Course Name

Analyzing English Sentences

Credits

3

Year

2009

Professor

Name

Doo-Shick Kim

Department

Dept. of English Language and Literature

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A. Course Objectives

(1) To provide the students with a basic knowledge of how English              sentences are formed

(2) To emphasize that such knowledge can be acquired through good understanding of a distinction between formally defined and functionally defined syntactic categories, and concepts like 'constituents', 'structural relations', 'iconicity principles' and 'transformations.'

(3) To practice drawing trees for English sentences in terms of X-bar rules for understanding their internal/deep structures as well as the surface structures.

B. Course Overview

This course consists of the following 6 items:

B.1. Preparation of ‘English Mediated Course (EMC)’

(1) To Learn Classroom English

(2) To Acquire Informal Spoken English

(3) To Provide Technical Grammatical Terms

B.2. How to manage the classwork

(1) Professor's Introduction to General Ideas of 'Syntax' from a theory-neutral perspective

(2) Professor's Lecture of Almost All the Chapters of the main textbook

(3) Students' Sum-up Presentation of their topics alloted from a list of assignment topics in the textbook which will be provided sooner or later.

The following work will be done in class and also used as your evaluation:

B.3. Oral Presentation in Class ( -> will be given 10 points)

For your presentation, note the following:

(1) Each of you is supposed to present one topic in front of class which you can select or are allotted from a list of assignment topics in the textbook.

(2) Consult publications such as articles, theses, textbooks that were      written in Korean or English. To do this, visit the library or search   internet sites for those topics which you choose or alloted to you    sooner or later.

(3) Make sure that 15 minutes will be given to each student for class oral presentation in English.

(4) Have your presentation based on a sum-up of your full-fledged assignment, which finally must be submitted for evaluation.

(5) For the better presentation, you may use the power point.

(6) Scheduling will be made for individual presentation soon or later. This scheduling announcement will be made via email.

B.4. Two Exams

(1) Mid-term Exam ( -> will be given 30 points)

(2) Final Exam ( -> will be given 40 points)

A guideline with main points and/or tips for getting good grade in mid-term and final exam will be distributed to you. This also contains dates of tests, scope for tests, types of test questions, etc.

B.5. One Assignment ( -> will be given 20 points)

(1) Students are required to submit one assignment which extends the class presentation whose topic is selected from a list of assignment topics in the textbook.

(2) The due date is no later than the 29th (Fri.) of May with around 10 pages of A4 size paper.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

A. Main Textbook: 2009 英語文章分析 (2009 Analyzing English Sentences) (written by Doo-Shick Kim)

B. Further Readings:

(1) Yang In-Seok. 2001. Grammatical Rules of English, Hankook                      Publishing Co.

(2) Noel Burton-Roberts. 1986. Analyzing Sentences: An Introduction to

English Syntax. (2nd ed.) Longman.

(3) Andrew Carnie. 2006. Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Blackwell

Publishing Co.

(4) Richard V. Teschner and Eston Evans. 2000. Analyzing the Grammar of

English: A Brief Undergraduate Textbook. Georgetown University Press.

(5) Elly van Gelderen. 2002. An Introduction to the Grammar of English.

John Benjamins.

(6) R. Huddleston & G. K. Pullum. 2005. A Student's Introduction to

English Grammar. Cambridge University Press.

TASKS, TESTS AND GRADING

A. Two Exams

(1) Mid-term Exam (April 24, 2009(Friday) -> will be given 30 points)

(2) Final Exam ((Dec. 19, 2009(Friday)) -> will be given 40 points)

A guideline with main points and/or tips for getting good grade in    mid-term and final exam will be distributed to you. This also         contains dates of tests, scope for tests, types of test questions, etc.

B. One Assignment ( -> will be given 20 points)

(1) Students are required to submit one assignment which extends the

class presentation whose topic is selected from a list of assignment

topics in the textbook.

(2) The due date is no later than the 29th (Fri.) of May with around 10

pages of A4 size paper.

C. Grading Scheme

Your grade will be determined based on the following percentage:

Presentation	Mid-term Exam	Final Exam	one Assignment
10 points	30 points	40 point	20 points

Note: (a) Absence will be treated as reduction in the ratio of one point per         two hours' absence.

(b) Participation through asking questions or making comments will be treated as addition of points.

COURSE SCHEDULE

This schedule is subject to change.

Week 1 (3/2-6):

(a) Introduction to Lecturer, Textbook and the Course

(b) Preparation of ‘English Mediated Course’

(i) Learning of Classroom English

(ii) Acquisition of Informal spoken English

(iii) Providing of Technical Terms

Week 2 (3/9-13): A summary of Chapters 1-3 (I)

Week 3 (3/16-20): A summary of Chapters 1-3 (II)

Week 4 (3/23-27): Chapter 6 (I)

Week 5 (3/30-4/3): Chapter 6 (II)

Week 6 (4/6-10): Chapter 7 (§7.3)

Week 7 (4/13-17): Chapter 11 (§11.4.1)

Week 8 (4/20-24): Mid-Term Exam Period

Week 9 (4/27-31): Chapter 11 (§11.4.2)

Week 10 (5/4-8): Students' Presentation

Week 11 (5/11-15): Students' Presentation

Week 12 (5/18-22): Students' Presentation

Week 13 (5/25-29): Students' Presentation

Week 14 (6/1-5): Students' Presentation

Week 15: Final Exam Period

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 82-55-751-5884
e-mail: ddsskim@dreamwiz.com or kimdsk@gnu.ac.kr