General Introduction To Esp (In History)

English for
specific
purposes
(ESP)
NGUYEN TRAN TIEN
USSH, HANOI 2017
Week 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ESP (IN
HISTORY)
1. How is English for Specific Purposes (ESP) different
from English as a Second Language (ESL) or general
English?
1.1. What is General English
1.2. What is ESP?
2. ESP in History
Reading exercise: ESP and ESP in History?
Glossary and Grammar
Exercises for reading comprehension
Listening exercise:
Video clip: how to learn ESP
Speaking exercise: (Discuss/Present)
Writing exercise: Write short essay about ESP in
History (no more than 350 words)
Week 2: WHY HISTORY AND
HISTORIOGRAPHY?
I. HISTORY
1. Why study History? The importance of History
1.1. Why study history?
1.2. The importance of history
2. An introduction to the study of Indian history
2.1. What to study in Indian history
2.2. The importance of studying Indian history
Reading exercise: History and the importance of studying history?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: History and the importance of studying Indian
history (Margaret MacMillan - Why studying History is so important?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYY6lqv9uF0)
Writing exercise: Write short essay about the importance of history
(no more than 350 words)
Week 2: WHY HISTORY AND
HISTORIOGRAPHY?
II. HISTORIOGRAPHY
1. What is Historiography?
2. History Writing and Nationalism in India
Reading exercise: History and Historiography?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Indian historiography - Oxford
University Press presents - Readings in Early
Indian History by Romila Thapar
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj68kP6O
SvY)
Week 3 HISTORICAL RESEARCH (CRITICAL THINKING
ABOUT RESEARCH METHODS IN HISTORY)
1. Research Methodology in History
2. History and Critical thinking
2.1 What is critical thinking?
2.2. The Elements of Critical Thinking
2.3. Improving Critical Thinking Skills in History
Reading exercise: Historical research?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Difference Between Research and
Scientific Method
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ecgd5QY64)
Writing exercise: Write short essay about the
importance of history (no more than 350 words)
Week 4 PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY
1. Periodization in World History
2. Periodization in Indian History
Reading exercise: Periodization in History?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Indian History - Significance -
Periodisation, Unity in diversity
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0j538Yv
uTk)
Week 5 SOURCES AND THEIR LIMITS
1. Primary sources
2. Secondary sources
Reading exercise: Sources in History?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Sources of Ancient Indian
History
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98YK
eQIHSw4)
Week 6 THE ARCHIVES
1. How archives make history
2. The importance of historical archives
Reading exercise: Historical records and the
archives?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: ARCHIVE - a source for the past
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taHSwEZ_BQ)
Video clip: Who owns history? Public and
private in the East India Company pasts
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWYBEKTNHo
)
Week 7 HISTORICAL FACTS AND HISTORICAL FICTIONS
1. Facts in History
2. What Is Historical Fiction? When historical fiction is
more truthful than historical fact
Reading exercise: Historical Facts and Fictions?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: What's The Difference Between
History and The Past? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital
Studios
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N5zfBzzTvs)
Video clip: Historical Fact and Fiction: TOK
Presentation
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWIx3e24B0w)
Week 8 MID-TERM EXAM
Week 9 HISTORICAL RESEARCH (CRITICAL THINKING
ABOUT RESEARCH METHODS IN HISTORY)
1. History from above
2. History from below
Reading exercise: History from below what does it imply?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: History from above and history from below
in Indian history
Video clip: Untouchable Country - The Black "Dalits" of
India (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_doYiDOTc)
Video clip: Untouchability & Casteism (Castes) Still
EXISTS even Today in India- 2016.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZxAAAiJdg)
Week 10 ORAL HISTORY
1. Oral History: Definition
2. The Indian Oral Tradition
Reading exercise: Research in Oral history?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Indian Oral tradition - Oral
History Research Method
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1odZD
A0gk)
Week 11 SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY
1. Socio-economic studies?
2. Socio-economic history?
Reading exercise: Indias socio-economic history
since Independence?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: India After Independence in 1967
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bar7o_eEJA0)
Video clip: summary of Indian economy 1947
1991
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWufFRnelkM)
Week 12 POLITICAL HISTORY
1. What is Political history?
2. Political history of India (Ancient, Medieval,
Modern)
Reading exercise: Indian Politics since
Independence?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: The Relevance of History for Indian
Foreign Policy, a Conversation with Dr.
Ramachandra Guha
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPkXdI3lSnI)
Week 13 CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY
1. Cultural history
2. Religious history
Reading exercise: Indian Cultural and
Religious since Independence?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: Indias Cultural and Religious
History in 19th century (Modern Indian History:
Socio-Religious Reform Movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvGtp9D
Oa7U)
Week 14 EMPIRE AND COLONIES
1. What is Empire and Colonies?
2. The history of Empire and Colonies in India
2.1. The emergence of the first empire in India
2.2. India during British Colonization
Reading exercise: Indian Empires?
Listening exercise:
Video clip: The History Of Colonial India
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gA2-PCbfYo)
Video clip: 'Poor' India and 'Robber' Britain
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5_oozj0aTQ)
Video clip: The Colonial Impact on Indias Society and
Economy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMcIFJeXXSw)
Week 15 SUMARY:
REVISIONS AND
PREPARATION FOR FINAL
EXAM
OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES FOR THE COURSE
LECTURER
Requirements
- Students attendance, punctuality,
- Have a good sense of self-study, self preparation
required by trainers,
- Creativity, initiative and propose new ideas point
guard,
- Sharing information and actively involving in the
class discussion,
- Actively looking for additional references.
Policies for the course
- Lecturer can provide some additional materials for
students,
- Log on lms.ussh.edu and follow the requirements of
the lecturer,
- Encourage students to express their views on the
issues mentioned in the course, encourage the students think
independently, have their own ideas and present explicitly.
METHODS OF EXAMINATION AND PERCENTAGES
NO. METHODS OF EVALUATIVE CONTENTS RATES

EXAMINATION
1 Regularly - Attendance, learning attitude 10%

evaluation - Revision and assignments
2 Mid-term test - Previously informed matters 30%
3 Final test - Main matters discussed during the 60%

course
Total 100%
EVALUATIVE CRITERIA
NO TYPES EVALUATIVE CRITERIA

.
1. Personal 1. Fulfillment of tasks

assignment 2. Clear and scientific format.
3. Evidences of reliable documents.
4. Handing in assignment on time.
2. Group's project 1. Fulfillment of tasks

2. Clear and scientific format.
3. Evidences of reliable documents.
4. Evidences of teamwork
5. Submitting the assignment on time
3. Tests Assignment
REFERENCES
D.D. Kosambi, Combined Methods in Indology and
Other Writings, Compiled, edited and introduced by
Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya D.D.Kosambi(1907-66)
E.H. Carr, What is history? Cambridge University Press.
Course book of lecturer (collection of essay/articles
of scholars/researchers on the themes of lectures)
Peter Burke (ed.), New perspectives on historical
writing, 2001;
Satish Chandra, Medieval India from Sultanate to the
Mughals, Delhi, 2000.
Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jala, Modern South Asia,
Oxford, 2001.
Thapar, Romila. Early India: From the Origins to AD
1300 (2004)
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NO. METHODS OF EVALUATIVE CONTENTS RATES

1 Regularly - Attendance, learning attitude 10%

2 Mid-term test - Previously informed matters 30%

3 Final test - Main matters discussed during the 60%

NO TYPES EVALUATIVE CRITERIA

1. Personal 1. Fulfillment of tasks

2. Group's project 1. Fulfillment of tasks

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