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 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Annika Hussar (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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

Course aims

The course is specifically designed for future class teachers, aiming to provide the necessary theoretical foundation for teaching Estonian orthography, lexicology, morphology, and syntax, as well as to develop the ability to use correct written language.

Brief description of the course

This course is designed for students specializing in primary education and provides an overview of Estonian language morphology, lexicology, syntax, and orthography.

Morphology: The course covers the basic concepts of morphology, word classes, morphological categories, stem alternations, and declension and conjugation paradigms.

Lexicology: It explores the enrichment of vocabulary, native and borrowed words, lexical and semantic relationships (synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, homonymy, paronymy), language functions and lexicon, text and word choice, lexicography, and word formation (compound words, derivation).

Syntax: The course examines sentence structure (sentence members, sentence types), sentence components and their construction (phrases, clauses, nominalization, subordinate clauses), word order in sentences, and punctuation.

Orthography: It provides an overview of orthographic principles, spelling, capitalization, the notation of numbers, abbreviation, and rules for writing words together or separately.

The lecture-based format is complemented by ongoing practical work, where students apply the skills learned.

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;
- has knowledge of the different layers of vocabulary, understands lexical relationships, is familiar with the branches of lexicology, and knows the principles of word formation.

Teacher

Annika Hussar

Study programmes containing that course

Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/24.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/23.HR)
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)