English Grammar Course Description

Course Title: English Grammar

Course Prerequisites:

Total Semester Credit Hours: 32

Lecture Hours: 32

Experiment/ Computer Hours:

Credit: 2

Major: English

Course Description:

English Grammar is a systematic introduction to English grammar for first-year English majors from a scientific viewpoint. It deals with the central features of English grammar, such as verb and noun phrase construction, clause construction and tense and aspect, paying particular attention to areas that are relevant and of interest to Chinese-speaking learners of English. It combines grammatical description -- based on a hands-on approach -- with demonstrations of how such analytical techniques can be applied to real-world data and problems.

Textbooks and Course Materials:

1. 章振邦. 新编英语语法教程. 上海：上海外语教育出版社, 2013. (Zhang zhenbang. A New English Grammar Coursebook. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2013.)

2. 张满胜. 英语语法新思维 [M]. 北京：群言出版社, 2008. (Zhang mansheng, English Grammar: A New Perspective. Beijing: Qunyan Press, 2008)

3. 赵俊英. 现代英语语法 [M]. 北京：商务印书馆, 2016. (Zhao junying, Modern English Grammar. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2016)

4. 迈克尔•斯旺 (Michael Swan), 凯瑟琳•沃尔特 (Catherine Walter). 牛津英语语法教程 [M]. 北京：商务印书馆, 2016. (Michael Swan, Catherine Walter. Cambridge English Grammar Course. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2016)