CURSO : APPLIED GRAMMAR I
SIGLA : LET 1731
CRÉDITOS : 10
MÓDULOS : 02
REQUISITOS : --
CARÁCTER : MINIMUM
I. DESCRIPTION
Applied Grammar I course, through the first semester of the Licenciatura en Letras Inglesas program, will
develop linguistic skills regarding a functional management of grammatical categories pertaining to the
learning of a foreign language in an intermediate level of proficiency.
II. OBJECTIVES
General
1. To acquire a functional and correct management of the grammatical categories of the morphosyntactic
structures of the nominal, verbal, adjectival, adverbial and prepositional phrases.
2. To apply the functional acquisition of the morphosyntactic structures in the production of written
English texts of a progressive extension and complexity.
Specific
1. To know the use of the grammatical category of a word and identify its function within the phrase.
2. To identify and analyze in varied corpora different word classes.
3. To produce written descriptive and narrative texts of an intermediate level with grammatical
accuracy and adequacy.
III. CONTENTS
1. The sentence.
1.1. Simple.
1.2. Compound.
1.3. Complex.
2. The nominal phrase.
2.1. Nouns: simple and compound, countable and uncountable, collective and irregular plurals.
2.2. Pronouns.
2.3. Noun cases, number and gender.
2.4. Various types of determiners and modifiers.
3. The verbal phrase.
3.1. Transitivity vs. intransitivity.
3.2. Verbal irregularity.
3.3. Active voice in the affirmative, negative and interrogative mood for present and past tenses in
their simple, continuous and perfect forms.
3.4. The imperative.
3.5. Modal verbs: capacity, ability, obligation and freedom from obligation, advice and deduction.
4. The adjectival phrase.
4.1. Simple adjectives.
4.2 Order of adjectives in a phrase.
4.3. Adjectival function of participles.
4.4. Possessive adjectives.
4.5. Demonstrative adjectives.
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5. The adverbial phrase.
5.1. Components.
5.2. Order of adverbs in the phrase.
5.3. Main types of adverbs: manner, time and place.
6. The prepositional phrase.
6.1. Components.
IV. METHODOLOGY
- Lectures.
- Task-centered activities.
- Individual and group assignments.
V. EVALUATION
- Quizzes.
- Tests.
- Final Exam.
VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alexander, Louis Longman English Grammar Practice. Essex, Longman, 1995.
Azar, Betty Schrampfer Understanding and Using English Grammar. New York, Longman,
1999.
Carter, Ronald et al Exploring Grammar in Context. Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 2000.
Carter, R. & McCarthy, M. Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide -
Spoken and Written English - Grammar and Usage. Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Conrad, Susan et al Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Essex,
Longman, 2003.
Jackson, Howard Grammar and Vocabulary. London, Routledge, 2002.
Murphy, Raymond English Grammar in Use. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
2004.
Wardhaugh, Ronald Understanding English Grammar: A Linguistic Approach. Oxford,
Blackwell, 2003.
Willis, Dave Collins Cobuild Student's Grammar. London, Harper Collins,
1993.
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