 Hello, why can we say schoolboy but not schoolsboys? How can languages be classified morphologically and how do synthetic languages realize inflection? What are the central syntactic principles of English and what are its consequences? And how do linguists integrate such principles into a theory of grammar? These and other questions constitute the main goals of our online class Morphology and Syntax. In the following, I will introduce you to the content and the requirements of this class, which involves six credits that are awarded in accordance with the European Credit Transfer System. And the tuition fees of this class amount to 140 euros. With two steps, you can access your class. First, you log in with your personal data and then you click on the class name that you will see on your personal VLC start site right after login. And a click on this link leads you to the interactive class start site. On the class start site, you have access to various additional options such as information about your class instructor or the class requirements to name just two of them. The links in the class header of this class provide you with a complete list of references, the link bibliography, some class-related links and a hyperlink to the class-related forum, which is accessible to all registered users of this class. The core of the class are the 14 units where the first one, the class preliminaries, informs you about some general aspects of the class and makes further suggestions about how to study online. Also, the most basic functions of the program, that is navigation, buttons, etc., are explained here and you will find helpful options and routines that let you know whether your computer is configured correctly and whether the submission of the worksheets is successful. For this reason, we recommend to go through the class preliminaries very carefully, especially if you are a first-time user of a VLC online class. The remaining units exhibit the content of this class and if you wish, you can retrieve an overview of each unit by means of a click on one of the information symbols. Here is an example. The information symbol associated with the unit phrase structure displays further information about this unit in a pop-up window. Let's now look at the content of the class traditionally referred to as syllabus. This class is subdivided into two parts, morphology and syntax. The morphological units provide you with all aspects necessary for the morphological analysis of any language, even though most examples have been taken from present-day English and the same holds for the syntactic part. Using present-day English as a reference language, we will deal with the principles of theoretical syntax, providing an overview of grammar models as well as the special grammatical principles that apply to present-day English. Learning online simply means go through each e-learning unit at your own pace. Study the virtual session, especially use the guiding questions. Watch the corresponding e-lecture video and use the questions and examples and tasks in the interactive tutor that is associated with a virtual session. Optionally, you can supplement your workbook if you have one with the missing information. If you wish, you can discuss further problems with your classmates using the class-related forum to which all registered users of your class have access. Here is the workbook. The workbook has 221 pages and exhibits the plain textual content of the virtual sessions of the class in a non-hypertext format. Furthermore, it contains a number of empty slots and empty boxes which you have to fill with the online content. For this reason, our workbooks use a special system of symbols indicating where the online material can be found and what you have to do with it. So, the workbook is not a plain reader but rather an instructional book that really makes you work. Ordering the workbook is simple. Go to the class start site, click on the link or the workbook and select your workbook from the list of workbooks that are available in the VLC shop. Your rest is simple, just like in any other internet shop, it should be self-explanatory. Now, finally, you want to know what you have to do in order to get the class credits. Well, in this class, you will get 6 class credits where one credit is the equivalent of about 30 hours' workload. A central prerequisite is that you actively participate. In an online class, this means go online, study the content and the videos and do the 13 ungraded worksheets as well as the practicals. Your final grade will be calculated on the basis of two graded worksheets that make up 20% of the final grade, an analysis project that makes up 40% of the final grade and an e-exam which makes up the remaining 40% of the final grade. How the e-exams work will be explained when required. So we invite you to join us in our online class morphology and syntax. As soon as the class has been activated, your class instructor will contact you and then it's your turn. So on behalf of my colleagues, let me thank you for your attention and enjoy your class. See you.