The Grammar 2- B2 Course: An Overview

January 25, 2018

 About the Course

Course name: Grammar 2-B2

Length: 12 weeks

Contents: Sentence structures, word formation and

combinations, written and spoken English
 Grammatical Items

1. Conditionals 6. Linking words

2. Word order and sentence patterns 7. Passive forms

3. -ing forms of verbs and infinitives 8. Word combinations

4. Reported speech 9. Word formation

5. Relative, participle and other clauses 10. Written and spoken English
CLASS POLICIES
Class starts at
7:15 AM SHARP.
Finding a Class Monitor

Constant moderator for grouping activities

Reporter- Inform the teacher on class members’

bonuses and attendance at the end of the course

Contact person
ATTENDANCE

■ If you are absent from any of the class meeting, please notice
the teacher via email. (trinhkimngan@hcmussh.edu.vn)

■ Then you need to send to the teacher a make-up writing

assignment.

■ The topic for your writing will be decided by the teacher

and will be informed via your e-mail.
 Mid-term Score
(30%)

Individual Writing Assignment

(written in class) 10%

Major Group Project: Group Portfolio 5%

Group Presentation
Reflection Writing+ Active Performance Bonus

2 Quizzes 15%
 About Your Writing Assignments

• Writing assignments are conducted in class.

• Peer-review is a must.

• Self-correction is expected. Template for self-correction will be provided

by the teacher.
 What is a portfolio?

A purposeful collection of selective significant samples of work.

 PURPOSES

• Keep track of your learning

• Foster your autonomy

• Promote teamwork and negotiation skills

• Enhance your critical thinking skills and professionalism

 Grammatical Items

1. Conditionals 6. Linking words

2. Word order and sentence patterns 7. Passive forms

3. -ing forms of verbs and infinitives 8. Word combinations

4. Reported speech 9. Word formation

5. Relative, participle and other clauses 10. Written and spoken English
 The Timeline for your Group Portfolio

Get your group’s Receive Overall

Jan 25 Form 10 groups
Focus Instruction

Jan 30 Receive detailed instructions via e-mail

(or earlier)

February 8 Deadline for the First Draft

February 26 Deadline for the Second Draft

What is it in your Group Portfolio?

Selective notes
(summarized grammatical Realia for Illustration
items)

Reflection

A Plan for an In-class Area of interest/

Activity/ Game Questions
 Designing a Group Portfolio

• Each group will focus on a certain grammatical item as randomly

assigned.

• Suggested template will be provided by the teacher.

• All portfolios are peer-reviewed.

• The final version will be submitted to the teacher at the end of the course.
 Criteria for evaluating your
Group Portfolio

• Contents

• Creativity

• Coherence and accuracy

• Individual performance
Your Final Test Specification

Let’s do a Real Test to find out!

BREAK-TIME
9:10-9:40
 Conditionals
Conditional sentences present one event
(usually in the If-clause) as a condition for
another event, expressed in the main clause.
 TYPOLOGY

REAL CONDITIONALS UNREAL CONDITIONALS

FACTUAL PREDICTIVE HYPOTHETICAL COUNTERFACTUAL

CONDITIONALS CONDITIONALS CONDITIONALS CONDITIONALS

If the fruit feels soft, it’s If it rained, we went by If you lived closer, we If he had called me, I
ready to eat. bus. would visit you more would have helped him.
often.
 The Uses of Conditionals

Factual conditionals are used to described typical patterns in the present or the
past. They can also express rules, habits, and correlations.

Predictive conditionals are used to describe possibilities, plans and predictions

or even to make some requests.

Hypothetical conditionals are used to describe imaginary or fictional situations.

Counterfactual conditionals are used to imagine past events happening in a

different way and having different outcomes.
Find an example of each of the following
types of conditionals

1. a present tense factual conditional

2. a past tense factual conditional

3. a predictive conditional
Some cases of mixed conditionals
Mixed Real Conditionals

1. If you saw the film, you know how it ends.

2. When we were kids, if it rained a lot, we’d stay indoors.

3. If you studied for the test, you won’t have any problems.

4. If it isn’t too late, we’d like to watch the news on TV

 Some cases of mixed conditionals
Mixed Unreal Conditionals

1. If we were rich, we would offer to help those poor people who are suffering.

2. If we were rich, we would have offered to help those poor people who were
suffering.

3. If your parents hadn’t met, you wouldn’t have been born.

4. If your parents hadn’t met, you wouldn’t be sitting here now.

 Mixed Tense Sequence in
Conditional Sentences

TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3

If I am as clever as you think, should have been rich by now.

If you knew me better, you wouldn’t have said that.

If I had had your advantages, I’d be better off now.

If he missed the bus, he wont be here on time

 Mixed Tense Sequence in
Conditional Sentences
TYPE 1 TYPE 3

If I am as clever as you think, should have been rich by now.

TYPE 2 TYPE 3

If you knew me better, you wouldn’t have said that.

TYPE 3 TYPE 2
If I had had your advantages, I’d be better off now.
TYPE 2 TYPE 1
If he missed the bus, he wont be here on time
 Implied Conditionals

TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3

• With luck, we’ll be there by tomorrow.

• Without your help, I couldn’t have done it.

• Given time, they’ll probably agree. • In different circumstances, I would have said
yes.

• To hear him talk, you’d think he was Prime Minister.

• I would write to her, but I don’t know her address.

• But for his pension, he would starve.

 Implied Conditionals

TYPE 1 TYPE 2

• With luck, we’ll be there by tomorrow.

• Without your help, I couldn’t have done it.

• Given time, they’ll probably agree. • In different circumstances, I would have said
yes.

TYPE 3
• To hear him talk, you’d think he was Prime Minister.

• I would write to her, but I don’t know her address.

• But for his pension, he would starve.

 Food for thought
(aimed for the Group Portfolio)

Can “If … not” and “Unless” also be used interchangeably?

Punctuation in conditional sentences

Distinguish and make sentences with the following categories:

If this is the case
• Simple condition

only if this is the case

• Exclusive condition

• Exceptional condition If this is not the case

 At home…

• Spend time reading and finding references for your Group Portfolio

• Receive the detailed guidelines

• Hand in the first draft on February 8, 2018.