4. ABOUT THE SUBJECT
English Plus is a course which aims to improve the English language
proficiency of College Freshmen by learning critical grammatical structures
necessary for communicative functions such as narrating, describing,
giving directions, etc. And to acquire adequate vocabulary needed for
academic study. The learner will master fundamental grammar concepts
and apply this knowledge to written documents, oral speaking skills and in
the End-of-Course assessment.
5. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the students would be able to:
1.To acquire adequate vocabulary needed for academic study through
various strategies.
2.To learn the critical grammatical structures necessary for communicative
functions such as narrating, describing, giving directions, etc.
3. To develop the ability to see the grammatical relationships between
words, group of words, and sentences within the discourse level.
4.To develop the ability to use cohesive devices to come up with a
meaningful discourse.
9. VOCABULARY
-the words that make up a language
-all the words known and used by a person
-words that are related to a particular subject
10. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
-Structural analysis is dividing words into parts to discover what an
unknown word means.
Example:
The president aims to decentralize control and supervision over some
matters.
de- center -al -ize
Meaning: distribution of function and powers from a central authority to
regional or local authorities
12. PREFIXES
-word parts which are placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its
meaning.
Examples:
dis (negate/remove) + advantage = disadvantage
en (intensify) + rage = enrage
13. EXAMPLES OF COMMONLY USED PREFIXES
PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
a- also an- not, without atheist, anemic
ab- also abs- away, from abdicate, abstract
ad- also a-, ac-, af-, ag- al-, an-,
ap-, at- as-, at-
movement to, change into,
addition or increase
advance, ascend, affiliate, annotate, apprehend
de- down, away descend, deduct
en- also em- put into or on engulf, enmesh
bring into the condition of enlighten, embitter
intensification entangle, enrage
hyper- beyond, more than, more
than normal
hypersonic, hyperactive
hypo- under hypodermic, hypothermia
inter- between, among interact, interchange
14. ROOT WORDS
A root word is a word that forms the basis of new words by adding affixes (prefixes or
suffixes).
They may be able to stand alone or act as word stems.
15. ROOT WORDS THAT CAN STAND ALONE
act – to move or do
arbor – tree
crypt – to hide
ego – I
form – shape
legal – related to law
norm – typical
phobia - fear
16. ROOT WORDS AS WORD STEMS
acri – bitter
astro – star
aud – hear
auto – self
carn – flesh
corp – body
cred – believe
dict – say
micro – small
multi – many
port - carry
17. SUFFIXES
-word parts which are added at the end of a word which make a new word
Example:
wreck + age = wreckage
key + less = keyless
