This course will be useful for
students who would like to refine their understanding of grammar, language
varieties, and dialects. It will also be useful for writers who would like to
hone their facility with language on a sentence level, as well as for future
English teachers who want to be able to understand and teach grammar
effectively.
Our specific focus is the study
and analysis of sentence structure, as it pertains to a variety of contemporary
concerns within English studies, including the impact of globalization, the
significance of regional dialects, the role of grammar in writing instruction,
and rhetorical connections between grammar and style. Students will learn
to recognize and use their innate language expertise as they study the
systematic nature of sentence grammar. This course covers both traditional and
new linguistic grammar, emphasizing whole structures and basic sentence
patterns.
Course requirements: two
in-class examinations and written homework assignments. The required text is by Kolln, Gray, and Salvatore: Understanding English Grammar, 10th
edition, published in 2015 by Pearson.