Targeting the Verb Phrase
Time: Monday 10.00-11.40
Place: Room 106
Semester: Spring 2017
Course code: AN11002BA, AN18004BA,
AN1103OMA
Instructor: Réka Jurth
Contact: [email protected]
Website: http://ieas.unideb.hu/jurth
Office: Room 120/1
Office hours: Tuesday 14.50-15.50
Wednesday 11.00-12.00
Course description: This course aims to develop students’ knowledge of English grammar. It
focuses on the verb phrase and related topics from a descriptive perspective. The following
topics are to be covered during the semester: tense and aspect, modal auxiliaries, finite and nonfinite clauses, conditional clauses and passive clauses.
Grading: The final grade will be based on class participation (10%), a mid-term test (45%) and
an end-term test (45%). Students are required to do both the mid-term and the end-term tests on
the days scheduled below.
Attendance: Students are not allowed to miss more than three classes during the semester.
Week
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Date
20/02
27/02
06/03
13/03
20/03
27/03
03/04
10/04
17/04
24/04
01/05
08/05
15/05
22/05
Topic
Introduction - Tenses
Tense & aspect 1. (Simple and Progressive)
Tense & aspect 2. (Perfect and Non-perfect)
Modal auxiliaries 1.
Modal auxiliaries 2.
Mid-term test
Conditional clauses
No class – Consultation Week
No class – Easter Monday
Non-finite clauses 1.
No class – National Holiday
Non-finite clauses 2.
Passive clauses
End-term test
Recommended books:
Foley, Mark, and Diane Hall. 2012. MyGrammarLab: advanced C1/C2. Pearson Education Limited.
Hewings, Martin. 2001. Advanced Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for
Advanced Learners of English. Cambridge, UK.; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Mann, Malcolm, and Steve Taylore-Knowles. 2008. Destination C1 & C2: Grammar & Vocabulary
with answer key. Macmillan Publishers Limited.