Course code

EKE6106.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Eesti keele struktuur ja ortograafia

Course title in English

Structure and Ortography of Estonian

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

A subject for class teachers. To provide the necessary theoretical basis for curriculum based teaching of Estonian, to provide an overview of the basic concepts of Estonian orthography, morphology, and syntax. Develop skills of correct usage of written Estonian.

Brief description of the course

A subject for class teachers, giving an overview of the system of Estonian morphology, syntax, and orthography. Morphology: main concepts and terms, word classes, morphological categories, inflectional classes of nouns and verbs, stem changes.
Syntax: sentence; sentence types and their structure, syntactic roles; nonfinite clause; word order; punctuation.
Orthography: overview of main principles of Estonian orthography, numbers, abbreviations, compounds and phrases.
Students apply their skills in practical language analysis and exercises.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is acquainted with main concepts and terms of morphology and syntax, can analyze the structure of morphological forms (word class of a word, inflectional class, stem alternations, suffixes);
- can create different morphological forms, can analyze the structure of Estonian clause.
- know the principles of Estonian orthography and can use correct Estonian.

Teacher

Annika Hussar

Study programmes containing that course

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Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/22.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/21.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/20.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/19.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/00.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/18.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/17.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/16.HR)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/00.HT)