Universität Wien

120421 VO BEd 02.1: Grammar in Use (GiU) (2021W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
MIXED
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

New from 22 Nov: all classes will be online until further notice. We will use Collaborate via Moodle; the link is in the session ‘Online lectures’ in Moodle.

  • Wednesday 06.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre
  • Wednesday 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Audimax, alte WU, Augasse 2-6, OG01
    Hybride Lehre

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content
This lecture introduces fundamental concepts of grammar for describing English sentences and texts. It demonstrates how grammar is used for communication and how language structures can be explained and evaluated in context. In this way, this course provides an important foundation for both language classes and linguistics courses.

Aims
- to better understand the concept of grammar
- to identify and name the individual parts of syntactic structures
- to talk informedly about key grammatical categories and explain their use in a given context
- to recognise and rectify common errors
- to make independent and judicious use of grammar resources

Methods
The lecture course consists of weekly lectures and an accompanying Moodle course.

Please note that tutorials (2 parallel groups) accompany the lecture course. Times and venues to be announced on Moodle and in the separate description of the tutorials in u:find. These courses are an additional offer to help you pass the exam; attendance is not mandatory but highly recommendable.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination: four dates per semester, on-site, multiple-option format, 45 minutes

No materials permitted in the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

You need 60% to pass the exam.

Grading scale:
100-90% = 1, 89.99-80% = 2, 79.99-70% = 3, 69.99-60% = 4, 59.99-0% = 5

Examination topics

The topics covered in the 12 units of the lecture

Reading list

There is a Grammar in Use handout, which students are requested to buy from CopyStudio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10, 1090 Wien).
If you do not live in Vienna, please organize somebody to buy one for you and send it to you by post. You need a copy, ideally BEFORE the first lecture.

Recommended further reading:

Collins, Peter; Hollo, Carmella. 2017. English grammar: An introduction (3rd ed.) Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Depraetere, Ilse; Langford, Chad. 2012. Advanced English grammar. A linguistic approach. London: Continuum.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: BEd 02.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4621

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16