MCCCD Program Description

English as a Second Language IV: Grammar

Course: ESL040

First Term: 2025 Fall

Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S - Standard Load

Description: Fourth level of English as a Second Language (ESL) grammar. Emphasis on verb forms, modals, participles, gerunds and infinitives, clauses, and paragraph writing.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Create writing for different contexts using simple, progressive, and perfect verb forms. (I) 2. Integrate modals, participles, gerunds, infinitives, and clauses in sentences. (II, III, IV, V) 3. Combine a variety of sentence types in paragraphs. (VI) 4. Refine writing through revision and editing. (VI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Verb form review A. Simple B. Progressive C. Perfect II. Modals A. Necessity B. Suggestions C. Expectations D. Ability E. Possibility F. Requests III. Participles A. Regular and irregular B. Passive voice C. Participle adjectives IV. Gerunds and infinitives A. As objects of verbs B. Preposition + gerund C. As subjects D. Adjective + infinitive V. Clauses A. Noun B. Adjective C. Adverb D. Cause and effect E. Conditional VI. Paragraph writing A. Sentence variety B. Revision and editing

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 25, 2025

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