Grammar Bridging Course

Who Should Take a Grammar Bridging Course?

Students who are enrolling in Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) and the Hearing & Speech stream of Bachelor of Health Sciences are advised to take the grammar bridging course. Knowledge of grammar is assumed for the Linguistics, Phonetics and Articulation unit of study, which is a core unit for these programs.

Duration: 10 hours
Date: Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February, 2010
Time: Thursday 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm; Friday 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
Venue: University of Sydney, Cumberland Campus, Lidcombe
Course Fee: $165. (Incl GST and course manual)

Course Code: CS215

I achieved good results in English. Do I need to take a Grammar Bridging Course?

See how many of the following questions you can answer:

1.    These are some utterances typical of a 3-year old child interacting with his mother. Identify all the
       multiword phrases and classify them as NP, VP, ADJ-P, ADV-P, or PP: "That tiger a bad cat."
       "Two cars sit on garage." "My race car goes so fast."

2.    Does this utterance from a 7-year old child contain more than one clause? "The giraffe fell onto the little
       boy."

3.    Provide examples of how a speech pathologist might help this 2-year old begin to include more adjectival
       phrases in her language. Typically, the 2-year old says things like: "That a ball." "A baby."

4.    Identify the verb in this utterance as either Copular, Auxiliary, Gerund or Infinitive: "They were happy."

5.    If you experienced difficulty with these questions or want to improve your skills and confidence in
       grammatical analysis - then the bridging course is for you!

Registrations

Register Online Now or you can register in person on enrolment day in January 2010.

Registrations close:       5pm on Tuesday 2nd February 2010.

Payment is required by: 5pm on Tuesday 2nd February 2010.
Withdrawal prior to the closing date will result in registration fee being refunded less $30 to cover administration costs. No refund is possible if withdrawal occurs after the closing date.

Questions?
Belinda Kenny (Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Speech Pathology) will be available on enrolment day to answer questions.

Alternatively, please contact Mary Routledge (Program Administrator, Speech Pathology).

Email: M.Routledge@usyd.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 93519447