Faculty of Educations

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : Grammar

2007 - 2008

 
Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 5/5/2026
University :Mansoura University
Faculty :Faculty of Educations
Department :Department of Foreign Languages
1- 1- Course data :-
Code: 32
Course title: Grammar
Year/Level: ثالثة لغة انجليزية
Program Title:
  • All Academic programmes
Specialization:
Teaching Hours: Theoretical: 4 Tutorial: Practical:
2- 2- Course aims :-
  1. Acquainting students to the structure of contemporary English grammar.
  2. Helping students practise and apply the rules of contemporary grammar in their speech.
  3. Enhancing students' ability to incorporate rules of grammar in their writing.
  4. Helping students recognize common grammatical errors in both speech and writing.
3- 3- Course Learning Outcomes :-
4- 4- Course contents :-
No Topics Week No.
1 An introduction to linguistics : - what is linguistics?
2 - What is language?
3 - The study of language
4 - Using language
5 - Language and society
6 - Language and mind
7 English syntactic structures : - functions and categories in sentence analysis
8 - The goals of linguistic description
9 - Linguistics units and the sentence
10 - The structure of the sentence : function
11 - The structure of the sentence : realization
12 - Sentence analysis
13 Semantics : basic ideas
14 - Word meaning
15 - Interpersonal meaning

5- 5- Teaching and learning methods :-
S Method
Class exercises.
Cooperative learning
Class workshops.

6- 6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-
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7- 7- Student assessment :-
- Timing
No Method Week No.
1 Quizzes 4
2 Weekly tests 8
3 Mid-term test 12
4 Final exam last
- Degree
No Method Degree
1 Mid_term examination
2 Final_term examination 80
3 Oral examination
4 Practical examination
5 Semester work 20
6 Other types of asessment
Total 100%

8- 8- List of books and references
S Reference Type
1 To English Language - green boum
2 Sidney, Greenbaum (1989): A College Grammar of English. London: Longman
3 Hinkel, Eli. and Sandra Fotos. 2002 . New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
4 Thomas, Margaret. 2004. Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquistion: A History. Routledge
5 www.englishmaze.com/bookstore/mb-gram.htm
6 www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

9- 9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course
S Content Study week
An introduction to linguistics : - what is linguistics?
- What is language?
- The study of language
- Using language
- Language and society
- Language and mind
English syntactic structures : - functions and categories in sentence analysis
- The goals of linguistic description
- Linguistics units and the sentence
- The structure of the sentence : function
- The structure of the sentence : realization
- Sentence analysis
Semantics : basic ideas
- Word meaning
- Interpersonal meaning

Course Coordinator(s): -
  1. Ahmed Anwar Thabet
Head of department: -
Mamdouh Abdel-Moneim Hassanein Al-Kanany