PdF:AJ2BP_GRAA Grammar A - Course Information

AJ2BP_GRAA Grammar A

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ2BP_GRAA/01: Thu 9:45–11:25 učebna 57
AJ2BP_GRAA/02: Thu 11:35–13:15 učebna 58
AJ2BP_GRAA/03: Tue 11:35–13:15 učebna 57
AJ2BP_GRAA/04: Tue 13:25–15:05 učebna 57
AJ2BP_GRAA/05: Tue 15:15–16:55 učebna 57

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, B-SPE)

Course objectives

The course 'Grammar A' is designed for the 1st year students as an introductory course summarising and developing the students' knowledge of the English grammar. It focuses on the practice of various grammatical issues at advanced level. Its inseparable part is also theoretical background , i.e. essential linguistic terminology. The course is based on 'A Student's Grammar of the English Language' by Sidney Greenbaum and Randolph Quirk . Students are expected to study the relevant chapters from this book regularly. This term the following chapters will be discussed: A general framework, Verbs and auxiliaries and The Semantics of the verb phrase, i.e. chapters 2,3,4. (Other word classes will be dealt with in Grammar B course in spring.)

Syllabus

• A general framework (terminology); Verbs and auxiliaries (full verbs, primary verbs and auxiliaries, the subjunctive mood); The semantics of the verb phrase (time, tense, aspect).

Literature

• 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
• ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English grammar. Edited by R. A. Close. London: Longman, 1988, x, 374. ISBN 0582558921. info
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
• POVOLNÁ, Renata. Grammar. 1. dotisk 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2002, 99 stran. ISBN 8021023112. 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
• PRODROMOU, Luke. Grammar and vocabulary for first certificate. Harlow: Longman, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 0-582-40018-X. 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
• SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, Nestr. ISBN 0194274039. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Requirements: attendance (at least 80%), active participation, all required homework, 3 achievement tests during the term, Moodle self tests and participation in the Online Dictionary project. If you meet all the requirements, you will take the credit test in January - pass mark 70%. Students are required to work regularly with the Moodlinka course and other study materials, i.e. SGEL by Greenbaum and Quirk, Workbook by S. Chalker and Grammar I (as specified by the teacher in the 1st seminar).

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=148

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