Semester	Spring Semester, 2021
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 2020

Date	Topic	Activities	HW	Hours in Class	Hours for HW
Feb 26	Course Introduction, What is Language? Language Change	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	PIE and Germanic Readings	3	3-6
Mar 5	Indo-European and Germanic Languages	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	PIE and Grimm’s Law Worksheet	3	3-6
Mar 12	Indo-European and Germanic Languages	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	PIE and Grimm’s Law Worksheet	3	3-6
Mar 19	Old English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	Old English Grammar Worksheets	3	3-6
Mar 26	Old English, Norsemen and Normans	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	Old English vs Old Norse	3	3-6
April 2	Holiday		Middle English exercises
April 9	Middle English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	Study for midterm exam	3	3-6
April 16	Midterm Exams			3	3-6
April 23	Middle English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		3	3-6
April 30	Early Modern English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	Early Modern English exercises	3	3-6
May 7	Early Modern English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets	Early Modern English exercises	3	3-6
May 14	Regional Varieties of English	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		3	3-6
May 21	English as a World Language	Lecture and Exercise Sheets
May 28	English Today and Tomorrow	Lecture and Exercise Sheets		3	3-6
June 4	Internet English
June 11	Review / presentations		Study for the final exam	3	3-6
June 18	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.

35% Midterm exam

40% Final exam

25% Homework, quizzes, presentations, and class participation

??% Bonus projects or term papers

Textbook & Reference

The Emergence and Development of English by William A. Kretzschmar, Jr

(Available at the campus bookstore)

Other Useful References:

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

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

Urls about Course

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