School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsApproaches to English GrammarWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100717.2
Discipline: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit is designed for people working in the language professions such as TESOL and Interpreting and Translation who need a foundation in traditional English grammar and some knowledge of other approaches to grammar. It overviews different approaches to English grammar such as traditional, descriptive and functional grammars. It then analyses in depth traditional sentence level grammar in English, and makes some comparisons between traditional grammar and the other approaches outlined.