English Language 1 (EN0001)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : PPL-1-EL1-EL

Structure of modern English; contemporary English in use; introduction to variation in present-day English; introduction to the history of English and Scots.

Entry Requirements

none

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

English Language 1 (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))
English Language 1 (VS2) (Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
21/09/2006	14:00	14:50	Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	14:00	14:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : 1 tutorial per week, on either Thursday afternoon or Friday

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

English Language 1 has 3 broad aims:

1. It introduces students to the study of English Language in a rounded and systematic way.

2. An introduction to the fundamental analytic concepts involved in the study of linguistic structure of English today and its broad historical development.

3. The course will give students the technical means of engaging in the analysis and explication of English as a language, not only accounting for its most 'standard' and 'constant' features, but also establishing the exensive social and geographical variety of the language, both today and in earlier times.

Assessment Information

Three items of assessment: an exam at the end of semester 1 (40% of the final mark for the course), and one essay and one assignment in semester 2 (each consituting 30% of the final mark for the course).