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ENG-1015 Introduction to English Word and Sentence Structure - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course may be taken as a single course. A good command of oral and written English is recommended.

Course overlap

ENG-1010 Introduction to English Grammar I 10 stp

Course contents

The course offers an introduction to English grammar, with emphasis on word and sentence structure. Word classes and word order, temporality and aspect are standard areas of study. In this regard, the course will also attend to aspects of language acquisition, historical development and geographical and social variation. The course keeps a contrastive Norwegian-English perspective when this is relevant. The students are to write two term papers that focuses on one of the subjects studied during the term.

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 December for courses offered in the spring semester and 1 June for courses offered in the autumn semester.

Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for courses offered in the spring semester and 15 April for courses offered in the autumn semester.

Admission requirements

Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) or prior learning and work experience (realkompetanse).

Application code: 9199 - Enkeltemner (ikke realfag), lavere grad (Nordic applicants).

Objective of the course

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student has:

knowledge of basic grammatical concepts and terminology
knowledge of the grammar of English, with special attention to the structure of words (morphology), phrases and sentences (syntax), plus aspect and temporality- knowledge about word classes, and the different functions that elements belonging to different word classes can fill in the clause
knowledge about different types of clauses, and the functions these clauses can fill in a complex sentence
knowledge about the valency of common verbs, plus the essential clause elements, and how to identify them (syntactic analysis)
knowledge about how to represent the syntactic structure of clauses and sentences in the form of a basic tree diagram.

Skills

The student:

is able todescribe and explain grammatical phenomena using appropriate grammatical terminology
is able toclassify words into word classes based on a given set of criteria
is able togive a simple morphological analysis of complex words
is able togive a syntactic analysis of English sentences in terms of clause elements, and ability to recognize that there are different elements (e.g. phrases and clauses) that can fill one and the same clause function, and to represent this in form of a tree diagram
has improved their language skills in English.
has developed a vocabulary appropriate to talk about grammatical phenomena.

Language of instruction

Language of instruction and examination: English.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, project assignments.

Quality assurance: The course undergoes a midterm evaluation or an end-of-term evaluation every third year.

Assessment

The obligatory coursework requirements must be approved in order to take the final exam.

Coursework requirements: Two short papers.

Assessment method: A 4-hour school exam.

Performance in the course will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-sit examination is offered in the event of an F grade. The deadline to register (in the Studentweb) for a re-sit examination is 15 August (for courses offered in the spring semester).

Date for examination

Take-home exam hand out date 26.05.2021 hand in date 26.05.2021

The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.