Semester	Spring Semester, 2020
Department	Sophomore Class A, Department of English Sophomore Class B, Department of English
Course Name	Development of the English Language
Instructor	CHENG CHUAN CHIEH
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Selectively
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

We will cover the following topics in this course:

Origins of language

Indo-European language families

Old English period

Middle English period

Modern English

Globalization of English

Digital Trends in English

The Development of the English Language – Spring 2019

Date	Topic		Activities	HW	Hours in Class	Hours for HW
Mar 1	Holiday (make-up) We will schedule this to be a review session where we can go over exercises and discuss the answers to questions that you might have about the exams.					3
Mar 8	Course Introduction, What is Language? Language Change	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		PIE and Germanic Readings	3	3-6
Mar 15	Indo-European and Germanic Languages	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 1-2, PIE and Grimm’s Law Worksheet	3	3-6
Mar 22	Old English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 3, Old English Grammar Worksheets	3	3-6
Mar 29	Old English, Norsemen and Normans	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 4-5, Old English vs Old Norse	3	3-6
April 5	Holiday
April 12	Middle English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 6-7, Middle English exercises	3	3-6
April 19	Middle English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Study for midterm exam	3	3-6
April 26	Midterm Exams			Inventing English Chapters 8-10	3	3-6
May 3	Early Modern English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 11-13, Early Modern English exercises	3	3-6
May 10	Regional Varieties of English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Inventing English Chapters 14-16	3	3-6
May 17	School Athletic Contests
May 24	English as a World Language	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Presentation preparation	3	3-6
May 31	Projects Presentations	Student Presentations		Inventing English Chapters 17-19	3	3-6
June 7	Holiday Dragon Boat Festival
June 14	English Today and Tomorrow	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		Study for the final exam	3	3-6
June 21	Final Exam				3

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Grading will be based on exams quizzes homework assignments and completion of individual presentations or group projects.

30% Midterm exam

35% Final exam

35% Homework, quizzes, presentations, and class participation

??% Bonus projects or term papers

Textbook & Reference

Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerer

(Available at the campus bookstore)

Other Useful References:

The English Language: A Historical Introduction (Second Edition)by Charles Barber, Joan Beal, and Philip Shaw

The Origins and Development of the English Language (Sixth Edition) by John Algeo

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