AJc208 Grammar B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, 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
Prerequisites
B2 level of English.
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
'Grammar B' course is designed for the 1st year students as an introductory course summarising and developing their 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. 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 (SWBAT)compare sentences in terms of grammar and meaning as well as compare Czech and English grammar where such comparison is noteworthy; SWBAT correct mistakes in sentences and provide correct option(s); SWBAT provide explanations and examples of their own; SWBAT analyze stretches of language and justify choices of structures, and identify the speaker's attitudes and intentions; SWBAT identify the most common problems in the use of English by Czech learners, mainly due to interference of Czech.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
analyze and explain the use of the grammar points discussed;
use the grammar points discussed in context and give examples of their own to demonstrate understanding
identify and correct the most common mistakes
identify similarities and differences between Czech and English in order to realize the inferference of Czech
Syllabus
  • The course covers these word classes: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions.
  • 1. Nouns - introduction to the word class of the English noun; countability and meaning and their mutual influence; partitive constructions
  • 2. Determiners - introduction - characteristic features of determiners and their position in the noun phrase; more determiners in the same phrase (pre-determiners, central d., post-determiners)
  • 3. Articles - article use with common nouns - generic vs. specific reference, specific definite, specific indefinite; article use in fixed phrases
  • 4. Articles - with proper nouns - place names, geographical units, personal names, etc.
  • 5. Nouns - number - variable vs. invariable nouns, subject-verb agreement; comparison with Czech; typical mistakes due to interference with Czech
  • 6. Nouns - gender in English vs. Czech; dual, common gender, gender markers, people, animals; 's genitive vs. of construction; 's genitive with inanimates; time expressions
  • 7. Pronouns - introduction to the word class of pronouns and their types; personal pronouns
  • 8. Pronouns - demonstrative, reciprocal, reflexive pronouns, interrogative, relative (two types of relative clause)
  • 9. Pronouns - indefinite pronouns and the compounds
  • 10. Adjectives and adverbs - formation, characteristic features, position of adjectives (attributive, predicative, postpositive), order of adjectives in noun phrases, modification of adjectives
  • 11. Adjectives and adverbs - adverb formation, 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
    recommended literature
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : with answers. Updated edition first publis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, vii, 274. ISBN 9780194214766. info
  • ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English grammar. Edited by R. A. Close. London: Longman, 1988, x, 374. ISBN 0582558921. info
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, xxx, 635. ISBN 9780194202435. info
  • SPARLING, Thomas Donaldson, Christopher Adam RANCE and Simona KALOVÁ. English or Czenglish. Avoiding Czechisms in English. 1. vyd. . Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, 319 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9965-4. URL 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. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. 2003. info
  • HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, ix, 294. ISBN 9781107697386. info
  • VINCE, Michael and Peter SUNDERLAND. Advanced language practice with key : English grammar and vocabulary. 1. ed. Oxford: Macmillan, 2003, viii, 326. ISBN 1405007621. info
Teaching methods
Class disussion, pair work, group work, progress tests, online discussions, online quizzes
Assessment methods
Requirements:
1. Attendance
2. Pre-seminar work - independent, regular work on the topics based on the study materials provided
3. Active participation - students are expected to be able to explain the main points and take part in the practice activities.
4. Online moodle quizzes
5. Mid-course test - pass mark 70%
6. Final test - covering the content of the whole semester (theory and practice); pass mark 70%
Methods: progress test, online quizzes
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2130
For more info about the course, the plan, the requirements and the study materials, see the moodle course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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