Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis 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%