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Lecturer(s)
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Haupt Jaromír, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bator Magdalena, Dr. phil. habil. Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Language classification. Roots of English. History of writing. 2. Old English - external history. 3. Old English - morphology. 4. Old English - phonology. 5. Old English - lexicon and semantics. 6. Middle English - external history. 7. Middle English - morphology. 8. Middle English - phonology. 9. Middle English - lexicon and semantics. 10. Medieval manuscripts. 11. Early Modern English - external history. 12. Early Modern English - morphology and phonology. 13. Early Modern English - lexicon and semantics. 14. Modern English irregularities.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Demonstration of student skills, Lecture, Seminár, E-learning, Students' portfolio
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 17 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on basic notions connected with language changes and the phases of the development of the English language. Students have an opportunity to learn about the processes operating in English at various periods of its development, as well as read extracts from various periods of the language development and compare similarities and differences between the oldest texts and present-day ones.
The knowledge of the gradual change of the English language and the historical events which influenced it.
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Prerequisites
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C1 level of English
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student's performance analysis, Practical demonstration of acquired skills, Systematické pozorování studenta, Oral presentation of self-study, Presentation of student research activity, Written assignment, Test
Attendance, (in-class) presentation, home assignments, final test
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Recommended literature
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Pei, M. and J. B. Kippincott. The Story of Language.. W. Morrow and Company, 1994.
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Baugh, A. C. and T. Cable. A History of the English Language.. Rutledge, 1993.
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Bradley, H. The making of English. .
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Campbell, L. Historical linguistics. An introduction. .
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Crystal, D. English as a global language. .
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Crystal, D. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language.. Cambridge, 1987.
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Don, J. Morphological theory and the morphology of English. .
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Fisiak, J. A short grammar of Middle English. .
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Fisiak, J. An early Middle English reader. .
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Fisiak, J. An outline history of English. vol. 1. External history. .
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Hogg, R. An introduction to Old English. .
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Horobin, S. & J. Smith. An introduction to Middle English. .
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Pyles, T. & J. Algeo. The origins and development of the English language. .
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