AJ5208 Grammar Practice B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, 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
The course Grammar B Practice is designed as a supplementary optional course for all the participants of Grammar B and other students who have passed the compulsory Grammar B course before. The required level of English is B2.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course aims to provide students with more practice of the grammar issues discussed in Grammar B (compulsory course) and work on them systematically using various types of exercises including cloze tests, transformations, gap fill, text analysis, etc.
At the end of the course SWBAT: understand basic linguistic terminology and give examples in context; explain all the grammar features covered in Grammar B course and give examples of them in context; analyze language use with a focus on grammar; compare particular grammar features, their form and meaning
Students will also be familiar with various grammar books and sources recommended for study of grammar.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - analyze the use of the grammar points concerned in texts and explain their use (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions;
- work with texts with a focus on context, e.g. cohesive devices (pronouns, articles, etc.);
- understand how to approach various types of grammar activities from the point of both teacher and learner;
- work with various sources for grammar reference and find particular grammar info in order to give explanations and support them;
- identify the most common mistakes and correct them;
- prepare an activity for their peers to practise a particular grammar point of their own choice (the range of topics is determined by the grammar issues discussed);
Syllabus
  • 1-2. Introduction – analysis of students' needs and preferences, survey on the most frequent problems and grammar issues to work on in detail
  • 3-4. Text analysis - use in context (linguistic vs. situational); Cohesion and cohesive devices (pronouns)
  • 5-6. Nouns in text with focus on the invididual features of the English noun, mainly countability
  • 7-8. Use of articles - analysis in context, practice
  • 9.-10. Adjectives, adverbs, prepositions - practice in context
  • 11-12. Students' contributions and activities prepared for others + grammar project discussion
Literature
    required literature
  • BIBER, Douglas, Susan CONRAD and Geoffrey LEECH. A student grammar of spoken and written English. London: Longman, 2002, 487 pp. ISBN 0-582-23726-2. 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
  • SIDE, Richard and Guy WELLMAN. Grammar and vocabulary for Cambridge advanced and proficiency : fully updated for the revised CPE. Harlow: Longman, 2002, 288 s. ISBN 0582518210. info
  • HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and eBook. Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, ix, 294. ISBN 9781107539303. info
  • SPARLING, Thomas Donaldson, Simona KALOVÁ and Chris RANCE. English or Czenglish. Avoiding Czechism in English. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, 319 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9965-4. info
  • WEST, Clare. Recycling advanced English. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 270 stran. ISBN 9781107657519. info
  • MANN, Malcolm and Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination C1 and C2. London: Macmillan, 2008, 312 stran. ISBN 9780230035409. info
Teaching methods
Class and group discussions
Practical analysis and exercises
Student project Online course activities
Assessment methods
online tasks, quizzes, presentations, multiple choice activities
Language of instruction
English
Study support
https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=3731
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.
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