| Course title | Syntax |
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| Course code | KAA/SNT1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory, Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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In the course of Syntax the students acquire the skills and knowledge related to the analysis of a simple English clause, its forms and individual members. Complex sentences will be covered by individual reading. We will focus on the main sentence functions discussing the semantic, morphological and syntactic characteristics of English subject, object and briefly also attribute. We will mention the processes related to question formation, negation and passivisation in more detail too, to contrast them with the same phenomena in Czech. The course will also provide the overall (descriptive) analysis of the main sentence patterns in English discussing in detail their formal properties and mentioning their communicative functions. Students are supposed to study real English data, analyse them independently and to be able to make descriptively adequate generalisations. The general structuralist framework will allow them to explain the properties of English structures and to contrast them with Czech referring to more general principles of grammar.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course provides students with an overall analysis of the syntax of a simple clause in English.
The topics form a main part of the topics in the obligatory exam in English Grammar (GRFZ) |
| Prerequisites |
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The course SNT1 is one ot the three theoretical grammar courses which deal with topics required for the exam in English Grammar (GRFZ) - those three courses are AMOR: Morphology, AMOS: Morphosyntax,and SNT1:Syntax. These courses are preparing students for the final exam GRFZ and for the state exam. To attend the seminar in SNT1, the students should have passed the course in Introduction to Language (UJ00) and Practical English Grammar (APGR). Given the topics, they are also expected to have passed the seminars in Morphology AMOR and Morphosyntax AMOS. The working language in the seminar is English and the students are expected to master basic terminology describing English grammar. We recommend the attendance of all three courses, however, if a student choses to attend only some of them,
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam, Essay
Attendance and homework preparation for the course, including the written homeworks. During the course the students present 1-2 written essay(s) and at the end pass a written test. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2015) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2015) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |