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Basic English Grammar For English Language Learners Meeting #7 Hery Yanto The English 3.0 Series, Summer 2012 July 9, 2012 English Language Testing Meeting #7 Part of Speech II AGENDA Part I English Language Testing Examples of Widely Accepted Exams Examples of Other Quality Exams • Cambridge ESOL Examinations • Test Of English for International Communication (TOEIC) • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) • Michigan Proficiency Exams • Trinity College London Exams • The Global TESOL Certificate • Harvard Institute for English Language Program Types of English Language Testing One of the admission requirements One of the job qualifications Why I have to take a language exam/testing? Photo used from Univ. of Birmingham and Tesolexpressonline • Design based on specific need of students/learners (job qualification, university enrollment, etc.) • Center the teaching and learning to skills and discourse based on the need • Ambiguity: English Testing Training is an ESP OR the ESP should be added to the English Testing Training • Known as English as a Foreign or Second Language, and English for Academic Purposes • Usually the learners are adults, and they are at the intermediate or advanced levels English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Contents Strategies English Testing Training Institute • Level A – Basic User • A1 – Beginner • A2 – Elementary • Level B – Independent User • B1 – Intermediate • B2 – Upper Intermediate • Level C – Proficient User • C1 – Advanced • C2 – Mastery Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) IELTS Bands TOEFL iBT Scores Support form institution? My score Life Long Learning? - I got 5 for my IELTS. - I had difficulty on understanding conversations used in the test. - I am planning to apply to a university in the UK next year. - The university requires 5.5 for IELTS. - The university has an English Training Program. - I will continue to improve my listening skill by watching movies. Decision My Score = Self Reflection + Make Decision Part II Part of Speech … Continue • Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns by answering questions such as Whose? Which one? What kind? How many? • Adjectives should be close to the words they modify. Frequently, they appear before the noun the noun they modify. • The pop star was driving along the Freeway in his luxury car when police pulled him over. • In an ideal situation, John would play 20 or 25 minutes off the bench. • Descriptive adjectives, designate qualities or attributes, may come before or after the noun or pronoun they modify for stylistic reasons. • Subject complements are adjectives that describe the subject and follow linking verbs. • The sick and poor lady no longer believed the drug could save her life. • The lady, sick and poor, no longer believed the drug could save her life. • No longer believing that the drug could save her live, the lady was sick and poor. Adjectives • The woodpecker and the squirrel seem hungry. • They take good care of the little cubs. • My younger brother Chung is short and cute. • The downtown has colorful building. • He wrote a wonderful story. Underline the adjectives • The woodpecker and the squirrel seem hungry. • They take good care of the little cubs. • My younger brother Chung is short and cute. • The downtown has colorful building. • He wrote a wonderful story. Solution: Underline the adjectives • Adverbs modify verbs, other adverbs, and adjectives. • Adverbs usually end in –ly. • Adverbs can be placed at the beginning or end of a sentence, or before the verb they modify, but they usually should not be placed between the verbs and its direct object. • • • • Normally it doesn’t rain much here. He is interested in writing generally. She had never sung better. Consequently, he is still running the business. Practice Test: http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_adverbs.htm Adverbs Photo used from esl-galaxy Free Download: English Prepositions List from EnglishClub.Com Brighton is south of London. The floor under the table. The train went through the tunnel. I am behind you on this thing. Function: To allow the noun or pronoun in the phrase to modify another word in the sentence. Prepositions • Your book is in the desk drawer. • Mr. Jones went to the post office with his wife. • Kenneth looks like his mother. • We can meet at three. • I heard the news from the radio. Underline the preposition • Your book is in the desk drawer. • Mr. Jones went to the post office with his wife. • Kenneth looks like his mother. • We can meet at three. • I heard the news from the radio. Solution: Underline the preposition • Conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses and indicate their relation to each other. • Coordinating conjunctions join elements of equal weight or function. • He was strong and healthy. • The boys must have been tired, for they had been cleaning all day long. • Correlative conjunctions link sentence elements of equal value, but they always come in pairs. • Neither you nor I will go there today. • He is not only an excellent professor, but also a well-known researcher. • Subordinators link sentence element that are not equal importance. • Although I love you, I will not marry you. • As if that is going to be of any use to me! Conjunctions Practice Tests: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/conj01.html http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/conj02.html http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gcconnectives.html • Expressions – Verbal communication • They are not used in academic or business English, except in a quotation of dialogue. • Wow, that was amazing, Donny! • What you have to do is just click, hold, drag, and drop it here. You see how it works? Wii, pretty easy doesn’t it? Interjections • Oops…we forgot to bring umbrella. • Oh my, the game will be delay because of the rain. • Hurray, give the player a cheer! • Wew! Finally you made it! Underline the Interjections • Oops…we forgot to bring umbrella. • Oh my, the game will be delay because of the rain. • Hurray, give the player a cheer! • Wew! Finally you made it! Solution: Underline the Interjections • Send an email to the facilitator for enrolling to the course. Write your full name and your country of origin. 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