Theory of the First Foreign Language (Grammar and Stylistics)

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Алёшина Юлия Валерьевна

Косычева Марина Александровна

Лукошус Оксана Геннадьевна

Мыльникова Анна Вячеславовна

Рябчун Сергей Александрович

Стырина Елена Вячеславовна

Чермошенцева Ксения Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The grammar component of the course is the natural continuation of the grammar component of the course of Practical English. Its goal, however, is not merely to lay down the rules, but rather to describe the architecture of the English language. On the one hand, the student is expected to have mastered the practical grammar of English at approximately the C1/C2 level, on the other hand, the student need have no fear if something has been forgotten - the gaps, should they be discovered, shall be filled. The stylistics component of the course focuses on the system of expressive resources and stylistic devices of the English language in line with the effects achieved. Students will develop their skills of stylistic analysis viewing the text as a unity of semantic, functional, structural, and stylistic elements. Within the format of the course, students learn to analyse and create texts belonging to different functional styles. Seminars offer a variety of practical exercises and creative work. The course contains novel elements - juxtaposition of style and discourse analyses; elements of narratological analysis of emotive prose; the use of generative models for natural language processing and discourse analysis. Acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills should be applied in the process of writing the graduation paper.

Learning Objectives

• Present the English language as a hierarchical structure.
• Present the word classes and the types of phrase.
• Present the structure of the simple sentence and the multiple sentence.
• Present the relationship between the structure of the sentence and its communicative purpose, and present the structure of the text.
• Present the classification of expressive means and stylistic devices.
• Present various classifications of functional styles.
• Present features of each functional style at all the levels of language.
• Apply stylistic analysis of texts belonging to different functional styles.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• • To be able to distinguish stylistic devices and expressive means at all language levels
• • To be able to provide thorough stylistic analysis of fiction texts
• • To get acquainted with key research in the field
• • To master text interpretation skills
• • To obtain sufficient knowledge and tools to distinguish and analyse different functional styles
• The student describes the English language as a hierarchical structure.
• The student analyses word classes and various types of phrase.
• The student analyses the simple sentence and the multiple sentence.
• The student constructs sentences according to the communicative purpose and analyses the structure of a text.

Course Contents

• I. Introduction and outline of grammar
• II. Word classes the grammar of phrases
• III. Sentences and clauses
• IV. From sentence to text
• Stylistics Section 1. Objects of Stylistics. Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary
• Stylistics Section 2. Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices.
  This section analyses expressive means and stylistic devices at all language levels.
• Stylistics Section 3. Functional Stylistics
  In this section we will explore stylistic analysis of texts belonging to different functional styles. We will also evaluate stylistic analysis performed by AI and will learn to differentiate between human and AI-generated texts. We will further explore AI tools for text analysis.

Assessment Elements

• Text Analysis
  Students provide stylistic analysis of a given excerpt at all the language levels.
• Module 1 grammar test
  The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time.
• Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
  You can earn 3 marks at the most per seminar. The marks are added and at the end of the second module are converted into the 0-10 scale. Given that there will be approximately thirty students per group, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, please approach your teacher at the end of the seminar to make sure that your contribution has been noted.
• Module 2 grammar test
  The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time.
• Text Creation Stylistics
  Write 5 texts with the same topic but belonging to different functional styles.
• Performance during grammar classes in Module 1
  You can earn 3 marks at the most per seminar. The marks are added and at the end of the second module are converted into the 0-10 scale. Given that there will be approximately thirty students per group, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, please approach your teacher at the end of the seminar to make sure that your contribution has been noted.
• Tests Stylistics
• Classwork Stylistics
• Examination Grammar
  At the examination you will be given one question in theoretical grammar. You may use any of your handwritten notes.
• Examination Stylistics
  The examination is a written test taken during the session period.
• Trainer

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.4 * Examination Grammar + 0.15 * Module 1 grammar test + 0.15 * Module 2 grammar test + 0.15 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 1 + 0.15 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.15 * Classwork Stylistics + 0.3 * Examination Stylistics + 0.2 * Tests Stylistics + 0.2 * Text Analysis + 0.1 * Text Creation Stylistics + 0.05 * Trainer

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Горохова, Ю. В. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка = Theoretical grammar of modern English : учебно-методическое пособие / Ю. В. Горохова. — Тула : ТГПУ, 2021. — 75 с. — ISBN 978-5-6045159-2-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/169457 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Кухаренко, В. А. Практикум по стилистике английского языка. Seminars in Stylistics : учебное пособие / В. А. Кухаренко. — 8-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2016. — 184 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-0325-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/85915 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Кухаренко, В. А. Интерпретация текста : учебник / В. А. Кухаренко. — 4-е изд., перераб. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2019. — 314 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-3783-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/119063 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Authors

• Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna