AJ1206 Syntax B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Helena Worthington, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, 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
AJ1206/Kombi01: Fri 24. 2. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, Fri 10. 3. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, Fri 24. 3. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, Fri 14. 4. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, Fri 28. 4. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, Fri 12. 5. 18:00–19:50 učebna 57, M. Adam
AJ1206/Prez01: Tue 8:00–9:50 učebna 57, H. Worthington
AJ1206/Prez02: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 54, H. Worthington
Prerequisites
AJ1205 Syntax A
This course can be attended by all students who have passed their exam in English grammar in the first year of their study and who have successfully finished Syntax A.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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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, the Czech language. The differences between the simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence will be studied, including all types of dependent clauses and complex condensation. This course will raise students’ awareness of similarities and differences between English and their native language / mother tongue and thus enables them to identify potentially problematic areas for their future learners.
Learning outcomes
This course enhances the acquisition of linguistic knowledge and teaching competencies indispensable for the professional development of future teachers of English, in particular communication and interpersonal skills, collaboration and teamwork, flexibility and adaptability (viz Strategic Aim 1, Strategies 2030). The students are expected: 1. to understand linguistic terms from the area of syntax and to be able to explain them on concrete examples; 2. to understand the structure of the compound and complex sentence in comparison with the structure of the simple sentence, especially when compared to the structure of the sentence in the Czech language; 3. to know the language means for the expression of a variety of relations realized by different types of subordinate clauses, namely nominal, adverbial, relative and comparative clauses; 4. to be capable of identifying concrete, even more complex, syntactic structures in the written text and to know how to explain and descrive them while using adequate linguistic terms.
Syllabus
  • 1. Coordination. Compound sentence and co-ordinating conjunctions, including correlative pairs. 2. Coordination of nominal phrases. Simple and complex coordination. Minor types of coordination. 3. Complementation of verbs and adjectives. Multi-word verbs. Prepositional, phrasal and phrasal-prepositinal verbs. 4. Subordination. Complex sentence and subordinating conjunctions. Three structural classes of dependent clauses (finite, non-finite and verbless). Transferred negation. Emphasizing negation. 5. Four major semantic classes of dependent clauses (nominal, adverbial, relative and comparative). Nominal clauses. 6. Direct and indirect speech and their means of expression. Adverbial clauses of result and cause. 7. Adverbial clauses of purpose (standard and infinitive constructions). 8. Adverbial clauses of concession, time and place. 9. Alternative ways of expression for cause, purpose and concession. Prepositional constructions. 10. Types of condition (open, hypothetical, rhetorical and indirect). Adverbial clauses of condition. 11. Subordinate clauses as part of other sentence elements. Comparative clauses. 12. Two types of relative clauses. Relative pronouns and relative adverbials. Reduced relative clauses.
Literature
    required literature
  • YULE, George. Oxford practice grammar : with answers. Updated edition first publis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, vii, 274. ISBN 9780194214766. info
  • BIBER, Douglas, Susan CONRAD and Geoffrey N. LEECH. Longman student grammar of spoken and written English. First published. Harlow: Longman, 2002, vii, 487. ISBN 9780582237278. info
    recommended literature
  • GETHIN, Hugh. Grammar in context :proficiency level English. New edition. Harlow: Longman, 1996, 235 s. ISBN 0-17-556420-5. info
  • SVARTVIK, Jan and Geoffrey N. LEECH. A communicative grammar of English. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1994, xiv, 423. ISBN 058208573X. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. A student's English grammar : workbook. First published. Harlow: Longman, 1992, 186 stran. ISBN 0582088194. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. English grammar :word by word. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 448 s. ISBN 0-17-555705-5. info
  • CHALKER, Sylvia. Current English grammar. London: Macmillan, 1984, 296 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-333-35025-169. info
Teaching methods
Mode of teaching: lecture The methods used in classes are mainly presentations of new and/or problematic grammatical issues by the teacher, followed by class discussions and questions from students and practical exercises selected from the compulsory textbooks. As for written assignments, students are supposed to do all the tests which accompany the topics studies and which are included in the is.muni.cz course Seminar to syntax B/Syntax B.
Assessment methods
In order to be allowed to sit for the oral exam students have to pass a mid-term test and translation, and a final exam test and translation. The passmark of all the tests including translations is 70 per cent. The final exam test and translation is part of the oral exam.
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: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/warp_predmet_vyber?fakulta=1441;obdobi=6085;predmet=773653
The course is extremely demanding in terms of home preparation (working out various tasks and assignments, reading theoretical materials and studying additional materials). Therefore, it is evaluated with 4 credits upon successful completion (passing the exam).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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