ENG1100 – English Grammar
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course aims to give insight into a standard description of the English language and into the relationship between meaning and grammatical form. Frequent comparisons are made with Norwegian grammar in order to enhance students’ awareness of differences between the two languages.
The knowledge you acquire in this course can be applied to other languages as well.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you:
- have detailed knowledge about how the English language is structured, and you can describe it by using a theoretical framework,
- know how grammar contributes to the meaning of sentences and texts,
- can account for the distinction between form and function in language,
- can describe language in an analytical and precise manner,
- know how to use correct and idiomatic English.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course assumes a good proficiency in written and oral English.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ENG1100L – English Grammar for the teacher education programme.
Teaching
Lectures and group sessions for 13 weeks, 52 hours in all.
Students are expected to attend all teaching. The quality of the teaching depends on active participation in all group sessions.
Obligatory activities:
- Within specified dates students must submit 2 obligatory assignments. Dates for submission will be announced at the beginning of term. Make sure you have familiarized yourself with the rules for citing sources (for more information, look further below). The obligatory assignments have to be approved by the teacher in order for the student to sit the exam. Read more here about rules concerning valid excuses and how to apply for postponements. Information about guidelines for obligatory activities.
- It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course you have to attend 8 of 13 seminars. The requirement is absolute.
The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when the absence is due to something beyond your control.
If the course has in-person teaching, and you are signed up for an in-person seminar group, you are to attend the teaching in the location found in the schedule.
If the course has digital teaching, and you are signed up for a digital seminar group, you must attend via Zoom with your camera on.
In certain circumstances, i.e. serious or chronic illness, you could apply for special needs accomodations.
Once the course requirements have been fulfilled, they remain valid for the current and the next two semesters that the course is taught.
In a 10-credit course, you are expected to spend at least 12 hours a week studying for the course. Two of those hours are spent attending lectures, two hours are spent in seminars, and eight hours are free for your own studies. These hours should be spent reading, making notes, and completing exercises for the seminars. You may also want to spend some of this time working on your writing skills and discussing the course material with other students.
You are expected to come prepared to each group session. This means that you have completed the exercises given to you every week, and are prepared to discuss and ask questions in class.
ENG1100 consists of lectures and seminars, and these complement each other, so you need to attend both. Material that is covered in the lectures will not be repeated in the seminars, other than in connection with the discussion of the exercises.
Examination
The obligatory requirements must be fulfilled in order to qualify for the exam.
There will be a 4-hour written exam at the end of the term. Both language and content will be part of the assessment.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.