ENG2162 – Contrastive and Learner Language Analysis
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course gives an introduction to contrastive analysis and learner language analysis focusing on a comparison of English and Norwegian and on the analysis of English as produced by Norwegians. The teaching draws on the following text corpora:
- the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus
- the Oslo Multilingual Corpus
- the Norwegian component of the International Corpus of Learner English
Learning outcome
After completing this course you will be able to:
- discuss some of the problems faced by Norwegians learning English
- describe similarities and differences between English and Norwegian
- use electronic text corpora in contrastive and learner language analysis
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The course requires?ENG1100 - English Grammar or similar knowledge.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course assumes a good command of both English and Norwegian
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ENG2162 – Contrastive and Learner Language Analysis.
Teaching
Seminar, two hours per week for 14 weeks, 28 hours in all.?Students will have to bring their own laptops to the seminars.
Obligatory activities:
- Students must turn in two shorter essays.??Read more here about rules concerning valid excuses and how to apply for postponements.?Information about?guidelines for obligatory activities.
- It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course you have to attend 8 of 14 seminars. The requirement is absolute.
The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when the absence is due to something beyond your control.
If the course has in-person teaching, and you are signed up for an in-person seminar group, you are to attend the teaching in the location found in the schedule.
If the course has digital teaching, and you are signed up for a digital seminar group, you must attend via Zoom with your camera on.
In certain circumstances, i.e. serious or chronic illness, you could apply for special needs accomodations.
Fulfilled course requirements are only valid the semester you attend the course.
Examination
The obligatory requirements must be fulfilled in order to qualify for the exam.
The evaluation will be based on a take home exam spanning over 3 days. The paper must be approximately ten standard pages (a standard page consists of 2,300 characters). This does not include references and bibliography. In the evaluation, both content and language are taken into account.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.