VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HO CHI MINH CITY

UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE

COURSE SYLLABUS
I. Course Title: ADVANCED GRAMMAR C1
II. Course Code: NVA003.3
III. Course Credits: 2 credits (Theory: 1 credit, Practice: 1 credit)
IV. Course Prerequisites: Students are required to have passed the two courses in Grammar B2.
V. Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to
 Systemize all sentence types and structures in English
 Distinguish the uses of English tenses and verb forms
 Examine all the complex and diversified ways of expressing meanings by using modals
 Recognize and distinguish the uses and forms of passive form
 Recognize and classify English nouns
 Examine all the complicated uses of English articles, explain and practice the use of articles in all
kinds of texts
 Distinguish between determiners and pronouns and their uses
 Recognize and classify adjectives, acquire all the rules about fixed and unfixed positions of adjectives
to express the proposition
 Recognize adverbs, examine the meaning and function of all the types of adverbs and the positions of
adverbs in texts
 Distinguish verbal complements
 Distinguish different kinds of prepositions and adverb particles, recognize all the forms of phrasal
verbs, emphasize practice to use prepositions and phrasal verbs skillfully
 Apply acquired knowledge into exercises and language production
 Justify the uses of acquired grammatical structures in given and self-produced texts
 Develop key transferable skills and attitudes

VI. Texts and Materials

Required texts and materials
 Yule, G. (2009). Oxford practice grammar: Advanced. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Yule, G. (2009). Oxford practice grammar advanced: Supplementary exercises with keys.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Supplementary materials and free online courses
 Hewings, M (2006). Advanced grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 Swan, M (2005). Practical English usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Oxford Online English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jul2urONzOQ&list=PLD6t6ckHsruY_i7_rZhKcRBmXDdawiq
UM
 Cambridge Dictionary-Grammar: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/
 Verb tenses & Passives: https://www.coursera.org/learn/verb-passives?specialization=advanced-
grammar-punctuation
 Conjunctions, Connectives & Adverb Clauses: https://www.coursera.org/learn/conjunctions-
connectives-adverb-clauses?specialization=advanced-grammar-punctuation
 Noun Clauses & Conditionals: https://www.coursera.org/learn/noun-clauses-
conditionals?specialization=advanced-grammar-punctuation
 Advanced Grammar & Punctuation Project: https://www.coursera.org/learn/noun-clauses-
conditionals?specialization=advanced-grammar-punctuation

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 VII. Assessment Scheme

Assessment Tasks Points Percent Score Percent of Note

Total Grade
A1. Quiz 1 10 points 35% Midterm 30% To be computed
A2. Quiz 2 35% by the University
A3. Project 1 15% Admission Office
A4. Project 2 15%
100%
A4. Final test 10 points 100% Final 70%
100%
Passing grade: 5/10
VIII. Exam Information
GAP FILLING (20 items/2 pts)
ERROR CORRECTION (10 items/2 pts)
VERB FORMS (20 items/2 pts)
WORD TRANSFORMATION (20 items/2 pts)
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 items/2 pts)

IX. Course Policies

 Attendance will be checked every class meeting either in terms of short quizzes, activity
participation or roll calling. Students who are absent for more than 20% of the total number
of class periods will be forbidden from taking the final examination.
 Penalty for lateness or skipping some periods may vary according to lecturers’ policies.
 Absence should be informed to lecturers before or after the day. Students are responsible for
getting the information they have missed. There are no make-ups for in-class writing, quizzes, the
midterm, or the final exam.
 The use of mobile phones and/or laptops for personal purposes without lecturers’ permission is
forbidden during class time.
 Cheating and plagiarism are severely punished.
X. Tentative schedule
Session Content
1 Unit 1: Sentences Unit 2: Tenses 1
2 Unit 2: Tenses 2 Unit 3: Modals 1
3 Unit 3: Modals 2 Unit 4: Negatives & Questions
4 Unit 5: Passive voice Unit 6: Articles & nouns
5 Review QUIZ 1 (Units 15)
Unit 7: Determiners & quantifiers Unit 8: Pronouns, subsitution & ellipsis
6
Project 1 Submission
7 Unit 9: Adjectives & adverbs Unit 10: Prepositions
8 Unit 11: Infinitives & gerunds Unit 12 & 13: Reporting & Noun clauses
9 Unit 14: Relative clauses Unit 15: Conditionals
Unit 16: Adverbial clauses Unit 17: Connectors & focus structures
10
QUIZ 2 (Units 115)
Review Mock tests
11
Project 2 Submission

Designed by
Department of English Language Skills

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