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Alignment Process
Curriculum Redesign
 Selection of new textbooks for remedial
courses.
 Curriculum modification of Remedial
English I – V.
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Use of ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
Distribution of TOEFL topics to be
covered in each remedial course.
Unified format in all the courses.
DISTRIBUTION OF TOEFL TOPICS BY
LEVEL
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Remedial English I:
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Independent Clauses: identification of subject and verb
Articles: a, an, the
Word Form and Function: adjectives and nouns
Prepositions: in, on, at, across from, near, next to
Conjunctions: and, but, or and so
Word Choice: make and do
Modifying Phrases before/ after Subjects: appostives
Singular vs. Plural Nouns: with subject verb agreement.
Comparatives: -er than, more --- than
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Parallelism: like in “odd word out”
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Remedial English II:
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Parts of Speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives
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Indefinite Article a/an
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Phrases and Sentences
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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Clauses and Phrases
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Nouns:
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Countable and non-countable
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Noun endings
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Gerunds and Infinitives
8.
Adjectives
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Remedial English III:
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Parts of Speech: verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, articles, and pronouns (subject, object,
possesive adjectives, and possesive pronouns)
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Sentences and Clauses
Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex sentences with:
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Adjective Clauses (connector as subject and object)
Adverb Clauses (time and condition)
Noun Clauses (subject and object of a verb)
Objects of Prepositions
Appositives
Expletives It and There
Parallel Structure
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Remedial English IV:
1. Parts of Speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives,
adverbs, pronouns (word form and
function)
2. Independent and dependent clauses
 Adjective clauses and reduced adjective
clauses
 Noun Clauses
 Adverb clauses
3. Subject verb agreement
4. Gerunds and infinitives
5. Parallel stuctures
Remedial English IV
8. Quantifiers
9. Paired conjunctions
10. Passive voice
11. Word order
12. Word choice
13. Comparatives
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Remedial English V:
1. Parts of Speech
2. Independent clauses and dependent
 Adjective clauses and reduced adjective
clauses
 Adverb clauses and reduced adverb
clauses
 Noun clauses
3. Prepositions
4. Pronouns
5. Parallel structure
6. Comparative stucture
Remedial English V
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Word form and function
Articles
Conjunctions
Modifying phrases before subject
Singular and plural nouns
Word choice
Word order
Unified Format in the Redesign of the Five
Remedial English Courses
In two basic areas:
1. Assignments: A specific format was designed.
2. Course Documents
 The topics from the book are organized by months and a
folder is added with the TOEFL aligned topics to be
covered (with grammar explanations, exercises, and
answer keys).
 Teachers decide the order in which the aligned topics are
presented each month as well as the time dedicated to
teach them, but they must be convered because students
will take a TOEFL-like quiz together with the monthly
exam.
Course
Number Data base
Remedial English I
H 00801
MTY. H00801.0411.A
Remedial English II
H 00802
MTY. H95802.0513.4
Remedial English III H 00803
MTY. H00803.0411.B
Remedial English
IV
H 00804
MTY. H00804.0411.2
Remedial English V H 00809
MTY. H00809.0411.E
Academic English
HI95805
MTY.HI1001.0612.C
Advanced
Academic English
HI1001
MTY. HI1001.0612.C