Etymologies (ETYM) CTY Course Syllabus

●●Ayers, Latin lesson 12: lesson Specialization and Generalization of Meaning and selectbases from assignment II (CAD/CID/CAS, CAP/CIP/CAPT/CEPT/CEIV,FAC/FIC/FACT/FECT)Bragg, Chapter 3: ConquestMorning 1 (9:00 – 10:30 a.m.)● Conquest (English and the Norman conquest)○ Individual or group work: Students read Bragg, Chapter 3: Conquest○ Activity: While reading Bragg’s chapter, students write a fictional letter (or poem)from a Norman soldier who is on a military campaign in England in 1066 to hisfamily back in Normandy and another fictional letter (or poem) from an Englishsoldier fighting against the Normans in 1066 to his family back in his homevillage. Make sure that these letters also reflect the different perspectives of thetwo people, based on what you read on Bragg, Chapter 3○ Discussion: Those who want, read the letters or poems that they wrote to therest of the class. The others are free to comment and discuss● Pre-test review○ While the teaching assistant leads the activity on Norman conquest with the restof the class, the instructor reviews the material with the students● Weekly test○ Test: Same format as the weekly test drill. This time, tests are handed to theinstructor to be graded (30’)Break (10:30 – 10:45 a.m.)Morning 2 (10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)● Weekly test○ Self-correction: Students are given copies of the answer key, so they canrealize their own errors (10’)● Have your say: Discussion on (and informal pre-evaluation of) the course by thestudents○ Discussion: Students give informal suggestions to the instructors on how toimprove the course and their teaching in the following weeks● Semantic change○ Activity: In groups, students find English words that derive from other words.They write such “chains” of words on a notebook and draw flow charts with whichthey visualize how the meaning of some derivative words deviates from theoriginal meaning of the base words, while the meaning of other derivative wordsdoes not deviate much. If the meaning of the original word and that of thederivative word are very distant, they add intermediate elements to the flow chartto reconstruct the “journey” of the word○ Lecture: Ayers, Latin lesson 11: Semantic Change○ Individual work: Read Ayers, Latin lesson 11: Semantic Change