Part 1. Old Germanic Languages

Course: English Studies and Two Foreign Languages

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Part 1. Old Germanic Languages
Code
ОК 02.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 1, PLO 2, PLO 6, PLO 7, PLO 8, PLO 12, PLO 15, PLO 18 The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Speak English at level C1 on the CEFR scale; know the basic linguistic concepts, basic historical events and features of the English language; be able to apply linguistic tools in practice and have basic skills of analysis and interpretation of the language development processes as well as linguistic analysis.
Course content
The course introduces students to the deep processes in the development of Germanic languages, identifying common and specific features of languages ​​belonging to different groups; structure of the Gothic language, oldest Germanic textual records; involving students in the study of old Germanic languages is aimed at developing understanding of the causes and rates of evolutionary changes in Germanic languages, highlighting their structural and interaction ​​with other languages.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Жлуктенко Ю.О., Яворська Т.А. Вступ до германського мовознавства. Київ, 1986. Konig, Ekkehard, and Johan Van der Auwera. The Germanic languages. Routledge, 2013. Fulk, Robert Dennis. A comparative grammar of the early Germanic languages. Vol. 3. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018 Putnam, Michael T., and B. Richard Page, eds. The Cambridge handbook of Germanic linguistics. Cambridge University Press, 2020. Ringe, Donald A. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, 2017. Klein, Jared S., et al., eds. "Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics." 2017. Hawkins, John A. "Germanic languages." The world's major languages. Routledge, 2018. 51-59. Miller, D. Gary. The Oxford Gothic Grammar. Oxford University Press, USA, 2018. Roberge, Paul. "Contact and the history of Germanic languages." The handbook of language contact 323-343. 2020
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The methods of instruction entail lectures, practical classes, and self-study. The course is taught through such instructional activities as linguistic analysis of language material, presentation, and a module test.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course ends with an exam. Students’ performance during the term is the sum of the points accumulated for linguistic analyses of language material, presentations, and a module test. The minimum score for the semester is 36 points, while the maximum score equals 60. The minimum score for the exam is 24 and the maximum score is 40.
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Lidiia Heorhiivna Verba
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology