2014/2015
BA-BEOKO1029U Structure of English
| English Title |
| Structure of
English |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Course period |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BA in English and Organisational
Communication
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| Course
coordinator |
- Lise-Lotte Hjulmand - MSC
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Language and Intercultural Studies
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Last updated on
14-08-2014
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| Learning objectives |
On completion of the course, students should be
able to:
- identify and classify sentence constituents with respect to
function and form
- account for the structure of sentence constituents (phrases and
clauses)
- identify and account for the structure of sentences (simple,
complex and coordinated sentences)
- identify and briefly account for areas of grammar which
typically cause problems for Danes (e.g. countability, tense and
constituent order), and revise and improve a short text or text
extract
- identify and briefly account for the use of a grammatical
category in a text (e.g. number, person, gender, case, tense, voice
and aspect) and for concord and constituent order
- define grammatical terms and use these appropriately
- use grammatical information in works of reference in an
appropriate manner
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| Course prerequisites |
| It is advisable that students have followed and
passed the 1st semester course Text and Text Production. This
course is part of the BA programme in English and Organisational
Studies. |
| Examination |
|
Structure of
English:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter Term |
| Aids allowed to bring
to the exam |
Open book: all written and electronic aids,
including internet access |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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Description of the exam
procedure
Examination language:
English
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| Course content and structure |
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Structure of English is a course in English grammar.
The aim of the course is both theoretical and practical. Students
are thus expected to acquire both a theoretical knowledge of
the grammar of the English language and practical skills within the
field, cf. the description of the course in the programme
curriculum.
Students should:
- acquire a systematic knowledge of English grammar and thus a
frame of reference which can be used as a point of departure in the
other subjects in the programme, and which makes it possible for
students to understand and use the grammatical information provided
in common works of reference
- strengthen their linguistic powers of observation
- improve their ability to perform text revision on texts
produced by others.
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| Teaching methods |
All students in the 3rd semester are taught
together as one class except in the workshop sessions, which are
organised for each class separately.
The course consists of a combination of lectures, discussions,
workshops, written assignments and exercises, produced individually
or in groups, and other student activities. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures, Class Sessions and Workshops |
70 hours |
| Preparation |
80 hours |
| Written Assignments |
20 hours |
| Examination including Exam Preparation |
37 hours |
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| Further Information |
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| Expected literature |
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Hjulmand, Lise-Lotte and Helge Schwarz (2012). A Concise
Contrastive Grammar of English for Danish Students. 4th ed.
2nd impression. Samfundslitteratur.
Hjulmand, Lise-Lotte (2014). A Concise Contrastive Grammar of
English for Danish Students. Workbook. 2nd ed.
Samfundslitteratur.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5th ed.
Pearson Education Limited, 2009.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 8th ed. Oxford
University Press, 2010.
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Last updated on
14-08-2014
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