Semesters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

ECTS: 6

Form of assessment: exam

AIMS

• developing knowledge of grammatical norms of the foreign language;
• teaching students to apply these norms in practice;
• comparing grammatical phenomena of the native and foreign languages.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course of study students should be able to:
• show awareness of the grammatical structure of the foreign language;
• analyse grammatical phenomena of the native and foreign languages;
• apply grammatical forms and structures correctly in speaking and writing to achieve communicative purposes;
• demonstrate a grasp of grammatical norms and deviation from norms according to communication situations (formal and informal styles);

CONTENT

The adverb. Its general characteristic. Classification of adverbs. Syntactical functions of adverbs.

Modal words. Their general characteristic. Classification of modal words. Position of modal words in a sentence. Modal words denoting certainty, supposition, evaluation, affirmation and negation.

The interjection. Its general characteristic. Position of interjections in a sentence.

Function words. Their general characteristic.

Prepositions, conjunctions, particles. Their classification.