Mindanao State University Gensan

Barangay Fatima, General Santos City

South Cotabato, Philippines, 9500

I. Course Code: ELE 129

II. Course Title: Teaching and Assessment of Grammar
III. Course Description
This course equips the pre-service English teachers with an understanding between and among
the four types of grammar; functional, descriptive, prescriptive, and pedagogic. Aside from the
emphasis on how teaching and assesment vary consedring the four types, the course also
provides an avenue to carry out analysis on the role of grammar in achieving communicative
competence. Specifically , it allows them to demonstrate linguistic profeciency as an important
factor in promoting their students’ litercy skills. As a manifestation of this competencyz they are
required to apply their teaching strategies that are responsive to their students’ linguistic
backgrounds considering the principles of fomative and summative assessments.
IV. Course Credit (Units) : Three (3)
V. Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, the pre-service teachers should be able to:
A. Design a compendium of assessment task- formative and summative, which are
consistent with the selected competencies;
B. Craft a learning plan that promotes literacy among their students by incorporating their
principled understanding of assessment of grammar and;
C. Conduct a teaching demonstration using innovative teaching approaches and tasks that
are responsive to the students’ linguistic needs.

VI. Course Requirement:

 Lesson Plan
 Demonstration Teaching
 Modules and Activities
VII. Course Grading System

 Attendance 10
 Modules, Activities, and Course Major Requirements 50
 Major Examinations 40
TOTAL 100 %