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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2024/2025

Theory of the First Foreign Language (Grammar and Stylistics)

Type: Compulsory course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies: Linguistics
Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages
Where: School of Foreign Languages
When: 3 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Yulia Aleshina, Ksenia Chermoshentseva, Marina A. Kosycheva, Anna Mylnikova, Sergey Ryabchun, Elena Styrina, Лукошус Оксана Геннадьевна
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The grammar component of the course is the natural continuation of the grammar component of the course of Practical English. Its goal, however, is not merely to lay down the rules, but rather to describe the architecture of the English language. On the one hand, the student is expected to have mastered the practical grammar of English at approximately the C1/C2 level, on the other hand, the student need have no fear if something has been forgotten - the gaps, should they be discovered, shall be filled. The stylistics component of the course focuses on the system of expressive resources and stylistic devices of the English language in line with the effects achieved. Students will develop their skills of stylistic analysis viewing the text as a unity of semantic, functional, structural, and stylistic elements. Within the format of the course, students learn to analyse and create texts belonging to different functional styles. Seminars offer a variety of practical exercises and creative work. The course contains novel elements - juxtaposition of style and discourse analyses; elements of narratological analysis of emotive prose; the use of generative models for natural language processing and discourse analysis. Acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills should be applied in the process of writing the graduation paper.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Present the English language as a hierarchical structure.
  • Present the word classes and the types of phrase.
  • Present the structure of the simple sentence and the multiple sentence.
  • Present the relationship between the structure of the sentence and its communicative purpose, and present the structure of the text.
  • Present the classification of expressive means and stylistic devices.
  • Present various classifications of functional styles.
  • Present features of each functional style at all the levels of language.
  • Apply stylistic analysis of texts belonging to different functional styles.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • • To be able to distinguish stylistic devices and expressive means at all language levels
  • • To be able to provide thorough stylistic analysis of fiction texts
  • • To get acquainted with key research in the field
  • • To master text interpretation skills
  • • To obtain sufficient knowledge and tools to distinguish and analyse different functional styles
  • The student describes the English language as a hierarchical structure.
  • The student analyses word classes and various types of phrase.
  • The student analyses the simple sentence and the multiple sentence.
  • The student constructs sentences according to the communicative purpose and analyses the structure of a text.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • I. Introduction and outline of grammar
  • II. Word classes the grammar of phrases
  • III. Sentences and clauses
  • IV. From sentence to text
  • Stylistics Section 1. Objects of Stylistics. Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary
  • Stylistics Section 2. Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices.
  • Stylistics Section 3. Functional Stylistics
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Text Analysis
    Students provide stylistic analysis of a given excerpt at all the language levels.
  • non-blocking Module 1 grammar test
    The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time.
  • non-blocking Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
    You can earn 3 marks at the most per seminar. The marks are added and at the end of the second module are converted into the 0-10 scale. Given that there will be approximately thirty students per group, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, please approach your teacher at the end of the seminar to make sure that your contribution has been noted.
  • non-blocking Module 2 grammar test
    The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time.
  • non-blocking Text Creation Stylistics
    Write 5 texts with the same topic but belonging to different functional styles.
  • non-blocking Performance during grammar classes in Module 1
    You can earn 3 marks at the most per seminar. The marks are added and at the end of the second module are converted into the 0-10 scale. Given that there will be approximately thirty students per group, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, please approach your teacher at the end of the seminar to make sure that your contribution has been noted.
  • non-blocking Tests Stylistics
  • non-blocking Classwork Stylistics
  • non-blocking Examination Grammar
    At the examination you will be given one question in theoretical grammar. You may use any of your handwritten notes.
  • non-blocking Examination Stylistics
    The examination is a written test taken during the session period.
  • non-blocking Trainer
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.4 * Examination Grammar + 0.15 * Module 1 grammar test + 0.15 * Module 2 grammar test + 0.15 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 1 + 0.15 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
  • 2024/2025 4th module
    0.15 * Classwork Stylistics + 0.3 * Examination Stylistics + 0.2 * Tests Stylistics + 0.2 * Text Analysis + 0.1 * Text Creation Stylistics + 0.05 * Trainer
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Горохова, Ю. В. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка = Theoretical grammar of modern English : учебно-методическое пособие / Ю. В. Горохова. — Тула : ТГПУ, 2021. — 75 с. — ISBN 978-5-6045159-2-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/169457 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
  • Кухаренко, В. А. Практикум по стилистике английского языка. Seminars in Stylistics : учебное пособие / В. А. Кухаренко. — 8-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2016. — 184 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-0325-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/85915 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Кухаренко, В. А. Интерпретация текста : учебник / В. А. Кухаренко. — 4-е изд., перераб. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2019. — 314 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-3783-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/119063 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Authors

  • Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna