| Study programme competencies |
| Code | Study programme competences |
| A20 | Coñecer a variación lingüística da lingua inglesa. |
| B1 | Utilizar os recursos bibliográficos, as bases de datos e as ferramentas de busca de información. |
| B2 | Manexar ferramentas, programas e aplicacións informáticas específicas. |
| Learning aims | |||
| Subject competencies (Learning outcomes) | Study programme competences | ||
| To know the English language is in a continuous state of variation across time. New words are needed in the vocabulary to refer to new things or concepts, while other words are dropped. | A20 |
B1 B2 |
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| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| English as a World Language Foreign Influences on Old English Middle English Lexicon The Renaissance (1500-1650) |
English as an official language The contact of English with other languages Old English Lexicon:Loanwords and Formation of new words. Middle English Lexicon: Loanwords and Formation of new words. Defense of borrowing. The method of introducing the new words |
| Planning | |||
| Methodologies / tests | Ordinary class hours | Student’s personal work hours | Total hours |
| Objective test | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Supervised projects | 2 | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| Oral presentation | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Case study | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Personalized attention | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||
| Methodologies |
| Methodologies | Description |
| Objective test | Questions chosen from the primary texts |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Teacer-guided discussion and debate of primary texts and their problems |
| Supervised projects | Writing of essays in English in response to reading of primary texts |
| Oral presentation | Oral presentation of the writing essays in class |
| Case study | Class participation in discussion of texts with short written exercices |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment | ||
| Methodologies | Description | Qualification |
| Oral presentation | Oral presentation of the two writing essays in class | 5 |
| Objective test | Questions chosen from the primary texts | 25 |
| Case study | Class discussion of texts with short written exercices. | 30 |
| Supervised projects | Writing of two essays in English in response to reading of primary texts | 40 |
| Assessment comments | ||
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Class discussion of texts with short written exercices will be worth 30% of your final grade. The first essay, 500 words, will be worth 15 per cent of your final grade, while the 2nd essay, 900 words, willbe worth 25%.Oral presentation of the two writing essays will be worth 5% of your final grade. All evaluated work mus score at least 4/10. You must do at least 50% of yhe wprk required to be elegible for a final grade A final exam, objective test, covering all course work. This will be 25% of your final grade. If you fail to pass either the final exam, the sort wrtten exercise, your essays or your oral pesentation these parts must be repeated in the July exam period. Those who are officially registered as part-time students, and have been granted permission not to attend classes, as stipulated in the rgulations of this University, will be assessed in either of the opportunities according to the same critiria specified for the second opportunity. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Baugh, A and Cable, T. (2008). A History of the English language. London: Routledge
Hogg, R.M. et al. (1992). The Cambridge History of the English language. Cambridge:CUP
Scragg, D. (1974). The History of english Spelling. Manchester: Manchester UP.
Ramat, G. and Ramat, P. (eds) (1998). The Indo-European Languages. London: Routledge |
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| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
| Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
| Subjects that continue the syllabus |
| Other comments | |