History of English language

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Lieselotte Brems

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

• The pre-history of English: the IE family and the Germanic subgroup
• Varieties and dialects
• Major stages of the development of the language
• Development of a standard; dialect variations

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• To introduce students to the diachronic dimension of the study of English; and to introduce them to some basic terms
• To emphasize the link between major historical events (politics, culture, social and religious history ) of Great Britain and the development of the language
• To provide a sociocultural approach to Geat Britain

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good knowledge of English

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

ex-cathedra classes

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

• a syllabus will be available

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam on the course notes and presentations

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

ex cathedra classes
eCampus

Contacts

Lieselotte BREMS, chargée de cours lbrems@uliege.be Département de Langues et littératures modernes 3, place Cockerill, 6e étage

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

• The lectures (2h per week) are replaced with videos showing the PowerPoint presentation with voice-over narration (available on eCampus). As usual, the slides are also made available on eCampus.

Assessment subjects

All the material covered in the (face-to-face as well as online) lectures will be examined in the remote exam, i.e. the syllabus and the powerpoints/videos

Assessment methods

I will organise a remote written exam on eCampus, conceived of as an open-book exam.

Contacts

lbrems@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

All the material covered in the (face-to-face as well as online) lectures will be examined in the remote exam, i.e. the syllabus and the powerpoints/videos.

Assessment methods

I will organise a remote written exam on eCampus, conceived of as an open-book exam.

Contacts

lbrems@uliege.be

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