ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2
| Official course title | LINGUA INGLESE 2 |
| Academic Year | 2009/2010 |
| Course code | LT007P |
| University credits | 12 |
| Subdivision | Classe 2 |
| Degree level | First Cycle Degree M.D.270 |
| Educational sector code | L-LIN/12 |
| Semester/trimester | Annuale |
| Course year | 2 |
Professor
Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici
Degree Programmes and curricula
Other parts of the course
Contents
Educational Goals
Module title: The globalisation of English
Course objectives
Increasingly we hear and read the plural form Englishes,intended to underline the many varieties of English, and the many uses to which they are put, across the world. Increasingly too, we are led to doubt the existence of the reassuring variety known as Standard English.This module aims at looking how this situation has evolved, through a diachronic and synchronic overview of the development of English, and where it might lead to in the future.
The module begins by looking at different types of varietywithin a language (spoken-written, formal-informal,literary-nonliterary, etc) before going on to look at the specialcircumstances of English as the world's lingua franca.
The aim of the module is to make students of literature aware of the language choices which writers in English have to face, to provide a useful instrument of text analysis, and ultimately to reflect on their own competences in using the language.
Requirements
Level B2 of the Common European Framework
Contents
Course programme
Main themes, in the order in which they will be treated:
Models and descriptions of English as a global languageEnglish as a Lingua Franca
English as a global language
The evolution of English
The lexicon
The role and function of the dictionary
Standard and non standard English
Formal and informal varieties
American English
Postcolonial Englishes
Euro English
Attitudes to English
Recommended Reading List
Coursebook:
Svatvik, J and Leech, G ENGLISH: ONE TONGUE, MANY VOICES, Palgrave Macmillan 2006
Other texts we shall refer to during the course:
Crystal, D ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE(2nd edition), Cambridge University Press, 2003
Crystal, D THE STORIES OF ENGLISH, Penguin Allen Lane, 2005
Graddol, D ENGLISH NEXT, British Council, 2006 (on line resource)
Kachru, B THE ALCHEMY OF ENGLISH, University of Illinois Press, 1985
Mollin, S EURO ENGLISH: ASSESSING VARIETY STATUS, Gunter Narr Verlag, 2007
Schneider, E POSTCOLONIAL ENGLISH,Cambridge University Press, 2007
Assessment
Written exam. More details will be given at the beginning of the course.
Teaching Methods
Mixed. Lessons will be supplemented by on line materials.
Teaching Language
English
