SUMMER EXAMS 2011
The Summer Exams are held on Friday 17.6 at 10-14 and Thursday 18.8. at 10-14 in lecture rooms I, II, IX, X and XXII.
Sign-up by May 31 either by filling in an exam envelope or through NettiOpsu.
NB! Late registrations are NOT accepted!
In order to take part in the August exam, students have to be registered at the university for the academic year 11-12. In practice this means that the TYY membership fee has to be paid before coming to the exam.
The following exams are available:
Basic Studies
English Phonetics
2op
(Lintunen)
(June & August)
- Morris-Wilson Ian 2004. English Segmental Phonetics for Finns. Oulu University Press.
- Lintunen Pekka 2005. Do you speak American? Amerikanenglannin fonetiikkaa suomalaisille. In Iivonen Antti (ed.) Puheen salaisuudet. Gaudeamus: 151-170.
Intermediate Studies
American Studies 3op
(Tringham)
(June & August)
- Clarke, R.A. Against all Enemies. Inside America’s War on Terror. Free Press. credits.Kupchan, C.A. The End of the American Era. Knopf.
British History
3op
(Battarbee)
(June & August)
Please contact Dr. Battarbee for the required reading.
British Studies
3/4op
(Tringham)
(June & August)
- Fox, K. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. (3op)
OR - Paxman, J. The English: A Portrait of a People. Penguin. (4op)
Global English
(Lintunen)
(June & August)
Literature:
- Jenkins Jennifer 2003. World Englishes. London: Routledge.
- Crystal David 2003. English as a Global Language. 2nd Edition. Cambridge: CUP.
Introduction to Literary Theory
3op
(Kuortti)
(June only!)
- Bennett Andrew & Royle Nicholas 2009. . An introduction to literature criticism & theory. 4th ed. only. Harlow: Pearson.
- Eagleton, Terry. 1983/1996/2008 eds. Literary Theory.
Language and Linguistics
3op
(Skaffari)
(June & August)
This is the old Intermediate Studies course, obligatory for English Philology students from 2005-2009.
- Fromkin Victoria & Rodman Robert 1993–2007. An Introduction to Language. 5th–8th edition. [various publishers.]
Sociolinguistics
2op
(Skaffari)
(June & August)
Literature: Stockwell Peter 2007. Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students. 2nd edition. London & New York: Routledge.
Advanced Studies
Instructed Language Learning 5op
(Pietilä)
(June & August)
- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment 2001. Strasbourg: Council of Europe and Cambridge University Press. (Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9).
- Ellis Rod 1990. Instructed Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Johnson Keith 2001. An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Harlow: Longman.
Language Change
5op
(Skaffari)
(June & August)
- McMahon April M.S. 1994. Understanding Language Change and Parts I-II (Ch. 1-Ch. 7) in Smith Jeremy J. 1996. An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change.
Language Teaching 5op
(Pietilä)
(June & August)
- Johnson Keith 1996. Language Teaching and Skill Learning. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Kramsch Claire 1993. Context and Culture in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Larse-Freeman Diane 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
SLA Book Exam for Translators
5op
(Pietilä)
(June & August)
- Block, David. 2003. The Social Turn in Second Language Acquisition. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Cook, Vivian. 1991. Second Language Learning and Language Teaching. London: Edward Arnold.
- Ellis, Rod. 1985. Understanding Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
North American Studies
Information on the required reading for the exams can be found from the NAMS website.
DVD Study Units á 2op
(Battarbee)
(June & August)
Road Readings of the USA 4op
(Battarbee)
(June & August)
The Making of Canara Readings 4op
(Battarbee)
(June & August)