| Session | Date | Topic | Textbook: Fennell (2001) |
| 1. | 19.4. | Introduction, Oxford English Dictionary | pp. 1-14 |
| 2. | 26.4. | Indo-European and Germanic | pp. 15-54 |
| 3. | 2.5. | Old English History and Orthography | pp. 55-59 |
| 4. | 10.5. | Old English Phonology | pp. 59-64 |
| 5. | 24.5. | Old English Morphology | pp. 64-72 |
| 6. | 31.5. | Old English Syntax and Vocabulary | pp. 72-93 |
| 7. | 7.6. | Old English Translation | handout: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |
| 8. | 14.6. | Middle English History, Orthography and Phonology | pp. 94-101 |
| 9. | 21.6. | Middle English Morphology, Syntax and Vocabulary | pp. 101-108 |
| 10. | 28.6. | Middle English Dialects and Translation | pp. 108-134, and handout: Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue |
| 11. | 5.7. | Early Modern English History, Orthography and Phonology | pp. 135-141 and 156-161 |
| 12. | 12.7. | Early Modern English Morphology, Syntax and Vocabulary | pp. 141-156 and 162-166 |
| 13. | 19.7. | Examination |