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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: ELA3011 Module Title: WORLD ENGLISHES
Module Provider: Language & Translation Studies Short Name: ELA3011
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: MICHELOTTI S Mrs (Lang & Trans)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester 1
Assessment Pattern
Unit(s) of Assessment (SITS MAB)
Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
Essay (2,000 – 2,500 words)
60
Assessed online discussion
40
Qualifying Condition(s) 
A weighted aggregate of 40% is required to pass the module.
Module Overview
This is a Level 3 module for English for International Communication. It is taught in the target language, over the Autumn semester, two contact hours per teaching week. Attendance is compulsory.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Successful completion of HE2 or equivalent
Module Aims
The module aims to raise students’ awareness of:
  • The varieties of English around the world. 
  • The history of the development of English from Celtic/Anglo-Saxon times onwards,
  • Issues around multiculturalism, linguistic imperialism, regional, national and cosmopolitan identities in both the native and non-native English-speaking environment.
  • A sense of the close interrelationships between language and linguistic ecology
  • An understanding of the generic, linguistic and contextual variations of English
  • An appreciation of the links between language, culture and context
  • A sense of the need to manage language, as a group or national resource
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students will have acquired:
  • Knowledge of some major varieties and dialects of English in the UK and world-wide, and an awareness of the causes and effects of their socio/psychological attributions
  • An appreciation of language-culture interfaces, in relation to intercultural communication (in English)
  • A better understanding of how the status of English, as the international lingua franca, is affecting language policy and planning in diverse national contexts world-wide.
Module Content
The following areas are indicative of topics to be covered:
  • The major historical and socio-political developments in world Englishes
  • Current debates in world Englishes around the world
  • English as a Lingua Franca
  • The teaching and testing of world Englishes
  • Language and Ecology
  • Varieties of English (Cockney; Scots; American; Australian; Indian; Philippine; Nigerian; Chinese; etc.)
  • Varieties of English for international communication
  • English in Language Policy and Planning
Methods of Teaching/Learning
A combination of lectures, student-negotiated seminar discussions and presentations depending on students’ own background and interests.  Media input will be used to bring the current status of English globally alive, including websites, TV series, sound recordings. Preparatory reading will be required before seminars and there will be opportunities for tutor-led and peer formative feedback in group discussion time. 
Selected Texts/Journals
Essential Reading
 
Jenkins, J. (2009). World Englishes: A Resource book for students, 2nd edition. London. Routledge
 
Recommended Reading
 
Burns, A. & Coffin, C. (eds.) (2000) Analysing English in a Global Context. London: Routledge.
Byram, M. (1997) Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Carter, R. & McRae, J. (2003) The Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing. London: Routledge.
Crystal, D. (1998) English as a Global Language. Cambridge: CUP.
Crystal, D (2005) The Stories of English, Harmondsworth, Penguin
Crystal, D. (2006) ‘English Worldwide’ in R. Hogg and D. Denison (eds), A History of the English Language (Cambridge: CUP), 420-39
Crystal, D. (2010) Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices. London. British Library.
Gottlieb, N. & Chen, P. (2001) Language Planning and Language Policy. London: Routledge.
Graddol, D. (2006). English Next. London. British Council.
Guilherme, M (2002) Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World: Foreign Language Education as Cultural Politics. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Jenkins, J. (2007) English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity. Oxford. Oxford University Press.
Kachru, B. (ed.) (1982) The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Kirkpatrick A (2007) World Englishes Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Lustig, M.W. & Koester, J. (1999) Intercultural Competence, Interpersonal Competence Across Cultures. New York: Longman.
Mc Crum, R , Mac Neil R & Cran, W (2002) The Story of English, Faber & Faber
Mesthrie, R. & Bhatt, R.M. (2008). World Englishes: The Study of New Linguistic Varieties. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
Phillipson, R. (2003) English-Only Europe? Challenging Language Policy. London: Routledge.
Trudgill, P. (1999) The Dialects of England. Oxford: Blackwell.
Wardhaugh, R. (1998) Proper English: Myths and Misunderstandings about Language. Oxford: Blackwell.
 
Background Reading
 
Bryson, B (1990) Mother Tongue, The English Language Harmondsworth, Penguin
Kachru, B. (1986) The Alchemy of English: The Spread, Functions and Models of Non-Native Englishes. Oxford: Pergamon Institute of English.
Scollon, R. & Scollon, S.W. (2001) Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach. Oxford: Blackwell.
 
Websites:
Video:
  • BBC (1986) The Story of English, parts 1 – 9: An English-Speaking World; The Mother Tongue; A Muse of Fire; The Guid Scots Tongue; Black on White; Pioneers, O Pioneers; Muvver Tongue; The Loaded Weapon; Next Year’s Words
 
Audio:
  • Bryson B. (2003) Journeys in English, BBC publications
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13.4.11