AJ_GPRA Grammar Practice A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Němec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, 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
AJ_GPRA/01: Thu 9:20–11:00 učebna 10, M. Němec
Prerequisites
The course Grammar A Exercises is designed as a supplementary optional course for all the participants of Grammar A. The required level of English is B2.
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: master the basic linguistic terminology;
master all the grammar features of chapters 2, 3 and 4 of the major course book for GRAMMAR A - 'A Student's Grammar of the English Language' by Sidney Greenbaum;
explain all the GRAMMAR features covered in GRAMMAR A subject;
practically and theoretically analyze stretches of English;
Throughout the semester students are encouraged to link theory in the classroom to practice via practical tasks.
Syllabus
  • Course outline: Basic linguistic terminology
  • Sentence and sentence structure
  • Words and word classes
  • Full verbs
  • Primary verbs
  • Modal auxiliaries
  • Passive
  • Subjunctive
  • Present simple v. progressive
  • Past simple v. progressive
  • Perfect tenses - present and past
  • Expressing the future
Literature
    recommended literature
  • POVOLNÁ, Renata. Grammar. 1. dotisk 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2002, 99 stran. ISBN 8021023112. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef. Nebojme se angličtiny. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 114 p. ISBN 802100360X. info
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
  • HLADKÝ, Josef. Zrádná slova v angličtině. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 187 s. ISBN 8004218342. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. Current English grammar. London: Macmillan, 1984, 296 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-333-35025-169. info
Teaching methods
Seminar and class discussions
Practical analysis and exercises
Mock tests
Assessment methods
Quizes (written tests, multiple choices tests) The final test will have 100 questions (points) and the passmark is set up to 70 points (70% passmark)
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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