CJVAGR, fall 2020 – COURSE INFORMATION

In the fall semester of 2020 the course will be held in a distant form. We will meet regularly via
Zoom, as scheduled originally, on Mondays at 8:00 am, STARTING October 5th. Please, follow the link
in this invitation:

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COURSEWORK

I will ask you to prepare your materials in advance, based on provided theory. You will find both,
theory and practice, in this folder: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2020/CJVAGR/um/ . In the
class, then, we will go over your answers and discuss any potential problems.


CREDIT ASSIGNMENT – COURSE COMPLETION

All the exercises are supposed to develop your use of grammar in academic English and your credit
assignment will correspond with this aim. Namely, you will write a text 350-400 words long (or
record a presentation) in which you will support or reject a hypothesis/theory related to your
field of study. Your text should include:

1.       Comparing and analysing (adjectives and adverbs)

2.       Hedging (adjectives and adverbs)

3.       Hypothesising and argumentation (modals, conditionals)

4.       Referencing (reporting verbs, relative clauses)

5.       Maintaining coherence (connectors)

Through writing this text you will also show your comprehension of other structures, like tenses,
verb forms, pronouns, etc. I will ask you to upload your work to Homework Vault (odevzdávárny) for
this course https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2020/CJVAGR/ode/  in the last week of the fall
term.


OFFICE HOURS

One to one consultations will be held via Teams on Wednesdays, 12:00-13:00, or any other time by
prior arrangement.