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1. Basic English Grammar For English
Language Learners
Meeting #9
Hery Yanto The
English 3.0 Series, Summer 2012
July 16, 2012

2. PART I
TEACHING & LEARNING ENGLISH
ABROAD

3. What you have to consider?
• Culture
• Certification/Training
• Proficiency
• Pedagogy
• Theory
• Permanent or temporal
• Provide services to
your customer
Pre-requisite
Both for
Native & Non-native
ESL/EFL teachers
Text used from teflinstitute

4. The training centers are helping
the application & placement
• Job search directory
• Online application
• Phone interview
• Preparing documents and
pre-departure
• Connecting with host
country representative
• Placing and arranging new
place to begin your career
Text used from Tesol International
Association

5. Where to go?
Text used from Tesolexpressonline

6. Benefits
Text used from Tesolexpressonline

7. English Summer Program
• Customize for
International
Students
• English for Specific
Purposes
• Some program
help student on
their preparation
and placement to
the
college/university
Text used from EFS Stanford University

8. English Testing Preparation
Program
Text used from Maastricth University

9. Student Exchange Program
Text used from The Indonesian International Education Foundation

10. Summer English Camp
When
business, entertainm
ent, and education
blended in a
Program
Text used from Camps for Kids

11. British Hills –Japan
Experiencing the
Authenticity?
Another example of
business, entertainm
ent, and education
blended in a
program.
Text used from British Hills

12. PART II
INTRODUCTION TO SENTENCE
STRUCTURE

13. What is a sentence?
• A sentence is a group of words that express a complete
thought.
• A sentence begins with a capital letter in the first word and
ends with a punctuation.
• A group of words that does not express a complete thought
forms a sentence fragment.
Sentence Sentence Fragment
Something just dropped from the Dropped from the roof.
roof.
She called when I was doing dishes. When I was doing dishes.
I surprised by a loud noise. Loud noise.

14. Four Kinds of Sentences
Types of Sentences Example
Declarative Sentence: Tropical countries are humid.
- It tells something.
- It ends with a period.
Interrogative Sentence: Do you like to stay in a tropical
- It uses to ask something. country?
- It ends with a question mark.
Imperative Sentence: Always have breakfast before you go
- It gives an order. to school.
- It ends with a period.
Exclamatory Sentence: It was so cold!
- It expresses strong feeling.
- It ends with an exclamation point.

15. Subjects and Predicates
• A sentence has two important elements, a subject and a
predicate.
• The subject informs whom or what the sentence is about.
• The predicate represents what the subject is or does.
Examples:
My friend, Andy, used his finger to point the letter.
(Subject) (Predicate)
A man sit next to Mr. Guntoro caught a huge fish yesterday.
(Subject) (Predicate)

16. Try this challenge
Underline the complete subject of these sentences!
• Thailand is a country in South East Asia.
• The pilot and co-pilot are ready to flight the new
airplane.
• Rusmala, my neighbor, and her family enjoyed their
trip to Brazil.
• Some conference attendees are going out to the field
trip this afternoon.
• Richard Philander, the new principle, likes her office
very much.

17. Check Your Answer
• Thailand is a country in South East Asia.
• The pilot and co-pilot are ready to flight the new
airplane.
• Rusmala, my neighbor, and her family enjoyed their
trip to Brazil.
• Some conference attendees are going out to the field
trip this afternoon.
• Richard Philander, the new principle, likes her office
very much.

18. Conjuction
• A conjunction is a word that connects words or groups of words.
• For examples:
• Parrots live in wild places or in zoos.
• They eat some dumplings and drink a glass of green tea/
• I like to go to the cinema, but my girlfriend want to watch the
movie at home.
• Neither Amir nor Zahzira has the key to enter the building.
• You can choose either to go with us or go with your parents.

19. Compound Subject & Compound Predicate
• A compound subject is two or more simple subjects that have
the same predicate.
• A compound predicate is two or more simple predicates that
have the same subject.
• A conjunction is used to join the compound subjects and
compound predicates.
• Examples:
• Andy or Herman will bring the ice.
• Butter, eggs, sugar, and coconut have to be added first.
• He sent, received, and answered the messages.
• The scientists observed the subjects and took notes about them.

20. Try this challenge
• Underline the compound subjects or the
compound predicates of these sentences.
• Experts and the crew members inspected the
gas leaking.
• Some lemon grass, onion, and garlic will be
needed.
• He measures and checks all the damage.
• The soldiers shouted and looked at one
another.

21. Check Your Answer
• Experts and the crew members inspected the
gas leaking.
• Some lemon grass, onion, and garlic will be
needed.
• He measures and checks all the damage.
• The soldiers shouted and looked at one
another.

22. Compound Sentence and Run-on Sentence
• A compound sentence contains two sentences with related
ideas. A conjunction is used to connect these sentences. A
coma is placed before the conjunction.
• For example:
The recording could capture the interaction that the class instructor
intended to be recorded, and learners who cannot attend the live
session can view the recording.
• A run-on sentence is two or more sentences that run together.
The run-on sentence can be separated into two or more
sentences or can be changed into a compound sentence.
• Run-On: Teachers suppose to assist students to participate as
active learners, engage them spend more time on doing their
tasks.
• Corrected: Teachers suppose to assist and engage students
spending more time on doing their learning tasks. By doing their
tasks more often, students become active learners.

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