Assignment

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La Universidad Católica de Loja

Syntax and Teaching Grammar

6 créditos

Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación

Sección Lenguas Contemporáneas
Titulación Ciclo
§§ Ciencias de la Educación, mención:
-- Inglés
VI

Profesora autora:
Leidy Adriana Vivanco Rios

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Assignment
First bimester

1. LEARNING ACTIVITY

Define the required syntactic terms and provide examples of each one.
Apply knowledge in real sceneries.

2. TOPIC:

GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE

3. COMPETENCES that support the activity:

–– Expertise to write and speak the language using well-formed and coherent
structures
–– Ability to teach grammar to learners of English as a foreign language
–– Ability to apply critical thinking in class discussion

4. STRATEGIES:

a. BEFORE STARTING YOUR WORK, READ CAREFULLY THE

STRATEGIES TO COMPLETE THIS TASK AND GET ACQUAINTED
WITH THE GRADING RUBRIC!
b. Read and study the corresponding information in the didactic guide (Units
1-6). You may also consult the Internet or any other reliable source.
(Remember to cite properly the sources using APA format – 6th
edition)
c. Define Syntax and its importance in language learning. Use your own
words (100 words at least)
d. Define the syntactic term “Head”. Then, define what modifiers are and their
types (EXPLAIN complements and adjuncts).Write at least 3 complete
sentences integrating heads and modifiers. Explain whether modifiers
are working as complements or adjuncts.
e. State the differences between simple, complex and compound sentences.
Support your explanation with theory from other sources (two sources at
least). Then, write at least 2 examples of each one.
f. Explain the Types of Grammatical Constructions (active/passive; copula/
non-copula; declarative/interrogative/imperative), and write one example
for each type.

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g. Make up a short coherent conversation in which you integrate collocations,

ellipsis and coordination. (2 of each one at least). Underline/highlight these
elements in the conversation. Length: minimum 10 lines as a dialogue.
h. Underline or boldface the relevant parts in all your examples all throughout
the assignment.
i. Include the list of references at the end (APA style)

*You can use this table to facilitate the organization of your work.

*Plagiarism will be graded ZERO.

SYNTAX Definition and Importance:

EXAMPLES
HEAD Definition: E.g.1.
MODIFIERS Definition: Explanation:
Types: E.g. 2:
Explanation:
E.g. 3:
Explanation:
SENTENCES
SIMPLE COMPLEX COMPOUND

TYPES OF GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS EXAMPLES

Active
Passive
Copula
Non-copula
declarative
interrogative
Imperative
CONVERSATION (Collocations, ellipsis and coordination)
A:
B:
(You can write names instead)

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5. EVALUATION CRITERIA

GRADING RUBRIC

Meets or exceeds
Inadequate Acceptable
expectations
0 – 2.0 points 2.1 - 4.0 points
4.1 – 6.0 points
–– Information is not –– Information is partly –– Information is relevant
relevant to the topic, not relevant to the topic and to the topic and is
based on the strategies, is partly based on the based on the strategies.
not complete. strategies. –– Personal contribution
–– No personal contribution –– Poor personal is evident.
is evident. contribution. –– Grammar,
–– Over 11 grammar, –– Writing includes from 6 orthography,
spelling, punctuation to 10 grammar, spelling, punctuation and
and capitalization punctuation and capitalization are
mistakes. capitalization mistakes. correct.
–– Examples of the –– The required terms –– All the required terms
required terms are definitions are partially are correctly explained
not provided or they are correct. and illustrated with
irrelevant. –– Examples of the required relevant examples.
–– The conversation is not terms are scarcely –– The conversation is
clear/complete and has provided. clear/complete and
only 1 element (or 2 that –– The conversation is integrates all the
are wrong) stablished in partially clear/complete elements stablished in
the strategies. and integrates only a 2 the strategies.
–– The used sources are elements stablished in –– Information is
not properly cited. the strategies. gathered from a
–– The task does not have –– The used sources are variety of electronic
a list of references. partially cited. and print sources and
properly cited.
–– The list of references
is not complete or not –– The list of references is
totally correct according complete and correct
to APA style format. according to APA style
format.

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Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEÑOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
de estos materiales.

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Assignment
Second bimester

1. LEARNING ACTIVITY

Describe types of clauses, explain their properties and apply knowledge

in real context.

2. TOPIC:

MAIN AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES, SUBORDINATORS, FINITE AND

NON-FINITTE CLAUSES, GENDER AND NUMBER.

3. COMPETENCES that support the activity:

–– Expertise to write and speak using well-formed and coherent structures

–– Ability to teach grammar to learners of English as a foreign language
–– Ability to apply critical thinking in class discussion

4. STRATEGIES:

a. BEFORE STARTING YOUR WORK, READ CAREFULLY THE

STRATEGIES TO COMPLETE THIS TASK AND GET ACQUAINTED
WITH THE GRADING RUBRIC!
b. Read and study the corresponding information in the didactic guide (unit
7 – 12).You may also consult the Internet or any other reliable sources.
(Remember to cite properly the sources using APA format – 6th
edition)
c. Write a short paragraph explaining what are Main and Subordinate
clauses, their differences and characteristics. (200 – 250 words). You can
add information from other reliable sources to support your points. Then,
write at least 5 examples integrating both.
d. Write a short story/memory/anecdote (you can choose any topic) in
which you include at least 5 subordinators considering their different
perspectives (write the name of their perspectives in brackets next to
each subordinator). Length: 150 – 200 words.
e. Explain in your own words the types of Finite and Non-finite clauses
(Adverbial, relative and complement clauses). Provide at least 1 example
of each one.

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f. Write 3 examples of gender and 3 of number. Then, explain each example

using your own understanding and supporting your points with other
printed or electronic reliable sources (2 at least).
g. Underline or boldface the relevant parts in all your examples all throughout
the assignment.

*You can use this table to facilitate the organization of your work.

*Plagiarism will be graded ZERO.

Clauses Examples
Main and
Subordinate
Clauses.
Story using
subordinators
Finite and Adverbial
Non-finite
clauses.
Relative

Complement

Gender

Number

5. EVALUATION CRITERIA

GRADING RUBRICS

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Meets or exceeds
Inadequate 0 – 2.0
Acceptable 2.1 – 4.0 points expectations 4.1- 6.0
points
points
–– Information is not –– Information is partly –– Information is gathered
relevant to the topic, not relevant to the topic. from a variety of electronic
complete. –– Writing includes from 3 and print sources.
–– Over 6 grammar, to 5 grammar, spelling, –– Information is relevant to
spelling, punctuation punctuation and the topic and complete.
and capitalization capitalization mistakes. –– Personal contribution is
mistakes. –– Poor personal contribution. evident.
–– No personal contribution –– The definitions of the –– Grammar, orthography,
is evident. required clauses are punctuation and
–– The definitions of the partially relevant or partially capitalization are correct.
required clauses are correct. –– The definitions of the
incorrect or incomplete. –– Examples for each clause required clauses are
–– Examples for each type are partially provided relevant and clearly
clause type are not or partially correspond. explained/described.
provided. –– Examples partially –– All the required clauses
–– Examples do not correspond to each clause are correctly illustrated
correspond to each type. with relevant examples.
clause type. –– The story has less than 3 –– The story has 5
–– The story has less than subordinators and presents subordinators and it is
2 subordinators and many inconsistences. clear.
lacks coherence. –– The used bibliography and –– The used bibliography
–– The used bibliography the internet sources are and the internet sources
and the internet sources partially cited. are correctly cited.
are not/incorrectly cited. –– The list of references is –– The list of references is
–– The task does not have not complete or not totally complete and correct
a list of references. correct according to APA according to APA style
–– Information is not style format. format.
based on the proposed –– Information is partly based –– Information is based on
strategies. on the proposed strategies. the proposed strategies.

Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEÑOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
de estos materiales.

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