Learning Diary
learning diary
Course Title: | | | | Name: | | | | Tutor: | | | | Date: | | | |
Learning Outcomes for this course
As a group we will be working together to learn and meet these learning outcomes.
The table below shows the learning outcomes. Highlight the ones that you have met as you go along and add any of your own.
What else could you do to develop your knowledge and skills about the development of English?
By the end of this course you should be able to: | You have achieved this outcome because you can complete the tasks relating to it: | You could also (stretch 1): | Or even (stretch 2): | Any others that you want to add? | Understand where English words come from | Use a dictionary to find out where words come from. | Go online and watch some more of the YouTube clips of “The Story of English”. | Read some or all of one of the books on the resource list.“Mother Tongue” by Bill Bryson is a good starting point. | | Describe how the meanings of words have changed | Work with other learners on the course to come up with a list of words that have changed their meanings. | Feed back the findings from discussions from group or pair work to the rest of the class. | Make notes about other learners’ investigations into this topic. | | Investigate the development of the English language | Join in group discussions about the future of the English language. | Make notes on how the English you hear every day has developed and how the English you speak has changed over the years. | Get “The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language” by David Crystal out of the library and read the chapters on how English has developed. | |
Identify Your Starting Point
Why are you interested in this subject (do note more than one if you need to)
| General interest | | Keep up with the kids | | | | | | For work | | To prepare for further study | | | | | | To help getting a job | | For Voluntary
Course Title: | | | | Name: | | | | Tutor: | | | | Date: | | | |
Learning Outcomes for this course
As a group we will be working together to learn and meet these learning outcomes.
The table below shows the learning outcomes. Highlight the ones that you have met as you go along and add any of your own.
What else could you do to develop your knowledge and skills about the development of English?
By the end of this course you should be able to: | You have achieved this outcome because you can complete the tasks relating to it: | You could also (stretch 1): | Or even (stretch 2): | Any others that you want to add? | Understand where English words come from | Use a dictionary to find out where words come from. | Go online and watch some more of the YouTube clips of “The Story of English”. | Read some or all of one of the books on the resource list.“Mother Tongue” by Bill Bryson is a good starting point. | | Describe how the meanings of words have changed | Work with other learners on the course to come up with a list of words that have changed their meanings. | Feed back the findings from discussions from group or pair work to the rest of the class. | Make notes about other learners’ investigations into this topic. | | Investigate the development of the English language | Join in group discussions about the future of the English language. | Make notes on how the English you hear every day has developed and how the English you speak has changed over the years. | Get “The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language” by David Crystal out of the library and read the chapters on how English has developed. | |
Identify Your Starting Point
Why are you interested in this subject (do note more than one if you need to)
| General interest | | Keep up with the kids | | | | | | For work | | To prepare for further study | | | | | | To help getting a job | | For Voluntary