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Brit-Civ 2024/2025 Semester 1 Civilization of the Target Language (British Civilization) 2024/2025

Course Description:

A language sums up the civilization of a given people in any given country. It is a reflection of the civilization of its native speakers. The English language is no exception. The cradle of the English language was with the beginning of the civilization of the British Kingdom, then America. Therefore, the current course takes you on a chronological journey, exploring the different stations of the British civilization then the American civilization in the second semester.

In the first semester, we try to foster a greater understanding and appreciation for this new course and improve students’ knowledge of the English language through British life and history. The course covers different topics related to history, geography, society, religion and so on at introductory level.

Course Objectives

Improve students’ knowledge of the English language through British and American history. The objective of the first semester course is to foster a greater understanding and appreciation for this new course and improve students’ knowledge of the English language through British life and history.

Subject Content:

Semester 1

.The United Kingdom (overview)

.The Earliest Settlers of Britain

. Iberians/Celts/Romans

.The Nordic Invasions

.The Anglo-Saxons and The Vikings

.The Norman Conquest

.The Middle Ages

.Tudors

.Stuarts

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