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LIT 3332.001
Course Description: What does it mean say we “know English?” As speakers of English
we effortlessly utilize a complex, rule-based system of grammar while remaining
unaware of its elegance. Students will learn about the basic systems which comprise
English grammar and to be able to make these systems explicit to others.
Truss, Lynne, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. New York, Gotham Books, 2003
Additional readings and exercises will be distributed via eLearning and/or in class.
Aug 23 – Introduction, syllabus. What is grammar? Why grammar? Prescriptive and descriptive
points of view. Parts of speech/lexical categories
Sept 8 – Morphology
Sept 13 - Morphology
Dec 1 – Review
Grading Policy
Exam 1 25%
Exam 2 25%
Exam 3 25%
Attendance/Participation/HW 25%
100%
Scale:
Grade Average
A+ 100-96
A 95-93
A- 92-90
B+ 89-86
B 85-83
B- 82-80
C+ 79-76
C 75-73
C- 72-70
D+ 69-66
D 65-63
D- 62-60
F 59-0
X Incomplete
CR Credit
NC No Credit
Extra Credit can be earned through the Conversation Partner Program. Participants are
paired with an international teaching assistant to practice English conversation. Three
hours of conversation -- divided as you and your partner negotiate, as long as it is during
the semester of your course -- and a 200-word observation of your experience will raise
your exam grade by 5 points. You may earn extra credit once for each exam.