This document provides an overview and examples of the open learning movement and discusses key grammatical concepts such as phrases and dependent clauses. It describes how open online resources like Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare, and massive open online courses have expanded access to education. Examples of different types of phrases are provided, including noun phrases, verb phrases, appositive phrases, and absolute phrases. The document also covers independent and dependent clauses, as well as adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses. Readers are directed to supplemental exercises and learning materials to practice these grammatical concepts.
6. Example #1:
KHAN ACADEMY
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7. Example #2:
The Wiki Era, Blogging, & Micro Blogging
Blogger, Wordpress,
LiveJournal, Twitter, etc.
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8. Example #3:
MIT & Harvard Open Course
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9. Example #4:
Massive Open Online Course
PARTICIPATORY
ENGAGING
DISTRIBUTED
Watch the YouTube Video
11. Other Examples:
Open Content & Online Sharing
O Cloud Storage
O Slide Sharing
O Free Animation & Viral
Video
O Open & Free Software
O Free Webinar
O Free Online Conferences
O Free Online Courses
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12. Questions?
O What function of
English?
O What is the future of our
education?
O Do we still need
school/university?
O How do we position our
self in this situation? Photo used from blogtravelpod
14. Noun Phrases
A noun
A noun Modifiers
phrase
An accomplished paper
The old, broken, stinky pillow
The authentic English
15. Verb Phrases
The
A verb
A verb helping
phrase
verb
should have arrived
began to clap
can help
16. Types of Verbal Phrases
O Participial phrases – Function as adjectives
O Insulted by the class instructor, Lucy dropped
the class.
O Gerund phrases – Function as nouns
O Working out twice a week will help you feel
better.
O Infinitive phrases – Function as adverbs,
adjectives, or nouns
O To finish his dissertation is his great ambition
this semester.
O He made many efforts to finish his dissertation.
O He want to finish his dissertation this semester.
17. Appositive Phrases
O Appositives rename nouns or pronouns
and appear right after the word they
rename.
O Barack Obama, the President of U.S., went
to Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991.
O Minouk Lim, a Korean artist, will collaborate
with Minneapolis-based choreographer
Emily Johnson on a performance called
“Firecliff 3.”
18. Absolute Phrase
(Source: About.com)
O Definition: A group of words that modifies an
independent clause as a whole.
O An absolute is made up of a noun and its
modifiers. It may precede, follow, or interrupt the
main clause:
O Their slender bodies sleek and black against the
orange sky, the storks circled high above us.
O The storks circled high above us, their slender
bodies sleek and black against the orange sky.
O The storks, their slender bodies sleek and black
against the orange sky, circled high above us.
O An absolute allows us to move from a description
of a whole person, place, or thing to one aspect or
part.
23. Noun Clauses
(Source: About.com)
O Noun clauses are clauses that function as
nouns.
O Noun clauses, like nouns, can be used as
either subjects or objects.
O I like what he said. Noun clause: ... what
he said = object
O What he bought was awful: Noun clause:
What he bought ... = subject
24. Independent Exercises
O Go to our textbook supplement website to
take the practice tests
O Pretest – Phrases and Clauses
O Practice Exercises – Phrases and Clauses
O Posttest – Phrases and Clauses
The textbook supplement learning material:
CATALYST: A Tool for Writing and Research
2nd Edition, McGrawHill
25. Closing Notes
O Send an email to the facilitator for enrolling to
the course. Write your full name and your
country of origin. For example: Ahmad Faisal,
Nigeria.
O The facilitator email address is
herythe@hotmail.co.uk
O Star to learn from the course website:
http://basicenglishgrammar.weebly.com
O Help us to improve the lesson/course by filling
out a survey here: BEG Survey
