UCJAOPBK02 Introduction to grammar

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. René Kron, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. René Kron, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Registration
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
To acquaint students with the rules and principles of English grammar in the course, students will learn how language is structured and what the term grammar includes, as well as how the prescriptive and descriptive approach to grammar differs. Students will learn to distinguish between different word types and phrases, sentence members and sentence types.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- navigate the field of grammar;
- identify and describe how the language works and what are the approaches to grammar;
- distinguish individual word types and phrases, sentence members and sentence types;
Syllabus
  • 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
    required literature
  • Aarts, B. (2011). Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford: OUP
  • Biber, D., Johanson, S., Conrad, S., Leech, G. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Pearson Education Limited, 2002. info
    recommended literature
  • Carter, R. and M. McCarthy. Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge University Press, 2006. info
  • Dušková, L. (2012). Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha: Academia
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations
Assessment methods
participation in seminars, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hod/cv/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2023, recent)
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