This document provides a syllabus for a Basic English course offered at a technical education program. The 3-credit, one semester course is designed to develop English language fundamentals for non-native speakers through grammar explanations, exercises, and communication activities. Specific objectives include learning grammar rules, improving vocabulary, pronunciation, and participating in oral activities. Assessment methods incorporate essays, presentations, interviews, quizzes and tests to evaluate student progress in the course.

1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT SECRETARIAT
TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
SYLLABUS
Title of course : Basic English
Code : ENGL 1101
Duration : One (1) semester
Credits : Three (3)
Hours : Three (3) of conference
Date of revision : 2009
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2. ENGL 1101
Basic English
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for collage students that are learning English as a second
language. It develops the fundamental grammar comprehension through explanations
and variety of application exercises in order to lead them to communicative
performances when speaking and writing as well as understanding the language in
listening and reading activities. This course promotes vocabulary acquisition, especially
that within the students’ technological area, computer field and daily life.
GENERAL OBJETIVES
At the end of the course, students will:
1. Comprehend English grammar
2. Enrich their vocabulary
3. Apply skills studied in actual English communication activities
4. Compose correct sentences using grammar and vocabulary studied to convey their
ideas effectively
SPECIFIC OBJETIVES
During the course development, the students will:
1. Learn and apply grammar rules.
2. Use the correct word order
3. Improve pronunciation
4. Punctuate sentences correctly
5. Capitalize words correctly
6. Enrich their vocabulary
7. Participate in oral activites
CONTENTS
• Learn and apply the definite and indefinite articles – the, a, an
• Forms of regular and irregular noun plurals
• Expressing possession using ‘s or’ with nouns
• Substitute the nouns or noun phrases using subject, object, reflexive, and
possessive pronouns
• Learn and apply the different verb tenses ‘ past, present, future, infinitives and
gerunds
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Basic English
• Memorize verbs and verb forms
• Learn adjective classes
LEARNING STRATEGIES
• Conferences
• Critical thinking questions
• Network diagram
• Panel
• Cooperaive learning
• Special projects
• Moral dilemas
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
• Essay
• Exhibition/demonstration
• Interview
• Observation
• Performance task
• Portfolio
• Question & answer )oral=
• Quiz, test, examination
• Response journal
• Select response
• Self’assessment
• Cooperative learning
• Rubrics
EVALUACIÓN
• Periodical test
• Oral presentations
• Portfolios
• Special assigments
• Quizzes
• Daily class participation and Attendance
• Big books
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Basic English
CALIFICATION SISTEMS
100 - 90 A
89 - 80 B
79 - 70 C
69 - 60 D
59 - 50 F
TEXT
Thompon Heinle, More Grammar Practice 2 , ISBN: 083841902-X
REFERENCE
• Bibliografic
Hosley, M., Branchaw, B, English Made Easy Glencoe, Mc Graw Hill 4th Ed.
Sánchez, Amel. An Easy Way to Learn English and Spanish Grammar
Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, Inc., 2001 Ed. ISBN 1-881720-56-X
• Internet Site Resources
www.lonhmsn.com/topnotch
www.elt.thomson.com
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