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Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
» Jaar 3 (English Linguistics)
semester I a	verplicht	LET010P05	English Linguistics: Sentence Structure	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LET021B05	Linguistics: Language Change	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LEU044B05	T&M 3: Taal Leren	Engels	5	4
semester I b	verplicht	LEO013B05	Reading Early English	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LET011P05	Sound Structure	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LET022B05	Linguistics: Meaning and Use	Engels	5	4

Opmerkingen	The courses of the track English Linguistics introduce you to the Linguistics of English, its structure and sounds, as well as the history and development of the English language in its older forms, semantics and language learning. This track is intended for students without any background in Linguistics, e.g. students from the BAs in American Studies; Arts, Culture and Media; History; IRIO; Communication Studies, et cetera. This track is not for students of the BAs: - Linguistic: see track English Literature; - European Languages and Cultures: see Advanced Track; - Dutch Language and Culture: see Advanced Track.
» Jaar 3 (English Literature)
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester I a	verplicht	LEL007P05	Making Meaning	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LEL008B05	Shakespeare & Early Mod. Engl.Literature	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LEL024B05	Crossing Borders	Engels	5	4
semester I b	verplicht	LEL010P05	Knowledge and Power	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LEV011P05	EAP: Composition	Engels	5	4
	keuzegroep A	LEL025B05	Neo-Victorian Literature	Engels	5	3
	keuzegroep A	LEO013B05	Reading Early English	Engels	5	4

Opmerkingen	The track English Literature is intended for students without any background in Literary studies, e.g. from the BAs American Studies; History; IRIO; Communication Studies; et cetera. You are introduced to the study of Literature, study highlights from the English Renaissance, and study more contemporary literature as well. In block 1b you can choose either Reading Early English (allowing you to study medieval English texts) or Neo-Victorian Literature. This track is not for students from the BAs: - European Languages and Cultures: see the Advanced Track; - Dutch Language and Culture: see the Advanced Track.
» Jaar 3 (English Literature and Linguistics: Advanced Track)
Periode	Type	Code	Naam	Taal	ECTS	Uren
semester I a	verplicht	LEL008B05	Shakespeare & Early Mod. Engl.Literature	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LEL024B05	Crossing Borders	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LET021B05	Linguistics: Language Change	Engels	5	4
semester I b	verplicht	LEL025B05	Neo-Victorian Literature	Engels	5	3
	verplicht	LEO013B05	Reading Early English	Engels	5	4
	verplicht	LET022B05	Linguistics: Meaning and Use	Engels	5	4

Opmerkingen	The English Literature and Linguistics: Advanced Track is in principle only for students with a background in linguistics and literature, e.g. from the BAs European Languages and Cultures; Dutch Language and Culture. If you are already familiar with the basics of studying linguistics or literature, this track will take you further into the literature and linguistics of English, both older and modern.

Toon korte vakomschrijvingen

Crossing Borders

LEL024B05

This course examines depictions of alienated figures that find themselves at the
intersection of cultures, and scrutinizes texts that bring the experiences of marginalized
subjectivities to the centre. Themes of displacement pervade contemporary fiction, where
crossing borders has become an economic and political necessity, and contemporary
writers have employed the language of exile and transnationalism that featured in many
earlier texts. We will consider how the terms of exile set out in more Modernist works
have been employed by later authors to articulate border crossings of gender, race, and
sexuality. Not surprisingly, many 20th century theorists have reflected on exile and the
identity of movement, and this course will engage considerations of flânerie, Said’s
“Exile,” and Anzaldua’s “Borderlands” to explore changing representations of “in-between” selves. We will begin with Henry
James’s story of a privileged American woman in Europe, and move through to Viet
Thanh Nguyen’s recent collection of stories where characters are forced from their
homelands and grapple with an uprooted sense of self. Exploring the constellation of
these texts by writers from a variety of backgrounds will, of course, reveal the differences
that circumstances of experience have on perceptions of selfhood, but also how the
vernacular of loss and estrangement can be traced back to common sources.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	Dr. A.C. Hoag
Docent(en)	Dr. A.C. Hoag
Onderwijsvorm	werkcollege
Toetsvorm	essay, tentamen
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for premaster students, exchange students and students in the Literature and Advanced tracks of the minor English Studies only. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture can take this course by way of compensation, after consultation with the study advisor of English Language & Literature only.

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EAP: Composition

LEV011P05

The focus of this English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course is on producing structured literary analysis essays using academic language with accurate and conventional documentation of sources, and on discussing and presenting on literary subjects in an academic register.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	A.C. Vaatstra, MA.
Docent(en)	M.P. Milagros Garcia, PhD.dr. B. Postema A.C. Vaatstra, MA.
Onderwijsvorm	werkcollege
Toetsvorm	essay, presentatie
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	n.v.t.
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies only.

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English Linguistics: Sentence Structure

LET010P05

This module is an introduction to the study of the English Language. Students will learn about sentence structure in the English language.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	G.J. Poarch, PhD.
Docent(en)	dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers T.V. Kassenberg, MA. G.J. Poarch, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	continue toetsing, digitale toetsing
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics track of the minor English Studies take precedence.

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Knowledge and Power

LEL010P05

Following ‘Making Meaning: Introduction to English Literatures I’ and its examination of literary techniques and devices, this course will continue to introduce students to the study of literary interpretation, adding to the students' literary-critical practice a consideration of the place of literature and literary criticism in the world. This will include a discussion of the political and cultural power attributed to forms of literature. Students will discuss and analyse texts, fictional and non-fictional alike, in oral and written assignments. This course aims to cultivate ever more nuanced and more questioning approaches to literature and its place in culture.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. K. de Vries
Docent(en)	dr. K. de Vries M.R. MacVeagh, PhD. A.G.J.C. Williams, MA.
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	digitale toetsing, essay
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	none
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies take precedence.

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Linguistics: Language Change

LET021B05

The English language has a history spanning some thirteen centuries, and has undergone significant linguistic change in that period. With the help of texts we will become acquainted with the shape of English in different periods, and investigate what changes have taken place at all levels of linguistic analysis. We look at how language changes, and how speakers of English have been dealing with language change through the ages.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. R.M. Knooihuizen
Docent(en)	dr. R.M. Knooihuizen
Onderwijsvorm	werkcollege
Toetsvorm	digitale toetsing, opdrachten
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur.
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the minor English Studies only.

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Linguistics: Meaning and Use

LET022B05

This course offers an introduction to the semantics and pragmatics of the English grammatical system. Students become acquainted with important semantic and pragmatic concepts, tools and theories. They learn to apply these to actual English language samples by searching for and analyzing examples in authentic texts. The following topics are covered: sentence meaning, thought and reality; sentence relations and truth; event structure and event participants; context and inference; speech acts; proposition and predicate logic. These topics are discussed in theories of lexical meaning components and formal semantics.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. A.M.H. van Hout
Docent(en)	dr. A.M.H. van Hout
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase.
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics or Advanced track of the minor English Studies only.

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Making Meaning

LEL007P05

This course introduces students to literary studies in English. Students will acquire a basic knowledge of literary terminology and of major literary genres in English literature. They will study and discuss a broad range of texts, including poetry, prose, drama and essays, and gain an understanding of their generic as well as of their unique aspects. The critical, analytic and creative engagement with these fascinating texts will provide a sound foundation for the later study of English literature, conveying also, we hope, the many pleasures of reading literature.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. A.K. Maher
Docent(en)	M.R. MacVeagh, PhD.dr. A.K. Maher
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	schriftelijke opdracht(en), schriftelijk tentamen
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	none
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies take precedence.

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Neo-Victorian Literature

LEL025B05

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. K. de Vries
Docent(en)	dr. K. de Vries
Onderwijsvorm	werkcollege
Toetsvorm	essay, presentatie
ECTS	5
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for premaster students, exchange students and students in the Literature and Advanced tracks of the minor English Studies only. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture can take this course by way of compensation, after consultation with the study advisor of English Language & Literature only.

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Reading Early English

LEO013B05

In this course, students read, translate and analyse text fragments in order to gain an understanding of early Middle English dialects and of their literary and cultural contexts. The weekly lectures will provide introductions to the texts and their language, while the seminars will focus on textual analysis and close reading. In addition, we will study aspects of post-Conquest literary and cultural history for an adequate contextualization of the texts. Students will contribute to the seminars by means of completed translation assignments and active participation.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	Dr. K.E.E. Olsen
Docent(en)	Dr. K.E.E. Olsen P.J. Outhwaite, PhD.
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	digitale toetsing, opdrachten
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase.
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the minor English Studies only.

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Shakespeare & Early Mod. Engl.Literature

LEL008B05

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	Dr. J. Flood
Docent(en)	Dr. J. Flood
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	essay, schriftelijk tentamen
ECTS	5

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Sound Structure

LET011P05

This course offers an introduction to the sounds of English, the most basic building blocks of the
language. We will look at how sounds are produced in the speaker's mouth, and how we can best
describe the differences between sounds. We will focus on the transcription of English sound systems, and will also consider how differences in sounds contribute to differences in meaning. Finally, we look at how sounds combine into syllables, and why some combinations of sounds are allowed in English and others are not.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers
Docent(en)	dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers A.C. Vaatstra, MA.
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, schriftelijk tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	n.v.t.
Opmerkingen	80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics track of the minor English Studies take precedence.

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T&M 3: Taal Leren

LEU044B05

Dit college is een inleiding op het gebied van (tweede) taalverwerving. Hoe leren kinderen hun moedertaal? Hoe wordt een tweede taal geleerd, in natuurlijke en in onderwijscontexten? En op welke manier dragen deze verschillende contexten en persoonlijke kenmerken bij aan het succes bij het leren van een (tweede) taal?
In het hoorcollege komen verschillende theorieën en onderzoek over (tweede) taalontwikkeling en -verwerving aan bod, en de werkcolleges verdiepen deze kennis met reflectie, praktische opdrachten en actieve dataverzameling.

Faculteit	Letteren
Voertaal	Engels
Coordinator	Dr. R.G.A. Steinkrauss
Docent(en)	Dr. R.G.A. Steinkrauss
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	multiple choice, schriftelijke opdracht(en), tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten
ECTS	5
Entreevoorwaarden	Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Europese Talen en Culturen.
Opmerkingen	80% aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Studenten worden geacht actief te participeren in alle werkcolleges en alle opdrachten buiten de colleges tijdig en correct uit te voeren.

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