1. Instructor: Jully Yin Meeting Room: Room 209

2. Ms. Jully Yin has been instructing at National Taipei University since 2011. Education: Ms. Jully Yin has obtained the graduation diploma from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and completed courses of teaching credentials in California State University, Long Beach. Belief: Ms. Jully Yin believes everyone can learn well. If he/she can’t, it is the teacher’s fault.

3. The following dates represent the 2012 meeting schedule for the Grammar 101 : 1.Thursday, Mar. 8 th 1pm to 4pm 2.Thursday, Mar. 15 th 1pm to 4pm 3.Thursday, Mar. 22 nd 1pm to 4pm 4.Thursday, Mar. 29 th 1pm to 4pm 5.Thursday, April. 5 th 1pm to 4pm 6.Thursday, April. 12 th 1pm to 4pm 7.Thursday, April. 19 th 1pm to 4pm

4. The following dates represent the 2012 meeting schedule for the Grammar 101 : 8.Thursday, May 3 rd 1pm to 4pm 9.Thursday, May 10 th 1pm to 4pm 10.Thursday, May 17 th 1pm to 4pm 11.Thursday, May 24 th 1pm to 4pm 12.Thursday, May 31 st 1pm to 4pm

5. Currently, the instructor does not have the office hours open on campus. However, the students of this workshop can still reach the instructor if there is any questions need to be answered. How to reach the instructor: jullyyin@gmail.com

6. To help students review the basic speech parts in English, National Taipei University offers the Grammar 101 Spring 2012. In this workshop, students will learn the speech parts and structures of English language. Also, lecturer will work with the students with fundamental grammars of English language.

7. 1.Parts of Speech (overview and works specifically on Noun, Verb, and Adj.) 2.Parts of Speech (works specifically on Adv., Int.,Prep., Conj. and Pron.) 3.Sentence Functions (Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Imperative ) 4.Sentence Structures (Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-complex) 5.PUNCTUATION & BASIC MECHANICS 6.modal and Auxiliary 7.subject-verb agreement 8.Time and Tenses 9. Time and Tenses 10. Time and Tenses 11. Vocabulary Bank (stem, prefix, infix, and suffix) 12.common mistakes in English writing

8. Case study http://thegrammarexchange.infopop. cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m /7311036453

9. Open discussion: What is modal verb? Can you 5 modal verbs in modern English?

10. Open discussion: What is auxiliary ? Can you 3 auxiliaries in modern English?

11. Why do people talk? What are the criteria in a language?

12. Structural Semantic Functional

13. *My dad is a stewardess. *My mom a stewardess. *Would you like to give me 10 dollars?

14. Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs.

15. Example: 1. He speaks Chinese. 2. He did not speak Chinese. 3. She studied very hard. Normal Verbs 1. takes "-s" in the third person. 2. You use “do not”, “does not”, or “did not” to make modal verbs negative in Simple Present and Simple Past. 3. can be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.

16. Modal Verbs 1. do not take "-s" in the third person. 2. use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past. 3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses. Example: 1. *He cans speak Chinese. 2. *He did not should be late. 3. *She musted study very hard.

17. Can Could May Might Must Ought to Shall Should Will Would

18. Be able to Be going to Be about to Have to Have got to Be to Be supposed to Used to Be allowed to Be permitted to

19. John is a teacher. John may be a teacher.

20. When using a modal, the language users interject their own perspective and view a proposition more subjectively than when they simply use present or past tense.

21. To give a proposition a degree of probability To express one’s attitude To perform various social functions To express politeness To express indirectness when making requests To give advice To grant permission

22. An epistemic meaning expressing logical probability (logical probability) A deontic function expressing a use relate to social interaction (social interaction)

23. Prediction Probability Necessity

24. Making requests Giving advice

25. Potential realization Can, be able to Desire Would like to Offer/Invitation Would you like to Preference Would rather X than Y, would prefer to

26. Ability for animate subjects I can speak Chinese. My dog is able to jump on the bed. Potentiality for inanimate subjects This business can be recognized.

27. I would like an apple. I would like to live in California. I would like to work at Disneyland.

28. Would you like some tea? Would you like to dance?

29. I would rather stay at home than at school. I would prefer to go to work instead of idling.

30. *I will prefer to stay here. *Will you like some cake? Group Discussion: Why the above sentences are not grammatically / semantic right?

31. Ability Requests Permission Desires Possibility Advice Necessity

32. In 2001, I can’t / couldn’t swim. I took swimming lessons. Now I can / could swim.

33. Would you please open the door? How to respond to this type of questions? Yes: Certainly. Of course. Sure. No problem. No: I can’t. I couldn’t. I’m sorry.

34. Can she drive safely? Can we start the test? Could I come in? May I use the computer now? Could he speak Spanish last year?

35. Would you like some tea? How to respond to this type of questions? Yes: Yes, please. Yes, I would. No: No, thank you. No, I’d rather not.

36. Would it rain tomorrow? How to respond to this type of questions? Yes: It may. It is going to rain. No: It may not. (*No, it may not.)

37. Shall we dance? *Ought we dance? How to respond to this type of questions? Yes: Yes. (Yes,you should.) No: No. (No, you shouldn’t.)

38. Have to vs. Must Can you tell the difference? I have to study. I must study.

39. To express a strong obligation

40. Some personal circumstance makes the obligation necessary (and the speaker almost certainly agrees with the obligation.)

42. In linguistics, an auxiliary verb is a verb that gives further semantic or syntactic information about a main or full verb.

43. To form Passive Voice To form Progressive Aspect To form Perfect Aspect To emphasize

44. Be + P.P. Is “Be” a Modal or an Auxiliary?

45. Be + V-ing Is “Be” a Modal or an Auxiliary?

46. have + P.P. Is “have” a Modal or an Auxiliary?

47. Modal verbs are not Be verbs Be verbs are auxiliary verbs. Some other helping verbs are functioning as auxiliary verbs. Modals are not auxiliary verbs.

48. http://ajaja.paradoxinc.org/Basic/Gr ammar/Modals.html