BT 104 Business English 1

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Emphasizes basic English skills, including parts of speech, sentence patterns, and terminal punctuation. Covers common mistakes with nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Applies these skills to writing and speaking in clear, concise sentences.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify the parts of speech and use them correctly in clear, concise, grammatically correct sentences for both written and verbal.
Write using a variety of sentence patterns that include a subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, appositive, clause, and phrase using proper capitalization and punctuation.
Use reference tools for a variety of applications such as spelling and correct word usage.
Correctly use plural and possessive forms of nouns and pronouns.
Use subjective and objective forms of pronouns correctly being sure that they are in agreement with other sentence elements.
Write correctly formed and punctuated sentences demonstrating proper use of various types, voices, and tenses of verbs.

Content Outline

Parts of Speech (Written and Verbal Applications)
- Nouns
- Pronouns
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Adjectives
- Prepositions
- Interjections
- Conjunctions
Reference Tool Use
Uses of Parts of Speech
- Subjects
- Verbs
- Direct objects
- Indirect objects
- Subject complements
Introduce Sentence Patterns and Elements
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Complex sentences
- Definition of clauses and phrases
- Appositives
Correct End-Of-Sentence Punctuation
- Period
- Question mark
- Exclamation point
Capitalization Rules
Plural and Possessive Forms of Nouns and Pronouns
Pronouns
- Correct case (objective/subjective)
- Agreement of pronouns with antecedents and other sentence elements
- Correct plural and singular use
- Correct compound forms
- Correct construction
Application of Verbs in Writing Sentences
- Agreement of subject, verb, and other elements
- Correct mood, voice, tense