- Code
- ELL 315
- Name
- British History and Culture
- Semester
- 5
- Lecture hours
- 4.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 4.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
This course offers the students the main elements of British History and Cultures.
- Objectives
-
The students will be able to learn and be familiar briefly with the British History including Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon Period, the Early Middle Ages, the Tudor Age, the Stuarts, the 18th Century , the 19th century and the 20th Century. Secondly, the students will be able to learn and be familiar with the Great Britain Culture including England, Scotland and Welsh cultures.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to the course: giving some basic information about this course and present the syllabus to the students.
- 2
- Roman Britain: C. 55 BC- C. AD 410 (pp.1-59, Morgan, K,(2010), The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford University Press)
- 3
- Anglo-Saxon Period C.440-1066 (pp.59-119, Morgan, K,(2010), The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford University Press)
- 4
- The Later Middle Ages 1290-1485, The Tudor Age 1485-1603 (pp. 120-257, Morgan, K,(2010), The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford University Press)
- 5
- The Stuarts 1603-1714, The 18th Century 1688-1789 (pp. 327-470, Morgan, K,(2010), The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford University Press)
- 6
- The Liberal Age 1851-1914, The 20th Century 1914-2000 (pp. 470-582, Morgan, K,(2010), The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford University Press)
- 7
- Culture: Anthropology, The Englishness, the Britishness, Unwritten rules, Rule making, Class and Race, Cultural behaviour (reading), (pp. 25-61, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 8
- Mid term exam
- 9
- Conversation codes: Weather (pp. 61-82, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 10
- Grooming-talk: The Rules of Introduction (pp. 82-119, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 11
- Humor rules, Linguistic Class Codes (pp. 120-172, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 12
- Emerging talk rules: The mobile phone , Pub talk (pp. 172-260), 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 13
- Behaviour codes: Home Rules, House rules, Garden Rules (pp. 260-303, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 14
- Rules of the roads: Car rules (pp. 303-379, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 15
- Work to rule (pp. 379-430, 2014, Kate Fox, Hodder & Stoughton)
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- To teach students the importance of British History and the British culture how English people think and behave.
- 2
- To teach students from the beginning of the Roman occupation till the 21st century.
- 3
- To let the students know and understand how history has influenced today's society and the formation of the political system in Britain.
- 4
- To explain the students how British people interact and why they choose the ways that they express themselves.
- 5
- The students will able to see the differences and similarities between British cultures and their own.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 4 64
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 7 7
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 113
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.52
- ECTS
- 5.00