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UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICAaUDAD UNIVERSITARIA CARLOS MONGE ALFARODEPARTAMENTO DE FILOSOFIA I ARTES Y LETRASSECaON DE LENGUAS MODERNASLic. Helen Mejla P.

DOCUMENTO: Programa Del curso

10 5220 WRITTEN COMMUNlCATION 111- Por Suficiencia

Creditos: 4

DESCRIPCION DEL CURSO:Este curso continúa el proceso de composición, ejercitando al estudiante en el manejo deestructuras gramaticales y promoviendo el uso de vocabulario de un nivel intermedio.

BASE PREVIA:El estudiante deberá tener como base todos los conocimientos adquiridos en los cursosanteriores

OBJETIVOS GENERALES:El estudiante será capaz de:1. Transmitir información e ideas sobre temas abstractos y concretos.2. Expresarse con claridad y precisión en forma escrita.3. Presentar los trabajos con correcta puntuación y ortografía.4. Revisar y practicar aspectos gramaticales.5. Leer textos para localizar información general y específica.

OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS:El estudiante será capaz de:1. Distinguir y analizar diferentes tipos de párrafos con sus respectivos elementos:introducción, desarrollo, conclusión, ideas principales y secundarias, tópico del párrafo.

2. Desarrollar párrafos coherentes, con buena organización, y usando un vocabularioadecuado al nivelo

3. Describir o narrar claramente, expandiendo y apoyando las ideas principales condetalles y ejemplos relevantes.

4. Escribir ensayos cortos de varios párrafos con claridad, buena presentación,ortografía, puntuación y sintaxis correcta. :rc\enli-h~Qr S~ ~(1'('~.

5. Dar un uso adecuado a las comillas, y parafrasear efectivamente.6. Conocer diferentes técnicas de lectura que faciliten la comprensión de los textos.

Revisar aspectos gramaticales como: estructura bási~a de la ora~ión, modificadore-;? b 1 b s auxiliares voz pasiva y voz activa, sustantrvos contables y nctiempos ver a es, ver o '., . di dcontables, adjetivos y pronombres indefimdos, artículos, unidades de me I a.

CONTENIDOS: M . 1 W iti M saic jdi , 1 capítulos 1 2 3 4 5 Y 6 de los libros: osaic - n zng y o -Se estu iaran os , , , , .' 1 R diGrammar. Además, se incluirán algunas lecturas del libro Mosaze - ea tng.

EVALUACION:

SE REAUZARÁ UN UNICO EXAMEN CON UN VALOR DEL 100% DE LA NOTATOTAL. El estudiante aprobara el curso si obtiene una calificación de 70 o mayor.No habrá posibilidad de realizar examen de ampliación.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA:Blass, Laurie y Meredith Pike-Baky, 2002. Mosaic 1 - Writing. 4th Edition. New-York: MeGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Wegmann, Brenda y Miki Knezevic. 2002. Reading. 4th Edition. New York: Mc Graw KmCompanies, Inc.

Wemer, Patricia K y Lou Spaventa. 2002. Mosaie 1- Grammar. 4th Edition. New York:Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.

Dicccionario Webster inglés- inglés. (obligatorio) (Sugerencia: Webster l l- Ncw RiversideDietionary).

REFERENCIA:Azar, Betty Schrampfer. 1984. Basic English Grammar. Ncw Jersey: Prcnticc l lall Rcgcnts.

Azar, Betty Schrampfer. 1985. Fundamentals o/ English Grammor. New Jersey: Prcniicc Hall Regents.

Diccionario Webster Thesaurus

Molinsky, Steven J. y Bill B1iss. 1994. Word by Word: Picture Dictionary. Ncw Jersey: Prcnticc Hall Regents.

Reid, Joy M. 1994. The Process o/ Paragraph Writing. Ncw Jersey: Prcntice Hall Regcnts.

Resumen de los temas gramaticales que deben de dominar los estudiantes de 10 5410 - Comunicación Oral 11- 2004, incluidos enlos textos/nleraclions 1 Grammar e Interactions 2 Writing,

Yerb to be: present - Affirmative and negative statements, couractionsand past - YeslNo questions and short answers

- Question words: who, whom, what, where, when, why, how, whose- Information questions: affirmative and ncaative

Simple present tense - The imperative form: instructions, orders, and suggestions- Affirrnative and negative statements- YeslNo questions and short answers- Question words: who, whom, what, where, when, why, how, how much, how many

Spelling rules for -s - For the third-person singular verb forrnendinasPronunciation - The -s endinzFrequency adverbs - Affirmative and negative: always, often, sometimcs, occasionally, rarely, never, evcr,

usually- Ouestions and answers

Pronouns - Personal pronouns: subject pronouns, object pronouns- Possessive adjectives and pronouns- Reflexive

There is / there are - Affirmative and statements, aflirmative and neaative ouestionsPossessive nouns - Singular and plural

-Present continuous - Aflirmative and negative statementstense - YeslNo questions

- Information questionsSpelling rules for -ing - Silent -e, -ie, one syllable rr consonant, aeeented syllable, other verbs, exeeptionsverbsNonaction verbs - Yerbs that exoress feelina or thought, possession, sensorv nerceptionModals - Forrns and patterns: can, rnay, rnight, will: affirmative, negative

- Ves/No questions- Informatian questions- Meaninzs

Caunt and noneount - Singular, pluralnaunsExpressions of quantity - Sorne, any: affirrnative, negative, questions

- A lot of, rnany, much: affirmative, negative, questions- A few, a liule

Common units of - Bag, bar, bottle, etc.measureShowing contrast - Unlike + naun phrase

- While ~- In contrast- On the other hand

Comparisons - Simple form- As + adjeetive / adverb + as- Adjeetive / adverb + -er (than)- More /Iess + adjeetive / adverb (+lhan)- Rules- As much I as many ... as; more /Iess I fewer ... than- Expressing sirnilarities with so and 100: either and neither: with be and auxiliary verbs- Expressing eontrasts with hui: with be and auxiliary verbs- Both

Modal verbs: could, - Requests, offers, permissionwould, will, can; may, - Affirmative and negative statementsshould, had better, - Contractions with subject pronounshave to, must, ought - Obligations and opinions jto, rniahtFuture verb forms - Be going to: "statements: predictions, plans and intentions

"Ves/No questions: affirmative, negative"Informalion questions: affirrnative, negative

- The simple íuture tense: *statemenls: intentions, offers and prornises, predictions, requests I

*YeslNo questions: affirmative and negative*Information questions: affirrnative and negative

- The present conlinuous lo express futurc time- The simple presenl tense to cxprcss future time

Phrasal verbs: forrns - Inseparable phrasal verbs- Separable phrasal verbs- Meanings

Prepositions of place - Prepositions of place: in, on, at, betweeu, ucar, far from, ncxt to, across frorn, under, ayerand time - Preaositions of time: in, on, al, Irorn ... to, during, until, before, afterArticles - al an, 0

- The, 0- The with narnes: pcople, places, buildinas. historical events

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IPast tense verbs - Affirmative and negative

- Yes/No questions and short answers- Information ouestions

Spelling rules for the - -y, consonant + vowel + a consonant: one and two syllable verbpast tense of regular - -everbs -ed I-Pronunciation note - of past tense of regular verbs

-Expressions of time - Past: yesterday, the day before yesterday, elc.

I- Present: right now, at this mornent, etc.- Past to present: up until now, so far, etc.- General (unspecified): every day, once a week, etc,

Used lo - + simple form of regular and irregular verbs: statements, questions-

Irregular past tense - Cost, cut, hit, hurt, etc.verbsConnecting words - Compound senlences with and, but, or, and so I

- Complex sentences with before,after, as son as, and whenPast participles - Regular verbs

- Irregular verbsPresent perfect tense - Staternents: *actions or situations al an unspecilied time in the past

*repealed actions al unspecilied times in the past I- Yes/No queslions: affirmative and negative- lnformation questions: affirmative and negative- Time expressions: for, since, all, always I- Time clauses with since

Adverbs used with the - Ever, never, already, just, recently, still and yet: questions, affirmative and negativepresent perfect tense statements

Superlative forms - One-syllable adjeetives and adverbs: the + adjective I adverb + est- Two-syllable adjectives: the + most/ lcast + adjectve I adverb- Other adjectives and adverbs- lrregulars- Nouns

Spelling rules for - One-syllableadjeetive ladverb + est - Two-svllable wordsVerb + object + - Advise, expect, remind, ete. IinlinitiveTag questions - Affirrnative and negative

I- Short answersRelative cIauses - Who, that, and which as subjects of relative c1auses ~ :

- Reduetion of'relative cIauses to relative phrases- Who(m). that, and which as obiects of relative c1auses

Past eontinuous tense - Staternents: affirrnative, negative- Yes/No questions: affirrnative and negative- lnformation questions: affirmative and neaative

Simple past vs. past - Affirmative, negative, qucstionseonlinuous tenses - Whcn and whilelnlinitives - After verbs I

After adjectives,- !

- Ofpurpose IPresent perfeet - Statements: lo emphasize duration of an activity that started in the past and continúes lo the ,eontinuous tense presenl

- To express general actívity that has becn in progress reeently i

- Yes/No questions, information questionsPresenl perfect - Actions or situations that began in the past and continue lo the presenleontinuous tenseversus present perfect I

tense ,Adverbs of degree - So,such,enollgll. andloo

- ,Gerunds - Gerunds and inlinilivcs as subjects: affirrnative statcments, questions I- Gerunds and prepositions: *Gerunds as objects of prepositions

• Gerunds afler adjectives with prepositions* Gerunds and phrasal verbs

- In parallel constructions -ing and -InaCommon adjective- - Good al, adequate for, enough for, etc, Ipreposition !eombinationsGrammar terrns - Singular, plural subjecl, verb, object, phrase, sentence

Common verb- - Believe in, sueeced in, ete.iadiective combinations

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Verbs and gerunds - Verbs often followed by gerunds- Verbs often followed by gerunds or infinitives- Verbs before objects and gerunds- Verbs before obiects and simple forms of verbs

Passive voice - Introduction to the passive voice- Uses

Uses of by + agentI-

- With the simple present and simple past tenses- With the present perfect tense- With the present continuous tense- With modal auxiliaries: can, eould, should, will

Verb eomplements - Verb + lo + verb I,- Verb + object + lo + verb- Verb + verb-ing I- Verb + object + verb-ing- Verb + objeet + verb I-

Parts of sneech - Noun, verb, artiele, adjective, preposition, pronoun, eoniunetion, adverbSentenee parts I word Subject + verb + phrase

-;-order - Subiect + verb + obiectNumbers - Cardinal

I- OrdinalCalendar information - Days ofthe week I

- Months ofthe year- Seasons

Giving reasons - 8eeause, so, Iherefore I

- Sinee I- 8eeause of + no un phrase I- 8eeause + c1ause iTransition words - In addition, also, first of all, finally

- As example, for example, for instancc, furthermore, cte. ;

Making general - Use: frequeney adverbs and I or quantifiersstalementsAvoiding - lnstead ofnever, use: rarely, hardly ever, almost never, usually ... not

1overgeneralizations - Instead 01'always, use: very few, hardly any, almost no, alrnost none

- Instead of all, use: almost all, rnost, manv, someVarying word order in - Topie sentenee in rnindsentenees - Correcting run-on sentences ,

- 8egin with dependent c1auses or prcpositional phrasesPast versus present - past: completion of action, state, or time period (when the past time is mentioned) I

perfect tense - -p.p.: ineomoletion of aetion, state, or time neriod (exact time is not important) I

Present perfeet versus - with nonaetion verbs: aetions or situations that began in the past and have continued to thcpresent perfect present or still true in the present

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eontinuous tense - after verbs: live, make, study, thinz word: use bothPast habits - Would and used loVarvinz word order - with + noun ohraseConditional mood - if ..... , (would, could, rniahüLinking exnressions - also, another + noun, at the same lime, besidcs + noun or noun phrasc, ete.Punetuation rules - Period

- Question mark- Exclamation point- Comma- Question marks- Apostrophes- Underlininz --

Capital ization rules - First words- Personal names- Place names- Time word- Titles

, - Names of organizations- Other ..

Organizing ideas - Arranging ideas in order 01' importance- Topie sentenees- Adding details to a paragraph- Cheeking that all the details dcvelop the topie sentenee- Concluding sentenees- Reaetions to a reading selection- Analyzing the organizalion of a leuer lo the editor- Supporling an opinion with a general statcmoit and examples- Supporting an opinion with predietions- Stating opinions: strong: emotional. modérate: logieal- Lirniting information- Using dcmonstratives to unifv a paraaraph: this, that, thcse, those

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Omitting unimportant ideasCorrect capital izationWriting anecdotesUsing detailsOmitting digressions and unimportant detailsExpanding a delinitionListing infonnationClusteringChoosing the correct part of speechUsing specific detailsUsing verbal adjectives to describe feelings -ed, -ingKeeping to one subjectDividing the composition into paragraphsListing similarities and differencesObtaining information from pictures, diagrams, and tablesFocussing on a topicSupporting an argument with examplesUsing transition and giving examplesUsing quotations and indirect speechAdding a titleDiscussing a news eventAnswering questions in an article about an eventDetermining realistic solutionsDetermining who your audience isCountering objections to your proposalMaking an outline

Recordar: que el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera hay que verlo de forma integrey no se puede separar la parte escrita de la oral. O sea, para comunicarse en forma ora.se debe de dominar la gramática.