Grading Policy

#		Activity, task to be evaluated	Points
1.	Аудиторна робота	Participation in classroom discussions at seminars	20 (4 points each)
2.	Самостійна робота	The Common Tongue. Listening: answers to the questions
3.	Video materials: answers to the questions
4.	Charts, tables, diagrams
5.	Індивідуальні завдання	A report on the topic suggested
6.		Module test
		TOTAL

1. Seminar participation (each seminar).

Active participation is required. By active participation I mean both your willingness to participate and your ability to contribute to the discussion at any time you are asked to do so, which means to get the maximum you are to be ready with every question and discussion topic suggested. Languages: English (preferable). Russian is also allowed, if you present a piece of information from a book / article in Russian.

2. Reports (essays). Choose one of the topics suggested and write a three-or-four-page essay. Your essay should have an introduction to present the problem to be discussed, the main body consisting of several well-developed and properly organized paragraphs and a conclusion summarizing the ideas described. A list of references is also a MUST (see my list below for typography (оформление списка литературы). The Internet is allowed but do not overuse it. Plagiarism will be harshly punished. Your essay is due on 28 February, 2014.

Topics for the report

	The development of non-finite forms of the verb in the history of the English language
	The development of analytical forms of the verb in the history of the English language
	The Establishing of the National Standard
	The concept of ‘language change’
	Proto-Germanic language, its development from Proto-Indo-European
	The earliest descriptions of the Germans, the ancient tribes that spoke Germanic languages
	The runic alphabet. Old English alphabet
	Old English written records
	Old English dialects
	Old English syntax
	The Scandinavian invasions, the Norman Conquest & the way they influenced English
	Changes in the alphabet and spelling in Middle English. Middle English written records
	Middle English dialects. The London dialect

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