UCJAOPBK13 Gramatika 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
English on B2 level
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 Grammar 2 course follows on from the Grammar 1 course. The aim of the course is to deepen knowledge of English grammar. The content of the course is verbs and verb phrases, negative, questions, imperative, agreement of the subject with the predicate, word order in the sentence, types of subordinate clauses, punctuation and capitalization in English. The lecture offers a theoretical overview of the issue, and in the subsequent seminar, students consolidate the acquired theoretical knowledge with the help of practical exercises.
Learning outcomes
improved knowledge of the English language structure
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: 1. Structure of language. Nouns and noun phrases. Adjectives and adjective phrases. Adverbs and adverb phrases. 2. Verbs: classification of verbs (type, grammatical, and formal classification), regular and irregular verbs. 3. Verbs: primary auxiliaries, modal verbs, verb formation, valency patterns (transitive, intransitive, and linking verbs). 4. Variation in the verb phrase: tense, aspect, voice. 5. Variation in the verb phrase: mood, modality. 6. Grammar of the clause: negation, questions. 7. Grammar of the clause: subject-verb concord. 8. Grammar of the clause: exclamative clauses, imperative clauses. 9. Grammar of the clause: finite vs non-finite clauses, verbless clauses. 10. Word order: basic word order, fronting, S-V inversion, existential there clauses, dislocation, clefting. 11. Coordination. Subordination: relative clauses, conditional clauses. 12. Subordination: adverbial clauses. 13. Punctuation and capitalization.
Literature
  • Biber, D., Conrad, S. and Leech, G. (2002). Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
  • Aarts, B. (2011). Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford: OUP.
Teaching methods
lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
attendance, written text
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hod/cv/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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