| Session | Date | Topic | Textbook: Fennell (2001) |
| 1. | 10.4. | Introduction, Oxford English Dictionary | pp. 1-14 |
| 2. | 24.4. | Indo-European and Germanic | pp. 15-54 |
| 3. | 8.5. | Old English History and Orthography | pp. 55-59 |
| 4. | 15.5. | Old English Phonology | pp. 59-64 |
| 5. | 22.5. | Old English Morphology | pp. 64-72 |
| 6. | 29.5. | Old English Syntax and Vocabulary | pp. 72-93 |
| 7. | 12.6. | Old English Translation | handout: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |
| 8. | 19.6. | Middle English History, Orthography and Phonology | pp. 94-101 |
| 9. | 26.6. | Middle English Morphology, Syntax and Vocabulary | pp. 101-108 |
| 10. | 3.7. | Middle English Dialects and Translation | pp. 108-134, and handout: Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue |
| 11. | 10.7. | Examination |