Academic English CIS-L&S Grammar

URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_EABAALG103

Course Objective

• You have knowledge of and insight into the most important areas of English grammar, particularly those which typically cause students problems when writing formal English.
• You have insight into your own strengths and weaknesses in grammatical terms, and know how to go about resolving the weaknesses.

Course Content

An introduction into the most important aspects of English grammar, with an emphasis on the structures which are frequently used in academic language and on structures which typically cause problems for students when writing formal English.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and seminars each week

Method of Assessment

Online multiple choice exam.

Target Audience

First-year students of CIS and L&S.

Custom Course Registration

There is a slightly different enrollment procedure for this module. The standard procedure of the Faculty of Humanities has students sign up for (i) the module, (ii) the form of tuition (lecture and/or preferred seminar group), and (iii) the exam. However, for this module the instructor will assign the students to the seminar groups. Therefore, students should sign up for (i) the module, (ii) lecture and (iii) the exam, but not for the seminar groups.

Additional Information

This is an obligatory course in the first year programme for CIW and L&S. Attendance is compulsory. The course is not open to students following other degrees.