ENG 135: PEDAGOGICAL GRAMMAR
English
Program, Department of Foreign
Languages & Literatures, University
of Cyprus
http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/courses/UCY04S/PG
Office: Room M 004, Phone: x2106 — Consultation: MON 10.30
- 11.30 am & TUE 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
DESCRIPTION
The course
presents an overview of the grammar of English and focuses on topics in English
grammar that are relevant to the EFL teacher. It aims at both improving the
students' own English usage and analyzing problems in the English usage of
EFL learners. This course offers a descriptive survey of English grammar
and as such is the perfect preparation for ENG 235, in which we will apply
a theoretical edge to syntactic phenomena.
ASSESSMENT
Regular attendance is strongly suggested! Besides the
lectures, there will be evaluation for:
1. one mid-term exam covering the first part of the course (Mid-Term Exam counts 20%)
2. one final exam covering the second part in the exam period (Final Exam counts 40%)
3. one take-home essay on some topic to be specified in Class 8 (Essay counts 40%)
4. presence and class participation (evaluation up to discretion
of instructor)
The format of the in-class exams will be very similar to the exercises wešll be doing in class. The take-home essay goes a little beyond practicing grammatical description and will ask you to identify particular problems of grammatical analysis or address the "bigger picture."
READING
There is one required textbook [available from Moufflon Bookshop] that means, every student must have his/her own copy!
Further references will be given in Class 1; selected
readings will be distributed in class.
SYLLABUS
Below you find the class-by-class outline of the course. There wonšt be regular handouts, so youšre advised to prepare your readings for each class accordingly: keep the syllabus handy; click here for the PDF-version of the outline & syllabus. Sometimes I will make handouts available, especially in the beginning and for exercises; just click on the highlighted class topics to download the PDF-file.
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January 26: CLASS 1 Language and Linguistics
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January 29: CLASS 2 Types
of Grammars
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February 2: CLASS 3 Categories
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February 5: CLASS 4 Phrase
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February 9: CLASS 5 [Exercises
& Discussion]
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February 12: CLASS 6 Sentence Structure
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February 16: CLASS 7 Functions in the Sentence
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February 19: CLASS 8 Discussion
and Review
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February 23: NO CLASS GREEN
MONDAY
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February 26: CLASS 9 MID-TERM EXAM
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March 1: CLASS 10 Eco-Linguistics [Prof. Lucko]
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March 4: CLASS 11 New Englishes [Prof. Lucko]
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March 8: CLASS 12 Prepositions and Particles
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March 11: CLASS 13 The Structure of
the Verb Group
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March 15: CLASS
1
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March 18: CLASS 15 [Exercises
& Discussion]
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March 22: CLASS 16 Finite
Clauses
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March 25: NO CLASS GREEK INDEPENDENCE
DAY
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March 29 : NO CLASS —
CANCELLED —
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April 1: NO CLASS APRIL FOOL'S DAY
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April
3-18: NO CLASSES — EASTER BREAK |
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April 19: CLASS 17 Non-Finite
Clauses
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April 21 [WED!]: CLASS 18 Non-Clausal Phrase Structure
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April 22: CLASS 19 [Exercises
& Discussion]
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April 26: CLASS 20
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April 29: CLASS 21
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May 3: CLASS 22 Discussion
and Review
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Recall that we will have a
make-up class on Wednesday, April 21
and the class on May 6 will be cancelled. This means that the
topics will shift to the left in the table as of Class 18.
READING PERIOD: MAY 8-16 — EXAM PERIOD:
MAY 17-30
TAKE-HOME ESSAY DUE DATE: MAY 14, 5PM IN MY OFFICE