ALAC1 Language awareness course I

Prague City University
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Gregor Kalinowski, MA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
This two semester course, originally designed for native speaker teachers of English as a foreign language, provides an introduction to a descriptive grammar of those language features most commonly addressed in coursebooks used for English language-learning. In short, it compares and contrasts prescriptive and descriptive grammars for purposes of English language teaching.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
By the end of the course, students will be able critically to evaluate coursebook materials designed for grammar presentations and will have been given the opportunity to address weaknesses in their own language awareness.
Syllabus (in Czech)
1) Describing language – an overview of ‘typical’ grammar areas 2) Tense & time 3) Auxiliaries & Operators 4) Modality – extrinsic 5) Modality – intrinsic 6) Will & would 7) Future forms 8) Forms with ‘have’: the perfect aspect 9) Forms with ‘be’: the progressive aspect 10) Forms with ‘be’: the passive voice 11) The verb form 12) Conditional structures 13) The noun phrase 14) Language as lexis
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements for fulltime students are a minimum of 75 % attendance and a written test at the end of each semester. Course requirements for combined students are at least one passed homework assignment per semester and a written test at the end of each semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter term 2013, summer 2016, winter term 2017, winter term 2019, winter term 2022, summer term 2023.
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