Brush up your grammar (level 1 or above)

Course

In London

£ 149 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Do you have questions about sentence structure and punctuation in your essays for college or university or in emails at work? Does the thought of grammar put you off the idea of teaching English as a foreign language? Are you a primary school teacher expected to your pupils grammar children when no one ever taught you? Have you had trouble learning a foreign language because you don’t understand the grammar of your own? If so, this course is for you: the aim of this course is help you master the basics of English grammar and become confident in explaining grammar and analysing the grammar of your own writing.

Facilities

Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

• analyse the grammar of your own sentences
• explain essential grammatical terms
• make informed decisions about punctuation.

You are strongly advised to buy a grammar reference book before the course beings. The tutor will recommend The Complete Guide to Grammar by Martin Manser and Rosalind Fergusson.

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Subjects

  • Punctuation
  • Grammar
  • English

Course programme

We will cover world classes (nouns, determiners, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions), clause structure (subjects, objects, complements and adverbials), sentence structure (simple, compound and complex sentences) and punctuation.

The tutor will present and explain grammar, encourage questions from students during class discussion and prepare activities for you to do in pairs and small groups. You should be prepared to do spend about an hour each week between sessions on homework.

Additional information

When you have completed Brush Up Your Grammar, you can join a Grammar Workshop course to do further analysis of your own grammar, or enrol on one of our general English courses (Functional Skills). General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

Brush up your grammar (level 1 or above)

£ 149 VAT inc.