Ministry of Higher Education
Paktia University
Faculty of Language & Literature
English Department
Name of the Course Syntax
Instructor Pohanmal, Ahmad Wali Bismel
Semester 4th Year, First Semester 1403
Course Duration 16Weeks
Number of Credits 3
Office Hours Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
Contacts:
Mobile #: 0708978051
Email Add: awb2021@gmail.com
Facebook: Ahmad Wali Bismel
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to help students with the knowledge of the structures of the English
language. The subject focuses on forms of written language to be a base for writing skills. These structures
consist of phrases, elements of a sentence, subjects and predicate, agreement between subjects and predicate,
subordinate elements of a sentence, independents elements of a sentence, and classes of sentences.
Course objectives
This course will focus on developing student’s abilities in:
Recognizing different phrases, subjects, predicates, and sentences.
Using the structures through practicing.
Improving their writing skills at all.
Course expectation
The course expects students to:
Be on time ( Attendance will be called )
Submit their assignments on due date (Marks will be given)
Be ready to answer the questions about pervious lesson (Marks will be given)
Avoid plagiarism (Three zeros)
Be active and creative (Will be appreciated)
Support and collaborate with others in groups (Marks will be given)
Be ready to do your final project (Marks will be given)
Please have a file the collection of all Homework (Marks will be given)
Course Evaluation: Attendance, Participation, and Daily Assignment (20%)
Since attendance is a vital condition for academic success, it will be called at beginning of the class.
No excuses are acceptable for being absent except those who faced serious problems. More than four
absences will cause you to be abdicated from the final exam.
On the other hand, the significant portion of your grade will depend on your participation in the class.
This curse will meet once per session for asking pervious lessons. You are expected to get full credit for
participation. Missing any of your daily home works will reduce your marks which is from (1-10).
In addition, to get full credit for your homework, you must prepare portfolio from given assignments
and turned all your home works on due date. You are expected to do all your daily assignments before the
next session and late assignments will not be accepted. By doing all your homework in proper way and
revising the feedback you will get full credit of this portion. Missing any of your daily home works will
reduce your marks which is from (1-10).
Mid- term Exam 20%
Mid- term exam will be based on what you will study during this course.
Final Exam 60%
There will be written exam, you will be expected to re-state the important points of the chapter.
Grades:
In order to pass this course, each stage of this course will be weighted according to the percentages below:
Attendance, Participation, and Daily Homework, Final Project 20%
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 60%
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TOTAL 100%
Note: Students are kindly requested to have a portfolio for syntax practice.
Syllabus (Headings and Subheadings)
Chapter One: Some Basic Properties of English Syntax
Chapter Two: From Words to Major Phrase Types
Chapter Three: Syntactic Forms, Grammatical Functions, and Semitics Roles
Chapter Four: Head, Complement and Modifiers
Chapter Five: More on Subject and Modifiers
Chapter Six: Noun Phrases and Agreements
Weekly Teaching Plan
Weekly
Weeks Content Teaching Theory Practical
Hours
Introduction and Description of Course
2
First week Policy 3 1
Some Basic Properties of English
Syntax 2
Second week What is syntax? 3 1
Why syntax is important?
From Words to Major Phrase Types
Lexical Categories 2
Third week 3 1
Phrasal Categories
Phrase Structure Rules
Practical Exercises
Fourth week 3 1
2
Syntactic Forms, Grammatical
Functions, and Semitics Roles 2
Fifth week Syntactic Forms 3 1
Grammatical Functions
Semitics Roles
Practical Exercises
Sixth week 3 1
2
Head, Complement and Modifiers
Seventh Head 2
3 1
week Complement
Modifiers
Eighth week Mid Term Exam
Practical Exercises
Ninth week 3 1
2
More on Subject and Modifiers
Tenth week Subject 3 1 2
Modifiers
Eleventh Practical Exercises
3 1
week 2
Noun Phrases and Agreements
Twelfth
Noun Phrase 3 1 2
week
Agreements
Thirteenth Practical Exercises
3 1
week 2
Fourteenth
Review & Questions 3 1
week 2
Fifteenth
Assignments / Presentations
week
Sixteenth
Assignments / Presentations
week
References
Kima, J. &, Sells., P. (2008). English syntax:An Introduction. Seoul, Korea.
Main sources
Kyung Hee University.
Secondary
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