 
			| Session | Date | Topic | Course Book: Görlach (2002) | 
| 1. | 18.10. | Structure of the Seminar; Distribution of Presentations | |
| 2. | 25.10. | Introduction; Film: The Guid Scots Tongue | Chapter 1, pp. 1-25 | 
| 3. | 1.11. | Varieties of Scots | Chapter 2, pp. 26-68 | 
| 4. | 8.11. | Spelling and Pronunciation | Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 69-92 | 
| 5. | 15.11. | Inflection and Syntax | Chapters 5 and 6, pp. 93-111 | 
| 6. | 22.11. | Lexis | Chapter 7, pp. 112-36 | 
| 7. | 29.11. | John Barbour, The Bruce | T 1, pp. 188-9 | 
| 8. | 6.12. | William Dunbar, Lament for the Makaris | T 5, pp. 193-4 | 
| 9. | 13.12. | Gavin Douglas, Virgil's 'Aeneid' | T 6, p. 195 | 
| 10. | 20.12. | The Christmas Story | T 69a, pp. 280-1 | 
| 11. | 10.1. | Robert Lindsay, The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland | T 14, pp. 205-6 | 
| 12. | 17.1. | Robert Burns | T 33 and 34, pp. 228-30 | 
| 13. | 24.1. | R. L. C. Lorimer, Macbeth-Translation | T 72, pp. 289-90 | 
| 14. | tba | Final Examination |