This 24-hour course will place a heavier emphasis on grammar (phrase and sentence patterns, information management) (Click here for an outline of the grammar component)

There wil be 24 hours of exercises (grammar, 1st term) and a 2nd-term unit on English phonology / orthophony.

An additional seminar (1 h/week, in groups, 1st and 2nd term) will be organised to help students prepare the oral exam on Plag & C°'s Introduction to E. Linguistics.

     

Two volumes of course notes (grammar and orthophony "syllabi") are for sale at the P.U.B. OTHER BOOKS REQUIRED : M. Swan : Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, (1995 ed., the same as in English 101 last year, or new 2005 ed.). X. Dekeyser (et al.): Foundations of English Grammar. Leuven: Acco (newest ed.). COMPULSORY READING : I. Plag (et al.) : Introduction to English Linguistics. Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009. (click on the picture of the cover to find out more about the book) NEED HELP WITH THE BOOK ?  CLICK HERE FOR THE HELPDESK

 

 A written exam will ascertain the (theoretical and practical) understanding of the grammar component

 An oral/written exam (with Ms. Kemlo) will ascertain knowledge and understanding of pronunciation and intonation

 An oral exam at the end of the year : a set of questions question about the book (Introduction to English Linguistics, 2009)

 The Plan Langues course will be sanctioned by a separate exam and receive a grade independent from Prof. van Noppen's course.

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