AJ2BP_SSYB Syntax Seminar B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ2BP_SSYB/01: Mon 10:40–12:20 učebna 57, R. Povolná
AJ2BP_SSYB/02: Mon 8:50–10:30 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), R. Povolná
AJ2BP_SSYB/03: Wed 10:40–12:20 učebna 12, R. Povolná
Prerequisites
AJ2BP_SOZK Qualifying Exam
This course can be attended by all students who have passed their exam in English grammar in the first year of their sstudy and who have successfully finished Seminar to syntax A.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to master characteristic features of English syntax, mainly in comparison with the students mother tongue. The diffrences between the simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence will be studied. All types of dependent clauses, complex condensation and information processing will be included in the course syllabus too.
Syllabus
  • Textbooks: Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 from A Student's English Grammar Workbook (Sylvia Chalker) and Chapters 3-9 from Grammar in Context (Hugh Gethin) February: Chapter 13 - Coordination. Chapter 10 B - The -ing form as gerund. March: Chapter 13 - cont. Chapter 10 C - Verbs taking the infinitive or -ing (participle) according to meaning. Chapter 16 - Complementation of verbs and adjectives - selfstudy. Chapter 10 D - Verbs taking a full infinitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning. Lists of verbs - selfstudy. Chapter 16 - cont. Practice. Chapter 10 D - Verbs taking a full infonitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning - cont. Revision of Chapter 10. Revision of Chapters 13 and 16. Chapter 3 A - Relation between result and cause. Chapter 3 B - Result expressed by too or enough. Chapter 14 - The complex sentence - introduction. Chapter 4 A - Purpose (Standard constructions). April: Chapter 14 - cont. Revision test. Chapter 4 B - Purpose (Shortened constructions) Chapter 6 - cause, purpose, concesssion (Alternatives Chapter 14 - cont. Revision of Chapter 14 - selfstudy. Chapter 5 - Concession. Chapter 6 - cont. - selfstudy. Chapter 15 - Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses. Revision of Chapters 4, 5 and 6. Practice. Chapter 15 - cont. Chapter 7 - Time. Revision of Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6. May: Chapter 18 - Theme, focus, and information processing. Chapter 8 A - Relatives. Introduction. Chapter 18 - cont. Chapter 8 B - Sentence building with relatives. Chapter 18 - cont. Chapter 8 C - Shortened constructions. Chapter 9 -Similarity and comparison.
Literature
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. Current English grammar. London: Macmillan, 1984, 296 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-333-35025-169. info
  • DEUCHAR, Margaret, Robert HOOGENRAAD and Geoffrey Neil LEECH. English grammar for today :a new introduction. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 s. ISBN 0-333-30644-9. info
Teaching methods
The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of new and/or problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions and questions from students, and various types of exercises from compulsory textbooks, including drills. As for homework, students are supposed to study in advance relevant chapters from their textbooks and translate sentences from Czech into English. Apart from that, students have to do various interactive moodle modules including quizzes designed particularly for their course.
Assessment methods
Mode of teaching: seminar For getting a credit students have to pass a mid-term test and translation, and a credit test and translation. The credit test and translation comprise the subject matter from the whole year and the result is part of the exam. Oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=982
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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