Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will focus on the grammar of complex sentences, discussing patterns of clefting, relativization, complementation and subordination. In addition, it will address some topics in text grammar, like cohesive relations, discourse markers and information structure (topic-focus).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
While the course of English Linguistics 1 discusses semantic categories associated with the noun phrase and verb phrase, English Linguistics 2 will enhance the students' insight into the linguistic units that are higher on the grammatical rank scale, i.e. the clause and the sentence. In addition, it familiarizes students with topics beyond the sentence level, which will make them more conscious of how they can organize their texts (i.e. it will indirectly benefit their writing skills).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Very good knowledge of English; English Language 1 & 2; English linguistics 1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
(i) collective sessions;
(ii) optional take-home assignments (to practise the theory seen in class); model solutions will be provided
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings
A syllabus will be available at the beginning of the second semester.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teacher in charge of the course :
An VAN LINDEN
Département de Langues et littératures modernes
Place Cockerill, 3-5
B-4000 Liège
Tel. 04 366 53 60
E-mail: an.vanlinden@ulg.ac.be