英语语法(陈新仁)Unit 1.ppt

1、2020/7/28,1,Unit 1,Preliminaries about Grammar,2020/7/28,2,Contents,1.1 Language and its grammar 1.2 Grammatical knowledge 1.3 Grammatical competence 1.4 Learning English grammar,2020/7/28,3,About this course,Purposes,2020/7/28,4,About this course,Forms of class Lecture Discussion (in-class activiti

2、es) Presentation (of project work),2020/7/28,5,About this course,Assessment both process i.e., the formality of grammatical structures used must be appropriate to the situation involved. For an inferior person, the use of an imperative sentence like “Close the window, Mr. White” is not a clever choi

3、ce. Rather, he or she needs to use an interrogative sentence like “Could you please close the window, Mr. White?” Similarly, in telling stories, one is discouraged to use long and complex sentences. As some research has revealed, Chinese learners of English often have problems with the proper formal

4、ity of their grammar. They may be grammatically too formal when speaking, or grammatically too informal when writing.,ASK: a. Can you name some English structures that are very formal and some that are very informal? b. Do you have any experience with some inappropriate use of English grammar?,2020/

5、7/28,17,Assignment:,Collect some instances of language use involving creative use of English grammar.,2020/7/28,18,Project Work:,Randomly interview 10 students from non-English majors classes. Ask them the following questions: a. Do they like studying English grammar? b. Do they think the study of English grammar is important? c. How do they learn English grammar? d. Do they think learning English gramma