Description

This must-be-taken grammar class is for everyone, yes, literally for everyone.

Those who want to learn grammar for academic English skills as well as those who relearn or horn your grammar knowledge for TOEFL iBT tests will benefit from this course.

This is pre-recorded lecture series can not only provide you with the explanation about grammar rules but also provide you with HOW to use your grammar knowledge in academic reading and writing.

Feature 01. Pre-recorded lectures

Once you sign up for this course, you can see all the lectures in your personal account. However, you will not have an access to the the next video until you complete the previous one. Once you complete them all, you can access all the lectures for one year and study whenever and wherever you want.

Feature 02. Assessments

Karen’s core teaching philosophy is “Assessment for Learning”. So, you will be given a variety of quizzes to check your understanding on what you have learned, helping you identify your learning needs.

Feature 03. Review handouts and more practice materials

After each lecture, you can download handouts for review what you have learned. Also, you will be given more practice materials to expand your knowledge and skills by practicing more with the most authentic materials handpicked or handmade by Karen.

With this course you will

• Learn how to be a master of your learning (autonomous learner)
• Familiarise yourself with using assessments as a learning tool (assessment for learning)
• Consolidate your learning by reviewing and practicing with complimentary materials
• Learn how to apply your knowledge and skills to TOEFL iBT tests (test skills)
• Improve academic English skills in general (academic English skills)

Pre-answered questions

• What is the prerequisite to this course?
  Nothing but your passion for learning!
• Do I need to purchase the textbooks?
  No, all the textbooks, handouts, and practice materials are made by Karen, which will be automatically provided when you sign up for this course. You will find all the resources in your personal account.
• Can I contact you if I have a question while listening to your lecture?
  Of course! Send me an email to karen@karenglish.com.

The course curriculum

Phase one: Parsing for Skimming

• Day 1

  What is a “real” sentence for skimming?
  Ignore this for now!
  : adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions

• Day 2

  Find a verb!
  Verb forms v1 v2 v3 v4 v5

• Day 3

  What is “it”?
  Find a real meaning of “it”
  : it as a subject, an object, and a dummy

• Day 4

  Is this a verb?
  Participles, gerunds, and to-infinitives

• Day 5

  Is this a verb, again?
  Passive forms of v4 v5

• Day 6

  Is this a sentence?
  Noun, adjective, and adverb clauses

• Day 7

  Is this a sentence, again?
  Relative clauses, participle clauses

• Day 8

  Subjective vs. Conditional
  If you see “if”, check out a verb form, first!

• Day 9

  Phrasal expressions
  If you know it, you can spot it!

• Day 10

  So, what is parsing, again?

PHASE TWO. Adding for Understanding

• Day 11

  Complement v2 v5

• Day 12

  What is “what”?

• Day 13

  Preposition + relative clauses

• Day 14

  It is ,(comma) that matters

• Day 15

  Auxiliary verbs
  : their past tense forms and meanings

• Day 16

  It WAS a sentence
  : with + participle

• Day 17

  They are all jumbled up!!
  : inverted sentences

• Day 18

  Antonym is not a foe, but a friend!
  : comparative & subjunctive for inference

• Day 19

  What about synonym, then?
  : paraphrasing for sentence simplification

• Day 20

  So, what is the “real” meaning of it?