ENG0101 - The English Language – Awareness and Skills

Course plan, 2004 I

Hilde Hasselgård

Wednesdays, Room 542, HW

 

Date

Topic

Reading

14/1

Introduction

Communication – Context – Discourse

Ch 2

Ch 5

21/1

A Global Approach

Functional Grammar

Ch 3

Ch 6

28/1

Language levels – Basic terminology

Ch 4

4/2

Contrastive Grammar I (nouns, pronouns, concord, it/there)

Start reading Nick Hornby: About a Boy

7.1-7.3, 7.6, 7.9

11/2

Contrastive Grammar II (verbs, adjective/adverb)

About a Boy, cont.

7.4, 7.5, 7.7

18/2

Vocabulary, Dictionaries

Ch 8

25/2

Text production I

10.1, 10.2  (+7.10)

3/3, 10/3: Study weeks, no teaching

17/3

Text types

Ch 9

24/3

D. Graddol: “The future of English as a European Language”

Compendium, pp 201-209

31/3

Contrastive grammar III (word order, ing clauses)

About a Boy cont.

7.8, 7.10

14/4

Text production II

10.3-10.6

21/4

Language and Literature

Ch. 11

28/4

More about writing. Punctuation. Spelling

Ch 10 (revision), 12.4-12.6 (will be distributed)

5/5

Revision, exam preparation

 

 

Information about the course (in Norwegian)

 

Required reading

Compendium 'ENG0101 The English Language. From Increased Awareness to Improved Skills' (available at Kopiutsalget, Akademika. The compendium is the same as last semester).

Articles in compendium:

Lysvåg, Per. 2003. 'The English Language. From Increased Awareness to Improved Skills. Preliminary version.' Institutt for britiske og amerikanske studier, Universitetet i Oslo.

Graddol, David. 2001. 'The Future of English as a European Language' in The European English Messenger 10 (2), pp.47-55.

Nick Hornby: About a boy (novel)

 

Preparation for class and participation

All students are expected to participate actively by attending classes and taking part in course activities (written tasks, discussions, etc.). Active participation is important for improving your English.

You should prepare for each class by reading the specified passages in the compendium and the novel (references given in the lecture plan refer to chapters of the compendium). You will also be given tasks to work with in class and at home.

Assessment (Papers, exams)

During the course, all students must submit two papers. It is a prerequisite for taking the final exam that these have been approved by your teacher. The final assessment is based on a final written exam.

 

Resources for the course

Classfronter: http://blyant.uio.no

Course material, list of secondary sources, and relevant links will be distributed here. Classfronter also contains a discussion forum, which you will all be expected to participate in, for written practice.

Contact details

Hilde Hasselgård

Office: D-917

Conference hour: Tuesdays 13.15-14

email: hilde.hasselgard@iba.uio.no