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Old English Beginners - ENG00059M

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  • Department: English and Related Literature
  • Module co-ordinator: Prof. Elizabeth Tyler
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2021-22 to Spring Term 2021-22

Module aims

The aim of the Old English Beginners course is to introduce complete beginners, or those with only a little experience, to the fundamentals of Old English grammar, and to develop in them a reading knowledge of the language.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be expected to have acquired:

  • A sound grasp of the fundamentals of Old English grammar
  • An ability to read Old English texts with the use of a glossary and to attempt sight-reading of simple texts
  • An ability to extract the information they want from texts which they may not be able to translate in full.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled)
Old English Beginners		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled)
Old English Beginners		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Feedback supplied weekly in class and exam results given within 20 working days.

Indicative reading

The prescribed textbook will be as follows:

Peter S. Baker, An Introduction to Old English, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)

The following dictionary is also recommended:

J.R. Clark Hall, A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (new ed., Toronto, 1994)


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