“X” International University

Department of English
Undergraduate Program: B. A. in English

Course Outline

Course Code: ENG 1004

Course Title: Advanced Grammar and Writing Skills.

Credit Value: 2 hours per week

Course Duration: January 2023 - March 2023.

Class Schedule: Monday and Wednesday (11 am- 12pm)

Counselling Time: 10th and 27th day in a month (9am-11am)

Introduction of the Course Instructors

Name Area Office Phone Number E-mails

Address

Mumtahena Akter Supti Grammar 22/A, Banani, 017******** [email protected]

Dhaka.
Amina Islam Grammar 22/A, Banani, 017******** [email protected]
Dhaka.

Farenda Tasnim Writing 22/A, Banani, 017******** [email protected]

Dhaka.

Sadia Khondokar Ishita Writing 22/A, Banani, 017******** [email protected]

Dhaka.

Course Overview

Course Code: ENG 1004

Course Name: Advanced Grammar and Writing Skills.

Introduction of the course

This is the first course in the Advanced Grammar and Academic English: Writing
specialization, and it is a more advanced writing course that gives emphasis on the different
parts of grammar. In this course, the grammar part will provide students with a comprehensive
review of the grammar and writing skills necessary to be successful in their academic and
professional life. Learning how to properly use English grammar will not only help them excel
in writing academic essays and passing entrance exams, but more importantly, it will help them
improve their everyday, work-related writing and email correspondence. Divided up into 24
easy-to-understand lessons, this grammar course concentrates on usage, the mechanics of a
sentence, spelling, and a general review of grammatical problem areas. Each lesson focuses on
frequent errors, illustrates concepts with real-world examples, suggests strategies, and provides
review worksheets, activities, and assignments to ensure skill mastery. Lessons also offer
additional study guides for further learning. This course is ideal for all types of students who
want to get an edge on taking a high school, college, or job-related English exam--as well as
anyone wishing to update and improve their grammar and writing skills. It will help students
raise the level of their writing and make them more aware of the type of writing they can expect
at an academic level. They will learn what a thesis statement is, and how it is used in a sentence.
In the Advanced Writing Course, students will write different types of essays and expand
various writing skills including error correction, grammar usage, punctuation usage, style,
summarizing, and paraphrasing. The course will help students to improve their ability to write
different types of essays and fine-tune their writing skills. A variety of writing concepts and
techniques are illustrated to guide you in developing clearer, more organised writing. Also,
They will have the chance to practice effective revision of their work with the guidance of their
tutor.

General Objective

1. To set a syllabus and lesson plan on Advanced Grammar Skills for University level
students.
2. To set a syllabus and lesson plan on Writing Skills for University level students.
3.

Specific Objectives

1. To have correct knowledge of English and to apply it.

2. To learn about different grammatical items which are interconnected with writing skill.
3. To demonstrate the capacity to use various writing forms (for example , dialogue,
summary, essay, paragraph, letter, report writing etc.)
4. To know the structure of paragraph and essay writing.

Course Topics

1. Grammar Parts
- Article
- Sentence
- Tense
- Parts of Speech
- Right form of verbs

2. Writing part
- Product-process writing
- Dialogue
- Letter
 - Summary writing
- Paragraph writing
- Report writing

Required course Materials

S Name of the Book Author(s) Publisher Publication

l Year

1 Applied English grammar Das, P. C. New Central 2012

and composition Book Agency

2 The Oxford English Greenbaum, S. New Delhi 2005

grammar Oxford
University Press

3 Introduction to Paragraph Peptia Asrining T, Deepublish 2022

Writing & Inayati, D

4 Academic writing skills for Siew Hean R. Macmillan 2019

international students International
Higher Education

Supplementary Materials

A class packet that includes detailed sections on all topics covered in the class.

Supplementary texts and references -

1. Academic Writing for Graduate Students - Essential Tasks and Skills. Second Edition.

John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak. 2004. The U. of Michigan Press.

2. Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts. John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak. 2009.

The U. of Michigan Press.

3. The Elements of Style. Fourth Edition. William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. 2000.

Longman.

4. On Writing Well. 30th Anniversary Edition. William Zinsser. 2006. HarperCollins

Publishers.

5. Writing for Computer Science. Second Edition. Justin Zobel. 2004. Springer.

6. Scientific Writing - A Reader and Writer’s Guide. Jean-Luc Lebrun. 2007. World

Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

7. Science Research Writing for Non-Native speakers of English. Hilary Glasman-Deal.

2010. Imperial College Press.

8. “The art of writing science.” Kevin W. Plaxco. 2010. Protein Science. Volume 19,

Issue 12, 2261-2266.

Methods of Evaluation/ Grading System

Events Weight

Semester Final Exam 50%

Mid Term Exam 20%

Attendance 5%
 Peer works and Assignments 5%

Class Test (Best 3 out of 4) 10%

Semester Final (50%)

At the end of the course, students will have to sit for their semester final
examination which will be considered as a summative assessment of the students.
Semester final will contain the whole contents of the entire semester and there
will be two divisions like, there will be 40% marks from grammatical items and
60% marks from writing comprehension. After passing through this exam
students will be eligible for admission in the next semester. And the final exam
will be on 100 marks but it will be converted into 50 marks later.

Items Marks

1. Article 5

2. Sentence 10

3. Tense 10

4. Parts of speech 5

5. Right form of verb 10

6. Summary writing 10
 7. Paragraph writing 10

8. Play writing 15

9. Report writing 10

10. Essay writing 20

Mid Term Exam (20%)

Mid-term exam is considered as the formative assessment. It generally happens
in the middle period of a semester. This exam carried 20% marks for the whole
semester. For mid term exam upon till the mid term exam arrives all the topics
will be included in the mid syllabus.

Weekly writing assignments and Peer responses (5%)

Students are required to write a paragraph or an essay each week or every other
week based on the content of the lecture delivery. All writing must be in academic
writing styles. The writing papers should include citations and references. Their
papers are highly evaluated based of the references that you search for the content.
Students are required to work in-group of four during the writing process. After
completing their writing assignment, they need to share their papers with their
peers to seek for help. Meanwhile, they have to read their peers’ papers and
provide comments to help them correct mistakes and word usages, reorganize the
ideas, make it in logical order, improve their writing quality in terms of unity,
coherence, and organization, etc.
Class Test (10%)
There will be the four-class test in the whole semester. The formative tests will
be held a test in three weeks. And best three class test will be counted. In the test
there will be both open-ended and close-ended questions. In first two class test
there will be taken test on grammar and later on writings. And all the details and
the syllabus are given in the course outline part with date.

Classroom Attendance (5%)

Students duty is to attend every class meeting. They are supposed to be on time.
Every 15-minute late will be counted. They have one day-off for free during the
course. The second time of absence will be counted as 10% minus; the third time
will be 20% minus. Students are not eligible to do the writing project if their
absences are more than three times of class meetings. However, in order to
acknowledge their patience in the learning process, if they fully participate in all
class meetings without any lateness or absence, they are rewarded 5% for their
final grades.
 Week One: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)

Topic: Sentence and Parts of Speech.

General Objective

1. Aim to a student to identify different types of sentences, different structure of sentence

and introduction of parts of speech.

Specific Objectives

1. Identify the four kinds of sentence structure.

2. Classify sentences according to structure.
3. Construct sentences using simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex
sentences.
4. Identify and differentiate dependent from independent clauses.
5. Introduction to parts of speech.

Introduction

This first week’s lesson plan focuses on empowering students to know about sentences and
their uses in sentences. The lesson plan also enables them to reconstruct their ideas by writing.
There are two reference books to guide them. Sentences are just the source of expressing human
emotions. While a student is writing, s/he should give more emphasis on sentence structure.

Materials

Powerpoint presentation, strips, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

References

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.

Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Outcomes Materials

Topics Activities
l Introductory 1. Ice-breaking. Warm- Up 10 mins 1. Knowing about PowerPoint,
Class & session and the course outline. Blackboard,
Instruction 2. Students' Introductory Worksheet
of Sentence expectations from session 2. Introducing each
the course. other.

3. Fundamental Discussion 10 mins 3. Knowing the

concept of the on the course structure of the
course. outline sentences with
examples.
4. Types of
Lecture 25 mins
Sentence Structure 4. Using different
with examples, types of sentences in
the paragraph
- Simple Exercise 10 mins
writing.
sentences
- Compound 5. Correct
sentences Homework 5 mins organisation of the
- Complex sentence.
sentences
- Compound-
complex
sentences

5. Writing a
paragraph using
structure of
sentence.

6. Setting
Homework writing
a story by using
four types of
sentences.

2 Clause and 1. Clause Warm-up 2 mins 1. Learning proper PowerPoint,

Introduction session uses of clauses. Blackboard,
to Parts of - Definition Worksheet
Speech - Types and 2. Students can
their Asking 8 mins differentiate
differences question
from
 - Examples Previous different types of
lesson clauses.
2. Practices clauses
by writing and 3. They can use
solving a Lectures 30 mins clauses in their
worksheet. writings.

3. Parts of Speech, 4. Learning Parts of

Exercise and 15 mins
Speech and
- Definition feedback
Identifying them.
- Types
- Identificatio Homework 5 mins 5. They will know
n and which parts of
examples. speech will be used
in which part of
4. Identifying Parts sentences.
of speech from an
essay. 6. They can
understand how
5. Giving Task. parts of speech are
connected with
sentences.
 Week Two: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)

Topic: Present Tense and Past Tense.

General Objective

1. To help students to know present tense, past tense and to understand in which
situation those tenses will be used.

Specific Objectives

1. To identify the verb and tense in a sentence by circling and labelling.

2. To write a sentence using the present tense and past tense.
3. To use present tense and past tense in writings.
4. To understand in which situation or time present tense and past tense will be
used.

Introduction:

This week's lesson plan will be focused on past tense and present tense. In this part they will
learn structures of the present and past tense. And later, they will use those structures in the
sentences. By this They will understand the usefulness of the past and present tense in a
sentence.

Materials: Powerpoint presentation, strips, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

References

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.

Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Outcomes Materials

Topics Activities
l Present 1. Start by showing Warm-up 2 mins 1. Learning about tense PowerPoint,
Tense the students the session with examples. Blackboard,
enlarged Verb Worksheet
Tense Chart. 2. The impotence of
Asking 8 mins tenses in a sentence.
2. Tense, question from
Previous 3. How to use tense in
- Definition lesson writings.
- Types and
Examples. Lectures 4. The structure of
30 mins
present tense and its
3. Present Tense, types.

- Definition Exercise and 15 mins 5. The four types of

- Structure feedback present tense and its
- Examples examples.
- Four Types Homework 5 mins
of Present 6. Using those four
Tense and types of present tense
their in a sentence.
examples.
7. Students will learn
4. Students will about the verb charts
and their uses.
- learn what
is the
present
form of the
verb and
where it
will be
used.

5. Students will
write an essay by
using four types of
present tense.

6. Setting
Homework
2 Past 1. Again start by Warm-up 2 mins 1. Learning about past PowerPoint,
Tense showing the session tense with examples. Blackboard,
students the Worksheet
enlarged Verb 2. The impotence of
Asking 8 mins past tense in a
Tense Chart.
question from sentence.
2. Past Tense, Previous
lesson 3. How to use past
- Definition tense in writings.
- Structure Lectures 30 mins
- Examples 4. The structure of past
- Four Types tense and its types.
of Past Exercise and 15 mins 5. The four types of
Tense and feedback past tense and its
their
examples.
examples.
Homework 5 mins
6. Using those four
4. Students will
types of past tense in a
learn what is the
sentence.
past form of the
verb and where it 7. Students will learn
will be used. about the verb charts
(Past form of verb) and
5. Students will
their uses.
write an essay by
using four types of
past tense.

6. Setting
Homework
 Week Three: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)

Topic: Future Tense and CT - 1.

General Objective

1. To help students to know how to use future tense in a sentence and the
situation of the

Specific Objectives

1. To identify the past form of verb and future tense tense in a sentence by circling and
labelling.
1. To write a sentence using the future tense.
2. To use future tense in writings.
3. To understand in which situation or time future tense will be used.
4. To evaluate a student's understanding.

Introduction

Preparations for the future are at the basis of this week's curriculum. The future tense and its
structures are covered here. Further, students will eventually apply this knowledge to
sentence construction. This will let them see how the future tense can be put to good use.
Then, they'll all take an exam to see how much they have learned.

Materials: Powerpoint presentation, strips, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

References

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.
Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Outcomes Materials
Topics Activities

l Future 1. Again Start by Warm-up 2 mins 1. Learning about PowerPoint

Tense showing the session tense with examples. ,
students the Blackboard
enlarged Verb 2. The impotence of ,
Tense Chart. Asking 8 mins tenses in a sentence. Worksheet
question
2. Future Tense, 3. How to use tense in
from
writings.
Previous
- Definition
lesson 4. The structure of
- Structure
- Examples future tense and its
- Four Types Lectures 30 types.
of Future mins
5. The four types of
Tense and
future tense and its
their Exercise 15 examples.
examples. and mins
feedback 6. Using those four
4. Students will
types of future tense
learn what is the
future form of the Homework 5 mins in a sentence.
verb and where it 7. Students will learn
will be used. about the verb charts
and their uses.
5. Students will
write an essay by
using four types of
Future tense.

6. Setting
Homework

2 CT 1 and 1. Sentence Class Test 40 1. Learning about past Question

Discussio mins tense with examples. Paper and
n of the 2. Parts of Speech PowerPoint
class test
3. Tense Discussion 15
question
of the class mins
 test
4. Discussion of question 2. The impotence of
the overall past tense in a
question and sentence.
solving the Homework 5 mins
problem of the 3. How to use past
students. tense in writings.

4. The structure of
past tense and its
types.

5. The four types of

past tense and its
examples.

6. Using those four

types of past tense in a
sentence.

7. Students will learn

about the verb charts
(Past form of verb)
and their uses.
 Week Four: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)

Topic: Right Form of Verbs

General Objective:

1. To know and use about different grammatical units for instance: regular-irregular
verb, strong-weak verb.

Specific Objectives

1. To know about the right use of verbs.

2. To know the use of regular and irregular verbs.
3. To know the use of strong and weak verbs.
4. To know about the use of Gerund.
5. To know the use of Participle.
6. To know the use of Infinitive.

Introduction:

The lesson plan of the fourth week is basically about introducing students with some detailed
information about the use of verbs. Introducing them with the list of different verb groups and
making them teach the right use of verbs. In this week the students will also know about the
use of Gerund, Participle and Infinitive.

Materials

PowerPoint presentation, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

Reference:

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.
Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Materials
Topics Activities Outcomes

l Right i. Detailed description about Warm-up 2 mins 1.Students will Powerpoint

form of Verb session get to know about presentatio
verb detailed n,
- What is a verb? descriptions Worksheet,
- Importance of using Lecture 30
about verbs and Projection,
the right form of a mins
the importance of and
verb in a sentence. using correct Blackboard
Exercise 13 verbs in a .
ii. Regular & Irregular verb mins sentence.
- What is a regular
2. They will
verb? Feedback 10
know about
- What is an irregular mins
regular and
verb?
irregular verbs
- A list of regular and Homewor 5 mins and give a list of
irregular verbs k these verbs to
iii. Conjugation of verb further need.

- What is a Strong 3. Students will

verb? Give a list of get to know about
strong verbs strong and weak
- What is a weak verb? verbs, their uses
Give a list of weak and give a list to
verbs. these verbs for
further need.

2 Right i. Use of Gerund Warm-up 2 mins 1.Students will Powerpoint

form of session get to know about presentatio
Verb - Subjective the detailed n,
- Objective description about Worksheet,
Lecture 30
Gerund. Projection,
mins
 - Differences between and
Gerund and Participle Exercise 13 2. They will Blackboard
adjective mins know about the
types of
ii. Use of participle Participle:
Feedback 10
Present participle,
- Present participle mins
Past participle,
- Past participle Perfect participle
- Perfect participle Homewor 5 mins
k 3. Students will
iii.Use of Infinitive get to know about
Infinitive and its
- Simple/ Noun
position and use
infinitive
in a sentence.
- Gerundial/
Qualifying infinitive
 Week Five: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)
Topic: Right Form of Verbs, Article

General Objective:

1. To know about specific rules and use of articles.

Specific Objectives

1. To know about subject verb agreement.

2. To know about the use of modal auxiliaries.
3. To know the use of articles.

Introduction: The lesson plan of the fifth week is basically about introducing students with
some detailed information about the use of verbs. Introducing them with the list of different
verb groups and making them teach the right use of verbs. This lesson week also includes the
use of Article, its classification.

Materials

PowerPoint presentation, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

Reference:

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.

Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Materials

Topics Activities Outcomes

l Right i.Subject verb Agreement Warm-up 2 mins 1. Students PowerPoint

form of session can know presentation,
Verb - Explain how about the Worksheet,
subject and very written use of Projection,
are interconnected Lecture 30 mins
the verb. and
and interlinked. Blackboard.
2. Students
ii. Modal Auxiliaries Exercise 13 mins will know the
 use of gerund,
- What are Modal Feedback 10 mins infinitive and
Auxiliaries verbal nouns
- Use of Modal in a sentence.
auxiliaries Homework 5 mins
3. Students
will know
about the
modal
auxiliaries and
how modal
auxiliaries
different from
the primary
auxiliaries.

2 Article i. Article Warm-up 2 mins 1.Students

session will know
- In depth idea about the
about Article detailed
- Classification of Lecture 30 mins
information
Article about the
- Indefinite and article.
Definite and Exercise 13 mins
Indefinite article 2.They will
- The use of ‘The’ also know
- The use of ‘An/A’ Feedback 10 mins different types
- The use of zero of articles.
article
Homework 5 mins 3. Students
will know
about the
different uses
of articles.

4. They will
know the
importance of
using article
to ensuring a
correct
English.
 Week Six: 2 Days (Lesson Plan)

Topic: Product- process, Ct-2

General Objective

1. To know details about the product and process approach of writing.

Specific Objectives

1. To know about the product approach of writing

2. To know about the process approach of writing.
3. To have a thorough discussion on the Ct question

Introduction

The lesson plan of the sixth week is basically about introducing students with the product and
process approach of writing. Here the students will get to know about the steps of writing a
paper based on these approaches. In the second class of this week, there will be a class test of
10 marks and after taking the CT a discussion session will be held on the CT question.

Materials

PowerPoint presentation, Worksheet, Projection, and Blackboard.

Reference:

Das, P. C. (2012). Applied English Grammar and Composition [for CBSE, ICSE, and
ISC students]. New Central Book Agency.

Greenbaum, S. (2005). The Oxford English Grammar. New Delhi Oxford University
Press.

Class Lesson Description Learning Time Learning Materials

Topics Activities Outcomes

l Product I. Product Writing: Warm-up 2 mins -Students will know PowerPoint

vs session about Product presentation
Process - Definition of approach of writing ,
writing Product writing. Worksheet,
Lecture 30
Projection,
mins
 - Pros of Product and
writing. Exercise 13 -They will also know Blackboard.
- Cons of Product mins about Process
writing approach of writing
Feedback 10 - With specific steps
mins of product and
ii.Four steps in applying
product approach to process writing
writing. Homework 5 mins students will learn
how to write.
- Students read a
-Students will get a
model text. Then
clear outline about
they analyse the
text by looking at -Writing and setting
the features, such answer script in
as organisation exam.
of ideas, use of
language, etc.
- Students do
controlled
activities to
practise the
features
highlighted in
the analysis of
the model text.
- Students prepare
to imitate the
model text by
organising a
predetermined
set of ideas to fit
the model.
- Students do the
writing task by
using the skills,
structures, and
vocabulary they
have practised to
produce the
expected written
product.
iii.Process Writing

- Definition of
Process Writing.
- Pros of Process
Writing.
- Cons of Process
Writing

iv.Five commonly
identified writing
process steps:

1. Prewriting:
planning such as
topic selection,
research,
brainstorming,
and thesis
development
2. Drafting:
creating a first
version or draft
of the text
3. Revising:
reviewing the
content of the
text
4. Editing:
polishing the
details and
mechanics of the
text
5. Publishing:
preparing the
final product
 v..A comparative
discussion on Product
and Process Writing.

2 Class test i. CT 2 syllabus: Exam 40 1. Students will solve Question

2 and mins the problem. Paper,
Discussi -Right form of Verb PowerPoint.
on of the 2. They can learn
-Article Discussion 15 where was their
class test
mins learning gap.
question -Product vs Process
Writing

ii.Discussion on the ct
question