Advanced English Grammar

Course details

The Swinburne Advanced English Grammar is an intensive 45-hour, 8-week program designed to support students improve their academic English proficiency while studying in university. The program aims at introducing advanced and complex grammar concepts such as applying different types of tenses, nouns, conditional and conjunctions to students. The unit will also be hands on by giving the opportunity to students to interact, practice, and apply what they have learnt in the classroom with their peers, and indifferent formats of writing.

Upon successful completion, you will be awarded from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak.

Dates & Time

• TBC

Fees

• USD180

Venue

• Live online class

Course details

– Course objectives and course content.

Course objective

This course aims to:

1. Introducing advanced and complex grammar concepts to students
2. Instructing students to blend verb tenses effectively and how to punctuate sentences correctly
3. Helping students improve their academic English

Learning outcome

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Review all verb tenses and practice blending and mixing tenses in English
• Develop complex sentences using conjunctions and connective devices
• Practice using noun clauses and conditionals in advanced speaking and writing
• Practice acquired advanced grammar points in writing

Course content

Day	Content/Activities
1	The Simple Tenses Present Simple The Continuous/ Progressive Tenses
2	Past Simple and Past Progressive The Perfect Tenses Simple Past or Present Perfect Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive
3	Conjunction Conjunction words and transition signals Coordinating conjunctions Conjunctions and their meaning
4	Conjunction cont. Correlative conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Adverbs that act as conjunctions
5	Conditional Zero conditionals First conditionals Second conditionals Third conditionals Wish: Present and past
6	Agreement with nouns Personal pronouns and collective nouns Indefinite pronouns Complex nouns
7	Punctuation The period The comma The semicolon The colon The question mark The exclamation point The apostrophe Quotation marks The hyphen and the dash Parentheses and brackets
8	Unit review/ revision

Trainer information

– Trainer information.

Hugh Leong graduated from University of Malaya (UM) with Honours in Bachelor of Education, majoring in TESOL in 2009. He completed a Masters in International Education from University of Manchester, United Kingdom in 2010. He is currently the Course Director of the MA TESOL program, in the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts in Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia. Hugh is an international recognised debater, adjudicator and coach and is a two-time, Malaysian national intervarsity debating champion adn was awarded the Best Varsity Speaker of Malaysia in 2009. He is also a licensed Train the Trainer, and has conducted numerous professional development programs across Asia. His research interests include assessment for learning, student engagement and teacher education.

How to register

– Application process.

Application process

To apply for this course, please fill in this online registration form.

Contact person: Ms Bella Liu
Phone: +60 82 260 636 (ext. 7636)
Email: bkwliu@swinburne.edu.my

Fees & scholarships

Fee*

* The indicative course fees shown here applies to students studying on-campus in Malaysia for the relevant year only. They are based on a standard study load per year. However, please note that fees are assessed according to a student’s study load in each semester, and variation to study load will result in an adjustment to tuition fees. All fees are subject to annual review and may be adjusted.

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