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Syllabus in English

This 3-credit, 5 ECTS course deals with the basic characteristics of English syntax. It will discuss grammatical categories, phrases and sentences and their forms and functions. The course objectives are to equip students with knowledge of English syntactic structure, clarify problematic syntax issues, and enable correct language use. The course outline includes topics like parts of speech, structural relations, binding theory and movement theory over 16 weeks. Student evaluation includes a midterm, attendance, and final exam. The expected workload is 125 hours over the semester.

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Syllabus in English

This 3-credit, 5 ECTS course deals with the basic characteristics of English syntax. It will discuss grammatical categories, phrases and sentences and their forms and functions. The course objectives are to equip students with knowledge of English syntactic structure, clarify problematic syntax issues, and enable correct language use. The course outline includes topics like parts of speech, structural relations, binding theory and movement theory over 16 weeks. Student evaluation includes a midterm, attendance, and final exam. The expected workload is 125 hours over the semester.

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Course Title : English Syntax

Course Regular Lecture Seminar Lab


Code Credits ECTS
Type Semester (hours/week) (hours/week) (hours/week)

ELL 213 B 3 3 0 0 3.00 5

Lecturer and Office Hours Trudy Ann Anderson, PhD

Teaching Assistant and Office Hours

Language English

Course Level Bachelor

This course deals with the study of the basic characteristics of English
syntax. Grammatical categories, phrases and sentences are discussed in
Description relation to the forms and functions. Students will study a variety of
sentence structures contexts. These structures will help students to
understand and communicate better in different situations.

-To equip students with knowledge about the syntactic structure of English.
Objectives -To clarify the problematic issues of English. -To enable the correct use of
language by the student.

Course Outline
Week Topics

1 Introduction to the course

2 Syntax as Science-The scientific method

3 Choosing among theories about syntax

4 Determining part of speech

5 The major parts of speech (nouns, verbs adjectives, adverbs)

6 The major parts of speech (nouns, verbs adjectives, adverbs)

7 Subcategories and Features

8 Mid term exam

9 Other parts of speech

10 Structural Realtions

11 Binding Theory

12 A unified theory of movement

13 Advanced Topics

14 Phrase Srtructure Grammar

15 Review

16 Final Exam

Prerequisites

• Syntax A Generative Introduction, Andrew Carnie, Blackwell Publishing


Textbook
2006.

• 1) How to do Discourse Analysis A Toolkit, James Paul Gee, Routledge


Taylor and Francis Group 2011.
• 2) Oxford Practice Grammar Intermediate, Oxford University Press, John
Other References
Eastwood 2006.
• 3) Oxford English Grammar Course, Oxford University Press, Michael Swan
and Catherine Walter 2011

Laboratory Work

1
Computer Usage

Other

Learning Outcomes and Competences


1 To recognize and know the function of words in sentence formation in English

2 To recognize and know the syntactic structure of language

3 To use correctly the learned structures.

Course Evaluation Methods


In-term studies Quantity Percentage

Midterms 1 40

Quizzes 0 0

Projects 0 0

Term Projects 0 0

Laboratory 0 0

Attendance 1 10

Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 50

Contribution of final examination to overall grade 50

Total 100

ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload


Duration Total Workload
Activities Quantity
(hours) (hours)

Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course


16 3 48
hours)

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 14 3 42

Assignments 0 0 0

Midterms 1 9 9

Final examination 1 14 14

Other 2 6 12

Total Work Load 125

Total Work Load / 25 (hours) 5

ECTS 5

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