BM202002 A History of the English Language

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2026Year 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) Weds5-8：LET B251

Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

In this course, participants are divided into groups to present their assigned sections.

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） 04 : Arts

Eligible Students Junior and Senior

Keywords Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, Present-day English

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Basic Knowledge and Understanding in English and American Language and Literature.
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

Secondary School English Language Education
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・To have a basic knolwedge of the contents of secondary English education.

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 Lessons 1 & 2
Introduction; An outline of a history of the English language
Lessons 3 & 4
The making of English grammar (1)
Lessons 5 & 6
The making of English grammar (2); What English owes to foreign tongues (1)
Lessons 7 & 8
What English owes to foreign tongues (2); Word-making in English (1)
Lessons 9 & 10
Word-making in English (2)
Lessons 11 & 12
Word-making in English (3); Changes of meaning (1)
Lessons 13 & 14
Changes of meaning (2)
Lesson 15
Summary

No exams. Term paper.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Bradley, Henry. /The Making of English/. Revised by Simeon Potter, and edited by Takanobu Otsuka. Tokyo: Seibido.
ISBN: 4-7919-3604-3

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Microsoft Teams

(More Details) PC, etc.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Attendance, preparation of the text reading.

Requirements

Grading Method Overall class contribution mark (40%) and term paper (60%).
If you are absent six or more times, you will fail.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message 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.

Academic Year	2026Year	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) Weds5-8：LET B251
Lesson Style	Lecture/Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
In this course, participants are divided into groups to present their assigned sections.
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）	04 : Arts
Eligible Students	Junior and Senior
Keywords	Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, Present-day English
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Basic Knowledge and Understanding in English and American Language and Literature.
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 Secondary School English Language Education （Knowledge and Understanding）・To have a basic knolwedge of the contents of secondary English education.
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	Lessons 1 & 2 Introduction; An outline of a history of the English language Lessons 3 & 4 The making of English grammar (1) Lessons 5 & 6 The making of English grammar (2); What English owes to foreign tongues (1) Lessons 7 & 8 What English owes to foreign tongues (2); Word-making in English (1) Lessons 9 & 10 Word-making in English (2) Lessons 11 & 12 Word-making in English (3); Changes of meaning (1) Lessons 13 & 14 Changes of meaning (2) Lesson 15 Summary No exams. Term paper.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Bradley, Henry. /The Making of English/. Revised by Simeon Potter, and edited by Takanobu Otsuka. Tokyo: Seibido. ISBN: 4-7919-3604-3
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Microsoft Teams
(More Details)	PC, etc.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Attendance, preparation of the text reading.
Requirements
Grading Method	Overall class contribution mark (40%) and term paper (60%). If you are absent six or more times, you will fail.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	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.

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