Student guide

Online lesson series

The History of the English Language

http://keepcalmlearnenglishnow.weebly.com/

Made by: S. Willemsen-Visser Year: 2015

Content Table

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3

Topic ....................................................................................................................... 3

Website ................................................................................................................... 3

What can I expect from a blended course? .............................................................. 3

In class ................................................................................................................... 4

At home / school / other location ........................................................................... 4

Teacher guidance .................................................................................................... 4

The contents of the lesson series ............................................................................. 4

Lesson .................................................................................................................... 5

Study box ................................................................................................................ 5

Assignments ........................................................................................................... 5

Type of assignments ................................................................................................ 5

ePortfolio ................................................................................................................. 5

Skills ....................................................................................................................... 6

Learning objectives.................................................................................................. 6

APPENDIX ............................................................................................................... 7

Introduction

The next 7 weeks you will be doing something different from your usual practice. Usually, you are present in class for English three hours a week. This lesson series is a blended course which means that you don’t have to be in class all the time. About 70 per cent of the course is followed by means of distant learning: your own home or with a group of students at another location.

Topic

The topic of this lesson series is ´the History of the English Language´. We start with the Old English period and we will end with the Modern English (the English that is spoken worldwide today). The lesson series consists of 7 units. One unit will be followed each week.

Website

The website link is http://keepcalmlearnenglishnow.weebly.com/.

What can I expect from a blended course?

Instead of a teacher in class you will have to work on the lesson series independently with a group or alone. You can do the course at home or at another location, but it is very important that you have a computer with Internet access. Some lessons will be followed in class. See the overview of the lesson series below. Overview lesson series

* It is expected when you have to be at the F2F meeting that you will have done the lessons and study box of that week. In class you will be working on another assignment.

Week Unit Lesson Study box Where?

Week 1 lesson 1 Introduction Timeline

at home Week 2 lesson 2 1 Germanic Indo

European Lesson 1.1. The Celts Study box

1.1.

Week 3 lesson 3 Lesson 1.2. The Romans Study box 1.2.

Week 2 lesson 1 2 Old English Lesson 2.1. The Anglo Saxons

Study box 2.1

at home Week 2 lesson 2 Lesson 2.2. The Vikings Study box

2.2

Week 3 lesson 1 3 Middle English Lesson 3.1. The Normans

Study box 3.1

at home Week 3 lesson 2 Lesson 3.2. Canterbury

Tales Study box 3.2

Week 4 lesson 1 4 Early Modern English

Lesson 4.1. The London Dialect

Study box 4.1 in class*

F2F Week 4 lesson 2 Lesson 4.2. Early Modern

Study box 4.2

Week 5 lesson 1 5 Late Modern English Lesson 5.1. New Vocabulary

Study box 5.1

at home Week 5 lesson 2 Lesson 5.2 New varieties

in English Study box 5.2

Week 6 lesson 1 6 British and American English

Lesson 6.1. British English

Study box 6.1 in class*

F2F Week 6 lesson 2 Lesson 6.2 American English

Study box 6.2

Week 7 lesson 1 7 Hollywood and ePortfolio

Lesson 7.1. Hollywood Study box 7.1 at home

Week 7 lesson 2 Lesson 7.2. ePortfolio

In class / F2F meetings

It is expected that when the F2F meetings are held (Unit 4 and Unit 6) that you have prepared the lessons and study boxes at home. Three hours English a week are scheduled:

1st lesson of the week: prepare lesson plan and study box no. 1 of the unit

2nd lesson of the week: prepare lesson plan and study box no. 2 of the unit

3rd lesson of the week: be present in class for the F2F meeting.

At home / school / other location

The other units (Unit 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7) need to be done at home or another location. You may choose the best study place. In some weeks you will have to do an assignment with a group. So, it is advisable to stay in contact with your group all the time (Facebook chat, Google Hangout, Skype or meet at a specific location). It is also possible to do the course in a computer room at school.

Teacher guidance

The teacher is always available for you. If you have any questions or problems or you just want to have some feedback, you can always ask your teacher for support. This can be done in various ways:

- You can e-mail the teacher (s.willemsen-visser@penta.nl) - You can skype with the teacher. - You can ask the teacher to log on to Google Hangouts - You can contact the teacher by phone call.

The teacher will be available:

- on the hours that you will be having the English lesson - from 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. - in the weekend from 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.

It is preferred to make an appointment with your teacher by e-mail.

The contents of the lesson series

Unit: Each lesson consists of a lesson, study box and assignments. One lesson (e.g. 1.1) and one study box (e.g. 1.2) takes about 50 minutes (one lesson hour in your time schedule). Steps to be taken are:

1. you read the introduction in the unit page 2. you read the introduction on the lesson page

3. you watch the film on the study box page and you answer the reflective questions and do the assignments.

Each unit is about a certain period. For instance, unit 1 is about the Old English period.

Lesson

The lesson series gives you an introduction about the sub topic. For instance, lesson 1.1. is about the Celts from the Old English period.

Study box

The study box is the actual ‘lesson’. Here you will have to watch a video first. It gives you all the information you need to answer the reflective questions and assignments. Next step is that you answer the reflective questions which are based on the information in the video. The last step is that you go to the assignment page. Here you can download a Word document with all the assignments.

Assignments

All assignments are mentioned in a downloadable Word document. This is deliberately done because you only have to save the document under the same name so that you can type your answers below the questions. The assignments are divided into:

- reflective questions (which are mentioned on the study box page) - F2F questions: an assignment that needs to be done with the whole group or

individually. - Individual / group assignments.

Type of assignments

1. Facebook: some assignments need to be uploaded to a special created Facebook page #keepcalmlearnenglishnow. On the website you can go directly to this page when clicking on the F-icon. It is important to have a Facebook account. If you don’t have a Facebook account, you will have to make one.

2. For some assignments you will have to visit a certain web page. You can find all the necessary information on the ePortfolio page. For example, you will have to make a Woordle about a certain topic on the web page www.wordle.net. You can access all necessary web pages from the website. The links are also mentioned in the Word document ‘assignment’.

3. Google Hangout: can be used to have a chat with others. 4. Skype: can be used to have a (video)chat with others. 5. ePortfolio: this will be discussed in the next paragraph. 6. Forum: (some) reflective questions will have to be discussed with your team

on the website itself. You will also work on your presentation skills and it is expected that you will learn with various online ICT tools/programs.

ePortfolio

From start (Unit 1) to finish (Unit 7) you will have to work on your ePortfolio in itslearning. Your final ePortfolio will be marked and you do not have to complete a test in the end of this lesson series. We all learn in different ways, but an ePortfolio gives a teacher and yourself much more information about what you have learnt during the course. Secondly, you can personalise your pages in itslearning and you will be doing a lot of different assignments. The assignments focus on:

1. Read: reading and listening 2. Reflect: reflective questions 3. Display: creativity (recording a video or creating a mind map) 4. Do: put the learnt matter into practice. This last step is actually working on

your ePortfolio. In itslearning you first work on your work portfolio and you submit the whole ePortfolio online after having finished unit 7. This is your actual ePortfolio. All information can be found on the web page ePortfolio of the website. In appendix 1 you will find the whole overview of the units. Each unit you will be working on your work portfolio and you add the Word documents with the answers to the working portfolio. You teacher will be giving your feedback about the assignments weekly. At the end of the lesson series, when you have uploaded all your final assignments to the working portfolio on itslearning, you will have to submit your final ePortfolio

to the teacher.

Skills

At the end of this lessons series you have practised reading, listening, speaking and writing skills as well as vocabulary and grammar.

Learning objectives

Each unit gives you information about the learning objectives for the lessons that belong to the unit. In general, please keep the following learning objectives in mind. At the end of these lessons series ‘the History of the English Language’:

- You have enhanced your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. - You can mention the main facts with regard to the development of the

English vocabulary from the Old English period until now. - You can clarify why grammar has changed over time. - You can mention the main facts of each period. - You will be able to mention the important periods which have their influence

on the English language. - You will know the difference between American and British English.

With regard to your ePortfolio:

- You have learnt to work on assignments independently. - You have learnt to cooperate with other students.

- You have learnt to do assignments that meet a certain deadline. - You have learnt to make use of ICT tools when doing your assignments. - You know how to make an ePortfolio on itslearning.

APPENDIX

1A. Rubric Weekly Assignments

1B. Rubric ePortfolio

2. Weekly overview website (Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, Doing

3. Learning aims

APPENDIX 1A: Rubric Weekly assignments (40 per cent. of your final mark)

Poor (1) Average (2) Good (3) Excellent (4)

Reflective questions

Reflection is limited or

not existent.

Reflection is apparent.

However, it remains on a surface level

Reflection is thoughtful

and covers several levels and/or perspectives

Reflection is deep, consistent, and

demonstrates thoughtful consideration of multiple levels/perspectives

Contents

Almost all weekly assignments have not been done.

Some weekly assignments have been skipped.

Most weekly assignments have been done.

Weekly assignments have been done.

Does the student demonstrate she/he is

able to do a blended course learning

Weekly assignments are not uploaded on time

and lack content.

Weekly assignments are not uploaded on time but

do have a clear content.

Weekly assignments are uploaded in time but

lack content.

Weekly assignments are uploaded on time and have a clear content.

Spelling and Grammar

There are more than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft.

There are 4-5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft

There are 1-3 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft.

There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft.

APPENDIX 1B Rubric ePortfolio (60 per cent. of your final mark)

Poor (1) Average (2) Good (3) Excellent (4)

Welcome Page

Offers some

personal

information about

the student.

The page contains

little to no relevant

content.

The page is confusing (or

clear but very basic), with

little or no context for the

ePortfolio, and little to no

introduction.

The page is clearly

organized and contains

significant information.

The page is clearly organized and contains

significant content. Some graphical content is

added too.

Course Pages

Showcase student

work and

reflection.

Does not contain any

assignment(s).

Page looks like a file

dump.

No reflection.

Reflection put on as

a file instead of

copied and pasted.

Assignment(s) put on page,

but not really structured.

Some assignments lack.

content.

Page is confusing.

Course pages are

structured.

Assignment(s) are uploaded

to the ePortfolio and have

been adapted when

necessary.

Course pages are well structured.

All assignments can be found easily and are used

effectively.

Use of Multimedia

No audio/video, or graphics. The photos and audio or video are distracting from the content of the portfolio.

audio/video/graphics/ photographs are included but is used randomly and without purpose.

audio/video/graphics/ photographs are included and appropriate.

audio/video/graphics/ photographs are integrated seamlessly.

Spelling and Grammar

There are more than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation or

grammar in the final draft.

There are 4-5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft

There are 1-3 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft.

There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft.

APPENDIX 2 Weekly overview website http://keepcalmlearnenglishnow.weebly.com/ and its structure in RRDD.

R = reading L = listening S = Speaking W = Writing V = Vocabulary G = Grammar

I = Individual Gr= group work F2F = F2F meeting (assignment)

Unit R Lesson R L Study box L S W V G Reading Reflecting Displaying Doing

Introduction x Timeline x x

1 Germanic Indo European

x Lesson 1.1. The Celts

x x Study box 1.1.

x x x x x Gr/I I

Lesson 1.2. The Romans

x x Study box 1.2.

x x x x x Gr / I I

2 Old English x Lesson 2.1. The Anglo Saxons

x x Study box 2.1

x x x x x Gr I

Lesson 2.2. The Vikings

x x Study box 2.2

x x x x x Gr I

3 Middle English x Lesson 3.1. The Normans

x x Study box 3.1

x x x x x x x Gr I

Lesson 3.2. Canterbury Tales

x x Study box 3.2

x x x x x x Gr I

4 Early Modern English

x Lesson 4.1. The London Dialect

x x Study box 4.1

x x x x x Gr/I I

Lesson 4.2. Early

Modern

x x Study box

4.2

x x x x x x Gr/I / F2F I / F2F

5 Late Modern English

x Lesson 5.1. New Vocabulary

x x Study box 5.1

x x x x I I

Lesson 5.2 New varieties in English

x x Study box 5.2

x x x x x Gr/I I

6 British English vs. American English

x Lesson 6.1. British English

x x Study box 6.1

x

x x x x

x I I

Lesson 6.2 American English

x x Study box 6.2

7 English Today x Lesson 7.1. Hollywood

x x Study box 7.1

x x x x I

Lesson 7.2. ePortfolio

x x x x x x I I I I

APPENDIX 3 LEARNING AIMS

APPENDIX 3 LEARNING AIMS

Topic Contents Learning aims

Unit 1 Germanic Indo European

Lesson 1.1. The Celts

What was actually the language situation before the existence of the English language?

Who were the Celts?

Which Celtic dialects do still exist today?

Lesson 1.2. The Romans

What influence had the Romans on the English language?

Unit 2 Old English

Lesson 2.1. The Anglo Saxons

Who were the Anglo Saxons?

Did they have any influence on the English language?

Lesson 2.2. The Vikings

Who were the Vikings?

Did they have any influence on the English language?

Unit 3 Middle English

Lesson 3.1. The Normans

You are able to explain the relationship between the Norman conquest and

the French Language

You can describe the influence of French in England

You know more about the relationship between French and English at this time

Lesson 3.2. The Canterbury Tales

How is it to read Middle English?

What are the language features of Middle English?

Which literature was written in this period?

Unit 4 Early Modern English

Lesson 4.1. The London Dialect

You will be able to explain the meaning of London Standard.

You will be able to describe the differences between Middle English and Early Modern English.

You will know why the Early English period and its eras were so important for

the development of the English language.

What is meant by ‘London Standard’?

Lesson 4.2. Early Modern English

Why is this period so important for the development of the English language?

APPENDIX 3 LEARNING AIMS

Topic Contents Learning aims

Unit 5

Late Modern English

Lesson 5.1.

New Vocabulary

What is meant by ‘new vocabulary’?

you can mention the main aspects of the Late Modern English period, you

know what is meant by 'borrowings',, 'slang' and 'compounds' and you will find out what 'etymology' means while practising some words.

Lesson 5.2.

New varieties in English

You are able to mention the most important facts with regard to the British

Empire worldwide and why this was such an important development for the

English language.

Unit 6

British and American English

Lesson 6.1.

British English

You are able to mention the most important differences between BE and AE.

You know the difference between 'England', 'Britain' and 'the United Kingdom

of Britain and Northern Ireland', you know what a dialect and an accent is, and you are able to mention the main differences between British English (BE) and American English (AE).

Lesson 6.2

American English

What are the features of American English?

Unit 7

English Today

Lesson 7.1.

Hollywood

What is the origin of Hollywood?

Do the Brits have any influence with regard to the film industry?

Lesson 7.2.

ePortfolio