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Lecturer(s)
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Peldová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bator Magdalena, Dr. phil. habil. Mgr.
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Course content
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Lecture 1: Phrases, phrase constituents and their structures Lecture 2: Constituency, constituent order, phrases vs. clauses, clause constituents, Lecture 3: Complementation, subject-verb agreement, verb types Lecture 4: Coordination, clause patterns, simple sentences, (in)dependent clauses, relative clauses Lecture 5: Nominal clauses, consecutio temporum, the subjunctive Lecture 6: Adverbial constituents, adverbial clauses, types of sentences Credit test The seminars consist of exercises related to the respective lecture topics. The material presented in the lectures will not be repeated in the seminars. Students who do not attend any of the lectures are obliged to catch up with the material before attending seminars. Full-time and part-time students follow the same program with the part-timers simply having fewer classes.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminár, E-learning, Students' self-study, Seminar activities
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 9 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 42 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 61 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aims of the course are to focus on simple, compound and complex sentences. Attention is paid mainly to clause/sentence elements and different kinds of finite subordinate clauses. Syntactic structures are studied from a rule to practical application and vice versa. Where relevant individual items are treated with special regard to the needs of the students whose mother tongue is Czech.
The students master the simple/compound/complex sentences, clause/sentence elements and different kinds of finite clauses.
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Prerequisites
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B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student's linguistic performance analysis, Presentation of artistic and creative activities, Systematické pozorování studenta, Test
The course ends with a credit. Students will be evaluated on the basis of the following components: - 70% - test(s). In the full time programme, there will be two tests (mid-term and final test); part-time students will write one test covering the whole semester, after the classes are over. - 30% - home assignments. Students should collect at least 70% of points in order to get the final signature. Should they have less than 70% of points, they will be allowed to take one resit. The retake test will cover the whole semester, the passing level is 70%. Students who, due to various reasons, have not taken the 1st attempt of either mid-term or final test, will be allowed to write it during the retake.
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Recommended literature
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Aarts, Bas. Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Alexander, L. G. Longman English Grammar Practice. Longman 1988. Alexander, L. G. Longman English Grammar. Longman 1988. Berk, L. M. English Syntax. OUP 1999. Biber, D. et al. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman 1999. Dušková, L. a kol. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Academia/Praha 1988. Gethin, H. Grammar in Context. Longman 1991. Chalker, S. A Student´s English Grammar Workbook. Longman 1993. Quirk, R. and S.Greenbaum. A Student´s Grammar of the English Language. Longman 1993. . London: Longman., 1988.
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Alexander, L. G. Longman English Grammar. Longman, 1988.
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Biber, Douglas. et al. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. London: Longman, 1999.
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Broughton, Geoffrey. Penguin Advanced English Grammar A-Z. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1990.
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Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Dušková, L. a kol. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Academia/Praha, 2012.
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Dušková, Libuše. Syntax současné angličtiny. Praha: Karolinum, 2016.
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Eastwood, J. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Gethin, H. Grammar in Context. Longman, 1996.
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Greenbaum, Sidney, and Gerald Nelson. An Introduction to English Grammar. London: Routledge, 2013.
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Huddleston, R. et al. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Huddleston, Rodney. et al. A Student´s Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge Univerzity Press, 2005.
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Chalker, Sylvia. A Student´s English Grammar Workbook. London: Longman, 2004.
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Leech, Geoffrey. A Communicative Grammar of English. Longman, 2013.
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Leech, Geoffrey. An A-Z of English Grammar Usage. London: Edward Arnold, 2001.
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Quirk, R. and S. Greenbaum. A Student´s Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 2010.
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Quirk, Randolph. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 2000.
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Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Wardhaugh. Understanding English grammar. A linguistic approach. .
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