JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN
mgr Monika Gozdór
office hours: by appointment
email: gozdor@kul.pl
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
2014-2015
English Philology, BA
Second Year
PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Course materials
a)
in-class books
R. Side & G. Wellman Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency, fully
updated for the revised CPE /Longman/
H. Gethin Grammar in Context /Longman/
M. Vince Language Practice for Advanced. 4th edition /Macmillan/or M. Vince Advanced Language
Practice. 3rd edition /Macmillan/
b) homework books (books students work with at home whenever they are given a specific assignment)
M. Vince Language Practice for Advanced. 4th edition /Macmillan/or M. Vince Advanced Language
Practice. 3rd edition /Macmillan/
M. Vince Macmillan English Grammar in Context /Macmillan/
A. J. Thomson & A. V. Martinet A Practical English Grammar /Oxford University Press/
B. D. Graver Advanced Language Practice /Oxford University Press/
F.V. Bywater A Proficiency Course in English /Hodder and Stoughton/
G. Yule Oxford Practice Grammar /Oxford University Press/
H. Gethin Grammar in Context /Longman/
M. Foley & D. Hall My Grammar Lab. Advanced C1/C2 /Pearson/ or Advanced Learners’ Grammar
/Longman/
M. Hewings Advanced Grammar in Use /CUP/
M. Mann & S. Taylore-Knowles Destination C1 & C2: Grammar & Vocabulary /Macmillan/
S. Haines, M. Nettle & M. Hewings Advanced Grammar in Use. Supplementary Exercises /Cambridge
University Press/
V. Evans CPE Use of English 1 for the Revised Cambridge Proficiency Exam /Express Publishing/
c)
additional sources and encyclopaedia-like books to consult on particular points of grammar (all
available in the library reading room)
M. Swan Practical Language Usage /Oxford University Press/
D. Biber, S. Johansson, G. Leech, S. Conrad & E. Finegan Longman Grammar of Spoken & Written
English /Longman/
R. Huddleston & G. K. Pullum The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language /Cambridge
University Press/
R. Quirk, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech & J. Svartnik A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
/Longman/
Grading policy
Total scores translate to grades approximately as follows (scale 2 [fail] to 5 [excellent]):
5
100-93%
4.5
92-85%
4
84-77%
3.5
76-69%
3
68-60%
2
59-0%
Big Tests
During each term, there will be two Big Tests, a mid-term one and an end-term test. There are no make-up
Big Tests in this course; resitting for a Big Test will take place during the resit exam period.
In order to get the signature at the end of the term, students must have got the cumulative average of at
least 60% from the two Big Tests. If students have failed to get this result (i.e. if the final score falls below
60%), or if they have been absent from any of the scheduled Big Tests for any reason, they will take a resit
Big Test during the resit exam period (in February for the winter term, and in June for the summer term;
the dates and venues to be announced). The resit test will cover all the material presented in the course.
Topic tests (‘small tests’)
In addition to Big Tests, students will also be asked to write Topic Tests, which will be based on the
exercises in the reading material and the handouts. There will be no retesting Topic Tests. Poor Topic Test
results may lower the student’s final grade; good test results will be rewarded.
Attendance
Students are allowed three absences during each term.
Any unexpected cases will be treated individually at my discretion.
Course Syllabus
Term
One
Term
Two
1
Organizational class: introduction to the
course; marking policy. Tenses (1) –
revision.
1
Modal verbs (1). Articles, nouns (1)
2
Tenses (2) – revision
2
Modal verbs (2). Articles (2)
3
Conditionals (1) – revision.
Irregular verbs & spelling rules – revision
3
Modal verbs (3). Articles (3)
4
Conditionals (2).
Phrasal verbs (Vince add up – get up to)
4
Participles and Noun Clauses (1). Articles (4)
5
Passives (1) – revision.
5
Participles and Noun Clauses (2). Articles (5).
6
Passives (2) – revision.
Phrasal verbs (Vince give away – put up
with)
6
BT3 revision
7
Revision
__
Big Test 3
Nov 22,
2014
Big Test 1
(incl. Phrasal verbs, Vince add up – put up
with)
7
Big Test discussion and results
8
Big Test discussion and results
8
Verb complementation (1)
9
Prepositions (1)
9
Verb complementation (2)
10
Prepositions (2)
Unreal tenses/the subjunctive (1)
10
Verb complementation (3)
Relative clauses (1)
11
Unreal tenses/the subjunctive (2)
11
Relative clauses (2)
12
Unreal tenses/the subjunctive (3)
12
Relative clauses (3)
13
Big Test 2 – revision
Phrasal verbs (Vince rip off – work out)
13
BT4 revision
Jan 18,
2015
Big Test 2
(incl. Phrasal verbs, Vince add up – work
out)
Big Test discussion and results. Closing
the term
__
Big Test 4
14
Big Test discussion and results
Reserve
15
Exam revision. Closing the term
14
15