| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BM202002 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
英語史 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
エイゴシ |
Subject Name in
English |
A History of the English Language |
| Instructor |
OHNO HIDESHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
オオノ ヒデシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(3T) Weds1-4：LET B251 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture/Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| In a group setting, students are supposed to give a presentation of the designated pages in the textbook. |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
B
:
Japanese／English |
| Course Level |
4
:
Undergraduate Advanced
|
| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Literature |
| Eligible Students |
Junior and Senior |
| Keywords |
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, Present-day English |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Basic Knowledge and Understanding in English and American Language and Literature. |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Acquisition of basic knowledge on British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, or linguistics
Humanities in English Program
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Acquisition of wide-ranged knowledge of humanities in English
Secondary School English Language Education
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・To have a basic knolwedge of the contents of secondary English education. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Investigating Old English, Middle English, and Modern English, we would like to see the background of Present-day English. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Overview of the history of the English language; prehistoric age
2. Old English: its establishment
3. Old English: letters, morphology, syntax and vocabulary
4. Scandinavian influence
5. Norman influence: regional dialects and French
6. Norman influence: standard English and bollowings
7. Middle English: spelling and word form
8. Middle English: grammar & Early Modern English: Latin influence
9. Early Modern English: borrowings and word formation
10. Early Modern English: syntax
11. Early Modern English: great vowel shift
12. Early Modern English: auxiliaries, pronunciation and regional variation
13. Late Modern English: spelling and standardization
14. Late Modern English: standardization and verb system
15. Late Modern English: vocabulary and status
No exams. Term paper. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Charles Barber, et al. /The English Language/ (Canto Classics). 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107693937 |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Microsoft Teams |
| (More Details) |
Handouts will be uploaded to the Team. The team code is w54qr29 . |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Attendance, preparation of the text reading. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Overall class contribution mark (40%) and term paper (60%).
If you are absent six or more times, you will fail. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
We will use text written in English and have discussions in Japanese.
Do your best! |
| Other |
|
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |