Structures of English Course Description
Structures of English Course Description
Structures of English Course Description
Course Description:
This is a course which provides pre-service English teachers with an in-depth understanding of
content knowledge on the grammatical concepts of the English language. It focuses on developing
their ability to use the phonological, lexical, syntactic, and semantic structures of English in written
and oral communication. It further equips them with skills in explaining the form, meaning and use
of various English language structure which are useful in their role as future facilitators of
language teaching and learning.
Unit Topic Content Learning Number References
Activities of Hrs.
1 WORD: a. Review on Word 3 hrs.
Definition and Formation
Criteria
2 Grammar a. Traditional
Grammar
b. Universal Grammar
c. The Language
Faculty: A brief
introduction
d. Principles of
Universal Grammar
e. Parameters
2 Grammatical a. Grammatical 3 hrs.
Categories Categories
b. Categorizing Words
c. Functional
Categories
d. Determiners and
Quantifiers
e. Pronouns
f. Auxiliaries
g. Complementizers
1
h. Labeled Bracketing
i. Grammatical
Features
3 Punctuation and b. Symbols 6 hrs
Other Symbols c. Abbreviations
d. Titles
e. Lists
f. End of Sentence
g. With a Sentence
4 Structures: a. Phrases
Phrases and b. Clauses
Clauses c. Specifiers
d. Intermediate and
Maximal
Projections
e. Testing Structure
f. Syntactic Relations
g. Bare Phrase
Structure
4 Sentence Types a. Elements of
Sentence
b. According to
Function
c. According to
Structure
d. Syntactic
Structures
5 Analyzing a. Sentence Parsings/
Sentences: X-Bar Theory
Introduction to b. Systemic
Syntax Functional
Grammar
c. The Architecture of
Language
d. Sentence
Diagramming
e. Conditionals
Computation of Grades
Criteria Percentage (%)
2
● Major Examination 20
● Quizzes 25
● Class Participation (Graded 30
Recitation, Forum, Attendance,
MWR)
● Grammar Exercises (through Notes) 25
TOTAL 100%