Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is concerned with the upper parts of the grammatical rank scale (of English grammar), focussing on the ranks of (i) the clause, more specifically event schemas, (ii) the sentence, analysing complex sentences such as patterns of clefting, clause-combining and complementation, and (iii) discourse, discussing some topics from text linguistics like reference and conversation structure.
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). Students will learn how to analyse authentic language data in terms of the topics discussed in class.
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
A take-home assignment, which accounts for 30% of the overall course grade, and a written exam, which accounts for 70% of the overall course grade.
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@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
- The lectures (2h per week) are replaced with podcasts, i.e. video clips showing the PowerPoint presentation with voice-over narration (available on MyULiège). As usual, the slides are also made available on eCampus.
- In addition, a content area with Questions & Answers has been created on eCampus.
- Remote Q&A sessions, which are optional, will be offered after the Easter break via Collaborate.
Assessment subjects
All the material covered in the (face-to-face as well as online) lectures will be examined in the remote exam, i.e. Chapters 1 to 5 of the course notes. Chapter 6 will not be examined.
Assessment methods
A take-home assignment on reference, which accounts for 30% of the overall course grade, and a remote written exam on eCampus in open-book format, which accounts for 70% of the overall course grade.
Contacts
(see above)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
See the information given for the May-June 2020 session.
Assessment methods
See the information given for the May-June 2020 session.
Contacts
See the information given for the May-June 2020 session.