Requirements to students' abilities and skills:
By the end of the third year the trainees are to possess the following abilities and skills:
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to illustrate each theoretical thesis by the examples of the corresponding period of the language development;
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to be able to show the changes within each linguistic unit during a specific period of time or all the historical period;
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to correlate the form and meanings of every linguistic unit with those of the units existing in present-day English;
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to combine theoretical knowledge with doing practical assignments;
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to compare diachronic phenomena and processes taking place in English with those of other languages;
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to make use of the observations and comparison of the linguistic units while doing summing up and making conclusions about different processes and their role in the history of the English language.
II. Thematic Module Distribution
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C Quantity of hours
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Lectures (hrs.) |
Seminars (hrs.) |
Self-study work (hrs.) |
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Semester VI |
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Theme 1. English as a Germanic language. The Old English period in the development of the English Language Introduction Modern Germanic languages: their classification. Specific features of Germanic languages. Main historical events of the Old English period. |
6 |
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6 |
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Theme 2. The Old English period in the development of the English language. |
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Unit 2.1. Old English Phonetics |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Unit 2.2. Old English Grammar. The Noun. The Adjective. The Pronoun. |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Unit 2.3. Old English Grammar. The Verb The Adverb. OE Syntax. OE Vocabulary |
4 |
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4 |
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Theme 3. The Middle English period in the development of the English Language |
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Unit 3.1.The Middle English period. Main historical events. The Scandinavian Invasion. The Norman Conquest. Middle English dialects. Early New English written records. |
4 |
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4 |
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Unit 3.2. Phonetic system in Middle English. Changes within the system of vowels. Changes within the system of consonants. Orthography in Middle English. |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Unit 3.3. Middle English Grammar. The Nominal Parts of Speech: the Noun; the Adjective; the Pronoun. The Verb. The Adverb |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Unit 3.4. Middle English Vocabulary. Middle English Syntax. |
4 |
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4 |
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Theme 4. The New English period in the development of the English language. |
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Unit 4.1. Main historical events of Early New English period. Conditions for linguistic unity. Phonetic changes in Early New English. |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Unit 4.2. Morphological structure of the English language in Early New English. Changes within the morphological system. Vocabulary in Early New English. Syntax of the language of Early New English period. |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Module test 1 |
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Preparation for and passing the exam |
36 |
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36 |
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Total per semester |
54 |
6 |
6 |
42 |
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Total per academic year |
90 |
6 |
6 |
78 |
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