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RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
The present package is intended for philology students, as well as all those
interested in the problems of historical development of
the language and wishing to
extend their knowledge of it.
The package consists of a set of lectures, seminars including materials for
recapitulation, keys, tasks for independent work arid control of retention, as well as a
glossary.
The scope and volume of the material (7lectures and 7 seminars) is calculated
for a course of studies
during ф semester, according to the new program of training
specialists at philology faculties and departments of universities.
The whole complex follows a clearly defined plan. This, refers both to the
lectures
and seminars, where all activity is to be conducted according to: a uniform
pattern, from simple to difficult and from general to particular,
with gradual
complication and deepening of knowledge on each period of the historical
development of the language. The clear and welldefined structure of the material
presentation and analysis allows the students to pay more attention to the informative
content of the course,
The lectures are accompanied by many tables and, language, examples making
the theoretical notions more visual and easy to remember. Besides that, the schemes
and tables can be used later when fulfilling practical tasks for the seminars.
The materials for conducting seminars contain theoretical'
problems for
discussion in class and practical tasks. An indispensable.component of each seminar,
(except for the introductory one) is the analysis of an authentic text of the appropriate
historical period from the point of view of its phonetic, grammar and etymological
features.
The package includes a glossary containing the
necessary structural and
etymological data concerning all language units to be found in the texts of the
seminars and permitting the student to conduct their analysis and perform other
practical tasks.
The package differs from other similar publications in the following:
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self-sufficiency requiring no additional sources
for mastering the material
stipulated by the program;
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clear and concise recital of the material;
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transparent structure and modular system of its presentation;
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detailed division into subsections permitting cross reference and fast finding
of the necessary information;
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possibility of use by those with a different level of knowledge of Germanic
languages;
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— extensive material for seminars with an in-depth plan, theoretical,
practical and text analysis tasks;
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keys to the analysis of the texts of different periods
allowing their use for
self-control;
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tasks for independent work giving the students a possibility to creatively
interpret the material and to conduct a limited research with the results to be
presented as a written course or exam paper;