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For the C1 level students the teacher will show two videos in class: the first one will be
“History of English Language”(available in Youtube.com).After the reproduction of the
video the students will be able to make a brief idea of the history and origins of the
language,as well as to recognize some changes that our language has undergone
troughout some centuries. The teacher will encourage students to make some
questions to him/her related to possible doubts.Then,he will go deep into the content of
the video,making reference to the main historical, political and economical facts that
contribute to the evolution of the language and some other changes that affect
syntax,lexis,phonology and phonetics…The teacher will make sure that the students
understand these language changes(external and internal).In order to show this
evolution he can also show the students some example of changes belonging to the
different branches of the language(see www.History of English:Language Change and
Development-Linköping)for them to make a clear idea of the evolution of the
language.The duration of the video is nine minutes and in total the the teacher will not
spend more than forty minutes.
Then,the teacher will play the video “the History of English in ten minutes”(available in
www.youtube.com) and this way the students will be able to make a better idea about
the history of the language,and they will also learn about another interesting
facts…After the video the teacher will give a worksheet to his students with a list of
some meaningful words and language changes belonging to the different periods and
they should recognize what period they belong to and why.The students should finish
this exercise at home if they do not have time to finish in class.
Regarding the students with special needs,as they are University students,I suppose
that we refer to visual or auditory problems,in this case the teacher should provide the
script of the videos and he should also make sure that the students with visual
problems count on a special worksheet(adapted) for them to work.For some students
with High Capacities the teacher will increase the difficulty of the worksheet and he
could also include a text in Old English for them to translate and look for the major
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