The course aims at encouraging students’ awareness of the linguistic and cultural components of the English language. It offers a general view of the history of the English language and the social history of English-speaking peoples as they spread all over the world.
1. (1) The Celts and the Romans in the British Isles; (2) the origins of the English language; (3) the Middle Ages; (4) the age of Shakespeare; (5) religious reformation; (6) Scotland; (7) the Age of Reason; (8) North America; (9) Black English; (10) Cockneys; (11) Australia; (12) Ireland; (13) the Commonwealth; (14) the future of English.
Mètodes docents: Lectures in English; individual and oral readings; open debates; use audiovisual material and authentic material; reading assignments; book reports. Tipus d'exàmens: (1) Class participation through comments and debates; (2) four exams; and (3) two book reports: one on an essay book, the other on a work of fiction. The choice of books must be decided in tutorial meetings.
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