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Unit Code: ENG 212
Unit Title: Description of Modern English
Program(s): BED (ARTS).
Lecturer Name: Ms Kanyoro Judy
Lecturer Contacts: Email:
[email protected] | Phone No: 0789431987
Consultation time : Thursday 1100Hrs-1200Hrs
UNIT DESCRIPTION/ OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT
1. The course introduces the learner to the correct usage of sentences in modern English.
2. The course analyses different types of phrases, clauses and sentences.
3. It examines the structural classification of sentences.
4. It discusses functional categories of sentences.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, the learner should be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principal elements of phrase and
sentence structure.
2. Analyse phrases and sentences using modern grammar.
3. Classify English words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
4. Use English phrases, clauses and sentences correctly.
COURSE SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE
Class/Week Topic Subtopic
1 Review of word Introduction.
2/5/23-5/5/23 classes.
The Open Class and Categories of open class.
2
Functions of various elements: nouns,
8/5/23- closed class.
adjectives, verbs, adverbs.
12/5/23
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Operator verb.
Pronouns.
3 Conjunctions.
Functional class.
15/5/23- Prepositions.
/19/5/23 Articles.
Interjections.
Sentence structure.
Elements of a sentence.
4 The structure of -The subject.
22/5/23- grammatical unit. -The predicate/the predicator
26/5/23
The object: direct and indirect object
Complement.
5 The Sentence
The adverbial.
29/5/23- Elements.
2/6/23 Optionality
Mobility.
The noun phrase.
Adjectival phrase.
6 English phrases.
Prepositional phrase.
5/6/23-9/6/23
Adverbial phrase.
7
12/6/23- CAT 1
16/6/23
8
Main clauses.
19/6/23-
23/6/23
Clauses. Subordinate clauses.
9
26/6/23- Clauses. Defining and non-defining clauses.
30/6/23
10 Simple sentences.
Structural classification
3/7/23-7/7/23 Compound sentences.
of sentences.
Complex sentences.
Declarative sentences
11 Imperatives/commands.
Functional categories
10/7/23- Interrogatives sentences.
of sentences
14/7/23 Exclamatory sentences.
Negative sentences.
12
17/7/23- CAT 2
21/7/23
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24/7/23- REVISION
28/7/23
TEACHING/LEARNING METHODOLOGY
Group discussions, quizzes, and assignments.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
PowerPoint, whiteboards, hand-outs, charts/maps
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Assessment Type Frequency Percentage
Assignment 2 10%
CATs 2 20%
Final Examination 1 70%
Total 100%
REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS
1. Burton-Roberts, N. (1986). Analysing sentences: An Introduction to English
Syntax. New York: Longman Group UK Limited.
2. Crystal, D. (1988). Rediscover Grammar. England: Longman UK Group
Limited.
3. Freeborn, D. (1995). A Course Book on English Grammar. Macmillan.
4. Huddleston, R. (1994). Introduction to the Grammar of English. Cambidge:
Cambridge University Press.
5. L., & Beason, L. (2004). Handbook of English Grammar and Usage. Toronto:
McGrawHill.
Approval for circulation by:
Unit Lecture: Name: Kanyoro Judy Signature:……………………
HOD Name: Doreen Mwangi Signature:………………….
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