- Lessons and Quizes
- Games
- Glossary
- Resources
Lessons and Quizes
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Games
Glossary
In this course, students will engage in Grammar as the system and structure of a language. The rules of grammar help us decide the order we put words in and which form of a word to use. The following are called parts of speech and they each have their own function. Students will be introduced to the main types of grammar: Descriptive grammar : Refers to the structure of a language as it's actually used by speakers and writers. Prescriptive grammar: Refers to the structure of a language as certain people think it should be used. Both kinds of grammar are concerned with rules--but in different ways.
Students will recognise that words are the building blocks of sentences, but knowledge of grammar is also important for accurate understanding. A sentence with a passive structure, for example 'The horse was chased by the donkey', cannot be understood by considering the word order alone. Similarly, embedded clause structures require an appreciation of the syntactic structure of the sentence to understand who what did to whom in 'The dragonfly that was resting on the lily pad was annoyed by the frog.'
Studies over the years have shown a clear relationship between syntactic or grammatical sophistication and reading comprehension; that is, as students learn to employ more complex sentences in their oral and written language, their ability to make sense of what they read increases, too.
Resources
Course Features
- Lectures 100
- Quizzes 10
- Duration 20 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Module 1
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Module 2
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Module 4
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Module 6
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