Llicenciatura en Traducció i Interpretació (3341)

Llengua C (Anglès) III(12801) 

Objectives

This course has three goals: (1) to help you better understand and analyse the structure, meaning, and use in context of English clauses, ultimately in order to help you become a better and more informed user of the English language; (2) to identify and work on specific areas of contrast between English and your A languages which tend to create problems for translation; and (3) to help you develop your general skills in English.  

Coursework and grading

This course has a theory and a practical component, each of which corresponds to one session per week. Although you may have a different teacher for each component, you will receive only one final grade for the entire course, which will be determined as follows:

• 60% final exam
• 10% grammar task (based on the theory component of the course)
• 10% oral presentation (based on a film)
• 10% writing assignment (based on book)
• 10% mid-term quiz (based on book)

In addition, you will have to devote at least one hour per week to work on a given set of self-access files related to each of the theoretical sessions (available on-line via Campus Global). You will also be asked to read an unabridged book. The detailed instructions for all these exercises will be given in due time. The book selected for this term is:  

Reference books

David Lodge: Home Truths.
Downing, A. & Locke, P. 1992. A university course of English grammar. Harcourt.
Greenbaum, S. 1991. An introduction to English grammar. Longman.
Greenbaum, S., and Quirk, R. 1990. A student’s grammar of the English language. Longman.
Huddleston, R., and G. K. Pullum. 2002. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press.

SYLLABUS AND COURSE PLAN

Week 1 (April 3, 6)

Course introduction.

Enriching nominal descriptions via postmodification (I). Relative clauses.

• Oral Presentation Instructions (Form)
• Information on book to read

Week 2 (April 20)*

Enriching nominal descriptions via postmodification (II). Participial postmodifiers (present and past). To-infinitive clauses.

Week 3 (April 24, 27)

Determiners (special cases). Each/every/ all/ everyone.Indefinite determiners ( few, a few, some, any, etc.). Negation and indefinites.

• Grammar Task Instructions
• Oral Presentations form due

Week 4 (May 4)*

The expression of modality.

• Download (Campus Global) and print out ‘Discussion questions’ on the book
• Prepare the discussion questions for the following week.  

Week 5 (May 8, 11)

Enriching verbal/sentential descriptions via adverbs/adverbials (I). Adverb position and meaning.

• Exercise due: Grammar Task
• Writing Assignment Instructions (Campus Global)

Week 6 (May 15, 18)

Enriching verbal/sentential descriptions via adverbs/adverbials (II)Manner vs point of view and speaker oriented adverbs.

Week 7 (May 22, 25)

The expression of negation. Adverbials and the scope of negation.

• Mid-Term Quiz (based on book)

Week 8 (May 29, June 1)

Focusing adverbs: only, just, even, also.

• Oral Presentations (I)
• Exercise due: Writing Assignment (based on book)

Week 9 (June 8)*

The subjunctive.

Week 10 (June 12, 15)

Summary and review.

• Oral Presentations (II)

* No practice sessions (holiday)