Old English Advanced - ENG00060M

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Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

The aim of the Old English Advanced course is to broaden the experience of those students who have already learned the fundamentals of Old English grammar, by widening their reading knowledge of the language and reinforcing their grammatical and translation skills.

Module learning outcomes

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

• a secure command of Old English grammar
• fluent reading skills in the Old English language
• familiarity with a wide variety of Old English texts

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Open Examination	100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Open Examination	100

Module feedback

Weekly verbal feedback on class translation exercises. One piece of formative assessment is set at the midpoint of the course, so that students can receive written feedback on their progress. Exam results are given within 25 working days.

Indicative reading

Sweet’s Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse, rev. D. Whitelock, 15 th ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975)
NB There are many second-hand copies of this text in circulation and you are very welcome to purchase an earlier edition (as long as it contains Whitelock’s revisions!).

The following dictionaries are also recommended (but there is no need to buy one, as several academic dictionaries are now available online for free):
(paper) J.R. Clark Hall, A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (new ed., Toronto, 1994)
(online) J. Bosworth & T. N. Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth (Oxford: OUP, 1898)
https://bosworthtoller.com/
OR
http://ebeowulf.uky.edu/BT/Bosworth-Toller.htm