21G.213 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

High-Intermediate Academic Communication

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction

2 Basic Grammar (Parts of Speech, Parts of Sentences, and Sentence Types)

3 Logical Connectors / Connectives

4 Adjustments in Connected Speech

5

Interaction Gambits

Adverb Clauses

6 Reducing Adverb Clauses

7 Adjective Clauses Appositives

8 Participal Phrases Progress report memo #1 due
9

Correcting Dangling Modifiers

Noun Clauses

10 Essay Organization Quiz #1
11 Paraphrase

12 Word / Sentence Stress
Debate Gambits
Short essay due
13

Gerunds and Infinitives

Debate #1

14 Jigsaw Puzzle: A Doctor’s Dilemma

15

Order of Cumulative Adjectives

Articles

16 Article Usage with “Last” and “Next”

17 Thought Group / Prominence

18 Review of Verb Tenses
Tense Shift in Oral Narratives

19 Conditionals

20

Jigsaw Puzzle: Soft Power

Presentation Gambits

21 Debate #2 Progress report memo #2 due
22

Quiz #2
23 Presentations

24 Presentations (cont.) Final essay due
25 Course Wrap-Up

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Spring 2004
Level
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments with Examples