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TEACHING GUIDE
I. INFORMATION ON MODULE
II. INTRODUCTION
V. MINIMUM CONTENTS
Weekly Planning.
WEEK 1 Unit 1.
WEEK 2 Unit 1.
WEEK 3 Unit 2.
WEEK 4 Unit 2.
WEEK 5 Unit 3
WEEK 6 Unit 3. Test 1.
WEEK 7 Unit4.
WEEK 8 Unit 4.
WEEK 9 Unit 5
WEEK 10 Unit 5. Test 2.
IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Algeo, J. (1994) Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language.
Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich.
Bailey, R.W. et al. (1973) Varieties of Present Day English. New York. McMillan.
Baugh, A. & Cable, T. (2002) [5th ed.] A History of the English Language. Englewood
Cliffs (NJ):: Prentice Hall.
Bakhtin, M. M. (1996) The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Ed. Michael Holquist.
Trans. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Ballerster, X. (2002) Las primeras palabras de la humanidad. Valencia: Ediciones
Tilde.
Bex, T. (1996) Variety in Written English. Texts in Society: Societies in Text. London &
New York: Routledge
Brook, G.L. (1958) A History of the English Language. London. André Deutsch.
Burchfield, R. (1985) The English Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Burnley, D. (1992) The History of the English Language: A Source Book. London:
Longman.
Calvo García de Leonardo, J. J. (1983). La traducción literaria diacrónica: una propuesta
procesual de cotejo interlingüístico. Cuadernos de Filología 1, 213-236.
Chadwick, N. (1970) The Celts. Harmondsworth. Penguin.
Cheshire, J. (ed) (1991) English around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Crowley, T. (1991) Proper English? Readings in Language, History and Cultural
Identity. London: Routledge.
Crystal, D. (1995) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 54-92.
Eber, J. & R. Licciardolo (1988a) Activitybook for the Story of English. Glenview,
Illinois: Scott, Foresman & Company.
Eber, J. & R. Licciardolo (1988b) Answerbook to Accompany “Activitybook for the
Story of English”. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman & Company.
Fairclough, N. (1989) Language and Power. Harlow: Longman.
Freeborn, D. (1992) From Old English to Standard English: A Coursebook in Language
Variation Across Time. London:. Macmillan.
Fuster, M. (1988) William Caxton y la Traducción Inglesa del Recoeil des Histoires de
Troie de Raoul Lefevre. Universidad de Valencia: Servicio de Publicaciones.
Freeborn, D. (1993) Varieties of English: An Introduction to the Study of Language. [2nd
ed]
Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Graddol, D., D. Leith & J. Swann (eds.) (1996) English: History, Diversity and Change.
London: Routledge.
Greenbaum, S. (ed) (1985) The English Language Today. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Hogg, R.M. et al (eds.) (1992-) The Cambridge History of the English Language.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hughes, G. (1988) Words in Time: A Social History of English Vocabulary. Oxford &
New York: Basil Blackwell.
Jones, R.F. (1953) The Triumph of the English Language. Stanford: Stanford University
Press.
Kachru, Braj B. (1983) The Indianization of English: The English Language in India.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lass, R. (1987) The Shape of English. Structure and History. London and Melbourne:
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Leith, D. (1983) A Social History of English. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
McCrum, R., Cran, W. & McNeil, R. (1986) The Story of English. London: Faber &
Faber & BBC Publications.
Millward, C.M. (1989) A Biography of the English Language. New York: Holt,
Rinehart.
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Blackwell Publishers, Ltd.
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[4th ed] New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc.
Samuels, M.L. (1972) Linguistic Evolution: with Special Reference to English.
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Wyld, H.C. (1963) A History of Modern Colloquial English. (revised edition) Oxford:
Basil Blackwell.
X. PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
The students should be well versed in the grammar, lexis and phonology of English.
They should also have knowledge of phonological and phonetic transcription. It is also
very important that students should have an adequate level of English. One of the
objectives of the course will be to improve the students’ English through content-based
learning.
XI. METHODOLOGY
The lecturer will meet the students twice a week except during “reading weeks” in
which the student will carry out autonomous learning.
During reading weeks students will be required to read set texts, prepare examinations
and their final paper.
Students can choose two options A or B. If they choose to do option A and fail, they
will not be able to the final examination June but must wait till September.
All of those who have not reached the required level will have to take a final
examination in September which will be the same as the one described in option B.
A) Three tests. The first two tests are worth 30 percent and tests two and the last test,
which will be an oral test, will be worth 40%. The students’ English will be taken into
account when calculating the mark. Instructions on the oral test will be given in class.
B) If a student wishes to choose this option he/she will sit a final examination on the
official date which is published by the Facultat. The examination will consist of
If you do option A., you will have to visit the Aula Virtual web site on a regular basis to
pick up materials, do exercises and liaise with your lecturer. You will have till the
second week to upload your photograph to the Aula Virtual site
(http://aulavirutual.uv.es). If you do not, you will be penalized by 10% in the final mark.
If you have any problems, get in touch with me (pennock@uv.es). Take into account
that I will only answer emails from your university email account. Always remember to
include your name as it is impossible to know who you are from your university email
account.