UCJAP003 Grammar 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Kučerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Good secondary-school knowledge of the English grammar is expected when the students are admitted. Therefore, the course focuses on the individual word classes and various English grammatical categories and aspects which in various ways differ from the Czech grammatical system. Contents: 1. Verbs 1 (regular and irregular lexical verbs, primary auxiliaries) 2. Verbs 2 (modals) 3. Verbs 3 (tense and aspect) 4. Verbs 4 (mood and voice, nonfinite verb forms) 5. Nouns 1 (number, gender) 6. Nouns 2 (case, countability) 7. Articles (a/an, the, zero) 8. Pronouns 1 (specific) 9. Pronouns 2 (indefinite) 10. Adjectives and adverbs 11. Numerals 12. Prepositions
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Sylabus:
    1. Verbs 1 (regular and irregular lexical verbs, primary auxiliaries)
    2. Verbs 2 (modals)
    3. Verbs 3 (tense and aspect)
    4. Verbs 4 (mood and voice, nonfinite verb forms)
    5. Nouns 1 (number, gender)
    6. Nouns 2 (case, countability)
    7. Articles (a/an, the, zero)
    8. Pronouns 1 (specific)
    9. Pronouns 2 (indefinite)
    10. Adjectives and adverbs
    11. Numerals
    12. Prepositions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Quirk, R., S. Greenbaum, G. Leech and J. Svartvik:. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, London.1985. info
  • Carter, R. and M. McCarthy:. Cambridge Grammar of English, CUP. 2006. info
  • Conrad, S. - D. Biber and G. Leech:. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English - Workbook, London: Longman, 2002. info
  • Biber, D., S. Johanson, G. Leech, S. Conrad and E. Finegan :. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Longman. .2002. info
  • Dušková, L. et al.:. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny, Praha. 1988. info
  • Swan, M.:. Pracitcal English Usage, 3rd ed., Oxford. 2005. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
https://elearning.fpf.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=1103
Students work with handouts aimed at practicing the English grammar. At the end of the course, students show their understanding of the subject matter of the course at a written examination.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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