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Courses found, count: 1
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Abbreviation unit / Course abbreviation |
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KAA
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BSYN1
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Syntax I
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Syntax I
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2024/2025
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Course info
KAA / BSYN1
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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BSYN1
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Syntax I
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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-
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Type of completion
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-
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Time requirements
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Lecture
1
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / 60
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0 / 0
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0 / 1
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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KAA/SYN1
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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KAA/BMFA2
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Meet all prerequisites before registering
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YES
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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KAA/BDIAN, KAA/BKGMA, KAA/BSYN2
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to provide students with detailed theoretical knowledge concerning the sentence structure in English, especially the structure of a simple sentence, clause elements and intentional modality of sentences.
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Requirements on student
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active participation (maximum 2 classes can be missed)
assignments according to instructions specified in lessons (through Moodle)
written test (90 minutes): application of their knowledge in the syntactic analysis and creating specified syntactic structures; 60% minimum
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Content
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SYNTAX: terminology, relations within the phrase and sentence
SENTENCE ELEMENTS, SENTENCE PATTERNS, SENTENCE vs. CLAUSE, SUBJECT: form, semantic functions, grammatical, notional and general subject
PREDICATE: form; auxiliary and lexical verbs; terminology varieties; finite x non-finite verb forms; syntactic types of the verb: transitive, intransitive, linking
OBJECT: transitive verbs and their complementation; direct and indirect object, complement to the object.
ADVERBIALS: form, position within the sentence; adjuncts semantic functions
ADVERBIALS as sentence modifiers: conjuncts and disjuncts; comment clauses
NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND CZECH: scope and focus of negation
CONCORD / AGREEMENT: grammatical and notional, proximity rules
CONCORD AND COORDINATION: apposition, appositive clauses
COMPLEX NOUN PHRASE: head, pre- and post-modification; discontinuous noun phrases; Czech equivalents
COMMUNICATIVE TYPES OF SIMPLE SENTENCE: statements, questions, commands, exclamations
ENGLISH FRAGMENTARY SENTENCES: English Equivalents of Czech Subject-less Sentences: Czech verbal and verbo-nominal sentences; a variety of subjects in English
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Chalker S. A Student's English Grammar Workbook. Longman, 2000.
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Basic:
GRENBAUM, S., QUIRK, R. A Student's Grammar of English. Longman, 1994.
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Basic:
Close, R.A. A University grammar of English Workbook. Essex: Longman, 1974. ISBN 0582522803.
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Basic:
Hornová, L., Ježková, Š. An Introduction to English Syntax. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7395-884-8.
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Basic:
Biber, D., Conrad, S., Leech, G. Longman student grammar of spoken and written English.. Harlow : Pearson Education, 2006.
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Basic:
Biber, D., Conrad, S., Leech, G. Longman student grammar of spoken and written English - Workbook. Harlow : Pearson Education, 2007.
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Basic:
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha, 1989.
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Further literature:
MATHESIUS, V. A Functional Analysis of Present Day English on a General Linguistic Basis.. Praha : Academia, ISBN 509-21-858, 1975.
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Further literature:
TÁRNYIKOVÁ J. Chapters from Modern English Syntax I. (A communicative approach). Olomouc : Palackého univerzita v Olomouci, 2nd edition, 1993.
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Recommended:
QUIRK, R. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Harlow: Longman, 1985.
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Recommended:
Carter, Ronald . English grammar today : an A-Z of spoken and written grammar : with CD-ROM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-73175-1.
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Recommended:
BIBER, D., JOHANSSON, S., LEECH, G., CONRAD, S., FINEGAN, E. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman, 1999.
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Recommended:
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Studies in the English Language, Part 2. Praha : Karolinum, ISBN 80-7184-613-9, 1999.
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Recommended:
HUDDLESTON, R., GEOFFREY, K. Pullum et al. The Cambridge Grammar of the English language. Cambridge: CUP, 2002.
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
Students will get the theoretical knowledge; will be able to analyze a sentence, to identify individual clauses elements, to describe sentence patterns. They will skills for clause elements analysis and clause elements production. They will also acquire a competence for comparative study of the English and Czech sentence structure and for teaching grammar of EFL. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Methods of individual activities
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Assessment methods |
- Written examination
- Home assignment evaluation
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