A2BK_SYNB Syntax B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2BK_SYNB/OS01: Fri 28. 2. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, Fri 21. 3. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, Fri 4. 4. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, Fri 18. 4. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, Fri 2. 5. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, Fri 23. 5. 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, M. Adam
A2BK_SYNB/01: Mon 17. 2. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, Mon 3. 3. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, Mon 17. 3. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, Mon 31. 3. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, Mon 14. 4. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, Mon 12. 5. 8:25–10:05 učebna 58, M. Adam
Prerequisites
( A2BK_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BK_GR1B Grammar B && A2BK_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
This course can only be attended by those students who have successfully finished seminar to Syntax A.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to master characteristic features of English syntax, mainly in comparison with the structure of the students' mother tongue. Students will be able to uderstand the differences between the simple, compound and complex sentence. They will explore and gradually master all types of dependent clauses, complex condensation and information processing.
Syllabus
  • Spring term A Student's English Grammar Workbook (Sylvia Chalker) Grammar in Context (Hugh Gethin) February Chapter 13 - Coordination. Chapter 10 B - The -ing form as gerund. March Chapter 13 - cont. Chapter 10 C - Verbs taking the infinitive or -ing (participle) according to meaning. Chapter 16 - Complementation of verbs and adjectives - selfstudy. Chapter 10 D - Verbs taking a full infinitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning. Lists of verbs - selfstudy. Chapter 16 - cont. Practice. Chapter 10 D - Verbs taking a full infonitive or -ing (gerund) according to meaning - cont. Revision of Chapter 10. Revision of Chapters 13 and 16. Chapter 3 A - Relation between result and cause. Chapter 3 B - Result expressed by too or enough. Chapter 14 - The complex sentence - introduction. Chapter 4 A - Purpose (Standard constructions). April Chapter 14 - cont. Revision test. Chapter 4 B - Purpose (Shortened constructions) Chapter 6 - cause, purpose, concesssion (Alternatives Chapter 14 - cont. Revision of Chapter 14 - selfstudy. Chapter 5 - Concession. Chapter 6 - cont. - selfstudy. Chapter 15 - Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses. Revision of Chapters 4, 5 and 6. Practice. Chapter 15 - cont. Chapter 7 - Time. Revision of Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6. May Chapter 18 - Theme, focus, and information processing. Chapter 8 A - Relatives. Introduction. Chapter 18 - cont. Chapter 8 B - Sentence building with relatives. Chapter 18 - cont. Chapter 8 C - Shortened constructions. Chapter 9 - Similarity and comparison.
Literature
    required literature
  • GREENBAUM, Sidney and Randolph QUIRK. A student's grammar of the English language. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 490 stran. ISBN 0582059712. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
    not specified
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. Current English grammar. London: Macmillan, 1984, 296 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-333-35025-169. info
  • DEUCHAR, Margaret, Robert HOOGENRAAD and Geoffrey Neil LEECH. English grammar for today :a new introduction. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982, xvi, 224 s. ISBN 0-333-30644-9. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods: classroom discussions, lectures, students' presentations, home assignments, home projects.
Assessment methods
To get a credit from the subject Syntax B, students have to take and pass a mid-term test and translation (70%) and a final credit test (70%). They also have to take all the online quizzes in the moodle course by the dates specified. Having met all these requirements, students can then sit the final oral exam comprising all the topics of both semesters (i.e. Syntax A and Syntax B).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=567
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2024.
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