen Well 157
Barriers to Listening 158
Listening Starts Early 158
What is active listening? 159
Noise Distraction and Learning Styles 160
Noise Distraction and Personality Type 161
Avoiding Noise Distraction 162
Listening Comprehension Skill 163
Listening Situations 164
Micro-Skills 165
Speaking Skills 166
Speaking Situations 166
Micro-skills (Speaking) 167
Why We Need Good Speaking Skills 168
How to Speak English Well 169
How to Improve Our English Speaking 169
25. XX
V
What is Active Speaking? 171
English Tips 173
Reading Skills 174
Micro-Skills (Reading) 174
Why Is Reading Important? 176
How to Read Well? 180
Three Habits Acquired When We Learned 181
to Read
To Go into Alpha Brainwave State 181
Basic Rules of Reading Faster 182
Go into Alpha Brainwave State 182
Preview 182
Overview 183
Read 184
Summary 184
Writing Skills 185
Micro-Skills (Writing) 185
Why We Need Good Writing Skills 186
How to write Well? 188
26. XX
VI
Support Our Effort to Write Good 190
English with Observation
Conclusion 192
Exercise 193
Chapter 10 196
Writing Essays and Summaries 196
Introduction 196
The Basic Paragraph 197
The Short Essay 198
The Simple Essay 199
Introducing: 201
Prewriting: 201
Organization of Paragraph Form 202
What is a paragraph? 202
Title 202
What is a sentence? S+V.... 202
Capitalization five rules: 202