ENG2162 - Contrastive and Learner Language Analysis
Course content
The course gives an introduction to contrastive analysis and error 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 and 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
Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.
International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The course requires ENG1100 - English Grammar, an introduction or similar knowledge.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course assumes a good proficiency in written and oral English
Overlapping courses
This course overlaps with ENG4162 - Contrastive Analysis and Learner Language (discontinued).
Teaching
Seminar, two hours per week for 14 weeks, 28 hours in all.
Students must turn in two shorter essays. The essays must be approved before the student can take the final exam.
Attendance is an obligatory class requirement (80%).
Examination
The evaluation will be based on a take home exam spanning over 3 days (ca. 10 standard pages).
The assignment will be published in Fronter, and you must also submit your paper in Fronter. Read more about submission procedures.
Previous exams: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/ilos/ENG2162/Eksamensoppgaver/Eksamensoppgaver.xml
Language of examination
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.
The results will be found on the StudentWeb within three weeks after the exam.
Explanations and appeals
You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.
Resit an examination
You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.
Withdrawal from an examination
A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.
Special examination arrangements
If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential if we are to provide the best possible education. As a student at the University of Oslo you will be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses. Every time a course is given, we ask students to participate in mid-term evaluations, and periodically we ask them to participate in periodic evaluation of the course.