Grammar and Business Technology: Past, Present, and Future
ESL 803AB High-Intermediate Grammar
T Th 10:10 – 12:00
Bldg. 13-213
Instructor: Marina Brodskaya
brodskaya@smccd.net
Office hours: 13-217 after class and by appointment.

Welcome to the Class!

Course Description.
The course is designed to provide a supportive classroom environment in which students are encouraged and expected to learn, review and apply concepts of English-language grammar. The students will be exposed to grammar through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. The objective of the course is to enable the students to apply the material to real-life situations appropriately and with confidence.

Recommended:
As a Canada College student you are eligible to sign up for a 10-week introductory offer to receive Newsweek Magazine for only 59 cents a week.

Textbook Required:
Grammar Links 3 Textbook by J. van Zante, D. Daise, Charl Norloff, and R. Falk and Grammar Links 3 Workbook. Both books are available at the Canada College Bookstore.

Your attendance and active participation is essential to your success in the course. Exams and homework are used to reinforce the material covered in class and to evaluate student's progress in the course. Please note: homework is to be completed before coming to class. In addition to the textbook and workbook, you are required to keep a floppy disk, which you will use for all your writing, and a folder in which you will collect examples from newspapers and magazines. You maybe be asked to share your notebooks and your writing with the class.

Grading Criteria:
Tests 20% Assignments and Journals 20% Attendance 20%
In-class Participation 20%, Pair and Group Work 20%
In addition, extra credit will be given for participation in cultural activities at Canada College and for forming study groups to work on grammar, keyboarding and word-processing

Additional Resources:
Canada College www.canadacollege.net
Canada College Library 306-3267 www.canadacollege.net/library
English Institute 306-3412 http://canadacollege.net/english_inst/index.html
Learning Center 306-3348 http://canadacollege.net/lrngctr

Please use them!