English around the world
M Newbrook
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject will focus on `native' varieties of English, with particular emphasis on varieties which are the goals of teaching English as a second or foreign language: Standard British, American and Australian English; social and stylistic variation in Australian English; English in the media; English-based pidgins and creoles in Australia and the Pacific; indigenisation of English in Asia and the Pacific as a combination of substratum (first language) influences, creativity and possible universals; the systematic nature of indigenised varieties of English.
Assessment
Written assignments (4000 words): 60% * Class tests (1 hour each): 40%
Prescribed text
Trudgill P and Hannah J International English Edward Arnold, 1982.