Mar 28, 2024  
2022-23 Catalog 
    
2022-23 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Favorites (opens a new window)

ENGL 105 - Grammar & Communication


5 CR

Provides an analytical overview of English grammar and sentence patter<$! >ns, with emphasis on how language creates meaning. Students learn to clarify and control their own writing and understand various grammatical structures of English.

Prerequisite(s): Placement by assessment; or ENGL 92  or ENGL 93  with a C- or better.

Course Outcomes
  • Identify basic parts of speech (e.g. articles, nouns, adjectives, verbs)
  • Describe the structure, function, and punctuation of phrases (e.g., noun phrases, adverb phrases, verb phrases) and identify these elements in their own writing
  • Describe the structure, function, and punctuation of clauses and identify these elements in their own writing
  • Describe the basic sentence patterns of English (e.g., subject-verb, subject-verb-direct object, subject-linking verb-complement, etc.) and identify these patterns in their own writing
  • Describe some of the basic transformations of these patterns (e.g., passive voice, inversions, relative clauses, verbal phrases, etc.) and identify these in their own writing
  • Identify and use the major verb tenses in English
  • Demonstrate their understanding of the fundamentals by editing their own writing to improve communication
  • Identify some of the basic differences between the sentence patterns and conventions of English and those of other languages (e.g., word order, use of tenses, gender agreement, cases, etc.)



Find out when this course is offered




Add to Favorites (opens a new window)