Lengua Inglesa II Grammar Topics 2009 -2010 Tom

Lengua Inglesa II Grammar Topics 2009 -2010 Tom Morton IV bis 205 tom. morton@uam. es

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Classes • Theory taught in the 2 hour class (group 21: Tuesday, group 22: Wednesday) • The Friday class is left to you to do exercises which we provide. • Except: Occasional seminar (one or two classes per term)

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Components • The course tests the same components as taught in first year • Although we don’t teach distinct modules for these • Grammar taught in class, tested through exam and : Grammar Project • Reading Tested through Reading Pack exercises to be : done in your Friday classes. Also a Reading Component in the exam. • Writing Tested through the Grammar Project (2 classes on : how to write an. Academic Report) • Speaking Oral presentation of your Grammar Project : • Listening: Listening exercises in the Language Lab. Tested through a Listening exam. • Vocabulary Tested through the vocabulary portfolio, and : through the Vocabulary exercises

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Marking • Grammar Project • Part 1 (first semester) • Part 2 (second semester) • Vocabulary Portfolio • Exercises • Oral Presentation • Exams 5% 10% 10% 60% • - Exam: Maybe just a final exam, maybe a parcial in January, still to be decided.

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Exercises • Exercises: 4 components • • Listening : 20% Reading Grammar 50% Vocabulary (Listening pack, 2 nd sem. ) 10% (Reading Pack) (Side & Wellman) 20% (Vocabulary pack: English Vocabulary in Use ) • ALL THESE ACCOUNT FOR 10% of the final mark. • This mark is for doing the exercises, not for getting them right.

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Topics CONTENTS: First Semester 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Language and Communication Text and Text Types: Register and style Grammatical units Process Types Mood and modality Second Semester 6. 7. 8. 9. Clauses and Sentences Coordination and Subordination Cohesion Sentence manipulation devices

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Final Exam Three components: 1. Listening 2. Reading/Writing 3. Grammar

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Study Materials • No text book for content , but refer to the following for home study: • Downing, A. and P. Locke. 1992. A University Course in English Grammar. Hertfordshire: Prentice Hall. Modules 1 and 13 -21. • Greenbaum, S and R. Quirk. 1990. A Student's Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman. • For Exercises, you will need to buy or photocopy: • Side, R. & G. Wellman (2002) Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency (WITH KEY). Longon: Longman.

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Study Materials (ii) • Other Materials to refer to : • Biber, D. (ed. ) (1999) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Pearson, ESL. • Carter, R. Hughes & M. Mc. Carthy (2000) Exploring Grammar in Context. Cambridge: CUP. • Greenbaum, S. & R. Quirk. (1990) A Student's Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman. • Lock, G. (1996) Functional English Grammar. Cambridge: CUP. • Lynch, T. (1983) Study Listening. Understanding Lectures and Talks in English. Cambridge: CUP. • Mc. Carthy, M. & F. O’Dell. (2002) English Vocabulary in Use (Upper-Intermediate). New Edition. Cambridge: CUP. • Quirk, R. , S. Greenbaum, G. Leech & J. Svartvik. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. New York: Longman.

0. Introduction to lengua Inglesa II (lic. ) Study Materials (iii): Packs • Photocopy packs available from Reprografia • Information pack information about the grammar : exercises and portfolio. (Code: 2021) • Vocabulary pack: photocopies from English Vocabulary in Use. (Code: 2022) • Reading pack: all texts and exercises for reading) (Code: 2023) • A Grammar Packwill be available next week (detailing the content of the classes) • A Listening Packwill be made available in second term.