AJ1204 Grammar B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ1204/Kombi01: Fri 17. 2. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 3. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 17. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 31. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 21. 4. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 5. 5. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, R. Jančaříková
AJ1204/Kombi02: Fri 24. 2. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 10. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 24. 3. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 14. 4. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 28. 4. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, Fri 12. 5. 8:00–9:50 učebna 58, R. Jančaříková
AJ1204/PrezPred01: Wed 11:00–11:50 učebna 5, R. Vogel
AJ1204/PrezSem01: Thu 16:00–16:50 učebna 64, R. Vogel
AJ1204/PrezSem02: Mon 8:00–8:50 učebna 6, R. Vogel
Prerequisites
AJ1203 Grammar A
B2 level and higher.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
'Grammar B' course is designed for the 1st year students as an advanced course consolidating and developing the students' knowledge of English grammar. The course is a continuation of course Grammar A taught in the previous term.
The main objective of the course is to present grammar as a system and study it as a complex whole with focus on functions and meanings and mutual comparison of particular features. The course builds on the students' knowledge of basic linguistic terminology, which they acquired in the previous course. At the end of the course students will be able to:
compare sentences in terms of grammar and meaning as well as compare Czech and English grammar where such comparison is noteworthy;
correct mistakes in sentences and provide correct option(s);
provide explanations and examples of their own;
analyze stretches of language and justify choices of structures, and identify the speaker's attitudes and intentions;
identify the most common problems in the use of English by Czech learners, mainly due to interference of Czech.
Full time students only: the lectures present relevant linguistic terminology and theoretical background for the seminars devoted mainly to practice.
Combined students: a two-hour seminar provides both the theoretical bacground and practice
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - understand and explain the characteristic features of the word classes discussed (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions);
- analyze and explain the use of the grammar points discussed in context;
- give their own examples to show understanding of the grammar issues discussed;
- identify and correct the most common mistakes in grammar;
- compare similar items with focus on their use and meaning;
- understand differences between English and Czech grammar to identify possible problems of Czech learners;
Syllabus
  • 1. Nouns - introduction - count vs. non-count nouns, grammar vs. meaning (two meanings of the same word, one count, the other non-count); partitives
  • 2. Determiners - introduction - positions of det. in the noun phrase (pre-determiners, central determiners, post-determiners)
  • 3. Articles - article use with common nouns
  • 4. Articles - article use with proper nouns
  • 5. Nouns - number (variable vs. invariable nouns), subject-verb agreement
  • 6. Nouns - gender (marked vs. unmarked), dual gender, common gender, gender markers; case - 's genitive vs. of construction, meanings of 's genitive (possessive, descriptive, etc.)
  • 7. Pronouns - introduction, personal pronouns
  • 8. Pronouns - reflexive pronouns, reciprocal, demonstrative, interrogative
  • 9. Pronouns - indefinite pronouns and their compounds
  • 10. Adjectives and adverbs - formation; characteristic features, position of adjectives (attributive, predicative, postpositive), order of adjectives in noun phrases
  • 11. Adjectives and adverbs - adverbs functioning as adverbials and modifiers, comparison of adjectives and adverbs
  • 12. Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Literature
    required literature
  • BIBER, Douglas, Susan CONRAD and Geoffrey N. LEECH. Longman student grammar of spoken and written English. First published. Harlow: Longman, 2002, vii, 487. ISBN 9780582237278. info
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : with answers. Updated edition first publis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, vii, 274. ISBN 9780194214766. info
    recommended literature
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : supplementary exercises with answers. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, v, 132. ISBN 9780194579872. info
  • ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English grammar. Edited by R. A. Close. London: Longman, 1988, x, 374. ISBN 0582558921. info
  • QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990, 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. 3. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2003, 673 s. ISBN 8020010734. info
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, Nestr. ISBN 0194274039. info
  • HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 340. ISBN 0521498694. info
  • SIDE, Richard and Guy WELLMAN. Grammar and vocabulary for Cambridge advanced and proficiency : fully updated for the revised CPE. Harlow: Longman, 2002, 288 s. ISBN 0582518210. info
  • SPARLING, Don. English or Czenglish? : jak se vyhnout čechismům v angličtině. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 274 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, group work, pair work, group and class discussion, self-tests, on-line discussions, homework, self-study.
Assessment methods
Requirements for combined students, i.e. Friday groups taught by Renata Jančaříková
1. Attendance
2. Active participation - class work is based on students' independent work on the topics assigned
3. Mid-course test (topics 1-6)
4. Moodle online quizzes (12 ouizzes)
5. Grammar Forum - 1 contribution per student
Students are required to work regularly with the materials in the Moodle course and other study materials, i.e. SGEL by Greenbaum and Quirk, Workbook by S. Chalker and Grammar I (see Literature). For details of continuous assessment, see the Moodle course.

Requirements for full-time students, i.e. groups taught by Radek Vogel
1. Attendance - minimum 80%
2. Active participation - class work is based on students' independent work on the topics assigned
3. Progress test (topics 1-6)
4. Moodle online quizzes (10 quizzes)
5. Final test (topics 1-12) - written exam
Students are required to work regularly with the materials in the Moodle course and other study materials, i.e. Oxford Practice Grammar by Yule, SGEL by Greenbaum and Quirk, SEG Workbook by Chalker and Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English by Biber et al. For details of continuous assessment, see the Moodle course.

Methods: progress tests, online quizzes, online discussions, written final test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=3140
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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