PdF:A2BK_GR1A Grammar A - Course Information
A2BK_GR1A Grammar A
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/24. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Irena Hůlková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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: Jana Popelková - 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
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Course objectives
- The course 'Grammar A' is designed for the 1st year students as an introductory course summarising and developing their knowledge of English grammar.
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. The course also includes basic linguistic terminology, the knowledge of which is essential for the students' independent work with the course materials and recommended sources as well as their future studies. At the end of the course students should be able to: compare sentences in terms of grammar and meaning; correct mistakes in sentences; provide explanations and examples of their own; analyze stretches of language and justify choices of structures, and identify the speaker's attitudes and intentions.
The course is based on 'A Student's Grammar of the English Language' by Sidney Greenbaum and Randolph Quirk . Chapters discussed include: A general framework, Verbs and auxiliaries and The Semantics of the verb phrase, i.e. chapters 2,3,4. - Syllabus
- 1. Linguistic terminology: sentence and sentences structure, sentence elements, phrases, types of verbs, sentences v. clauses
- 2.Linguistic terminology:markedness, types of reference, open v. closes word classes, pro-forms, ellipsis
- 3. Main verbs
- 4. Primary auxiliaries
- 5. Modal auxiliaries
- 6. Passive
- 7. Subjunctive
- 8. Present tenses
- 9. Past tenses
- 10. Perfect tenses
- 11. Expressing future
- Literature
- QUIRK, Randolph and Sidney GREENBAUM. A Student s Grammar of the English Language. Online. 1. vyd. London: Longman, 1990. 490 s. ISBN 0-582-07569-6. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. Online. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992. 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English grammar. Online. Edited by R. A. Close. London: Longman, 1988. x, 374. ISBN 0582558921. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. Online. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- POVOLNÁ, Renata. Grammar.. Online. 1. dotisk 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2002. 99 stran. ISBN 8021023112. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. Online. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ix, 340. ISBN 0521498694. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- PRODROMOU, Luke. Grammar and vocabulary for first certificate. Online. Harlow: Longman, 1999. 319 s. ISBN 0-582-40018-X. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- SIDE, Richard and Guy WELLMAN. Grammar and vocabulary for Cambridge advanced and proficiency : fully updated for the revised CPE. Online. Harlow: Longman, 2002. 288 s. ISBN 0582518210. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Nestr. ISBN 0194274039. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: attendance (80%), active participation, all required homework, 3 achievement tests (pass mark 70%), Moodle self tests and participation in the Online Dictionary project (20 items), Credit test(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 (see Literature).
Methods: lectures, class and group discussions, pair work, homework, group projects (Students' Online Dictionary) - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=148
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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