World Englishes
HM6206 World Englishes Module Guide
Introduction
This module develops students' knowledge and understanding of the linguistic features, role, and status of English in a wide range of socio-cultural and political contexts around the world. The module develops students' understanding of the historical spread of English beyond Britain and examines the impact of the global spread of English on cultural and ecological sustainability in different parts of the world including North America, the Caribbean, Africa and Australasia. The module develops students' language expertise through the analysis of linguistic features of several varieties of Englishes and aims to develop an appreciation of the effects of different socio-cultural contexts including language contact and multilingualism.
MODULE SCHEDULE
Week 1
Introduction: English as a Global Language
Crystal (2003 Pp1-28)
Additional reading:, Bloomer (2005 chapter 14) E-Book, Kachru et al. (2008),
Week 2
The Spread of English
Reading: Jenkins (2015) Historical Social and Political Context A1, Additional reading: Crystal (2008) on Moodle, Graddol et al (2007) chapter 1, Kachru et al. (2008)
Week 3
Globalisation and its consequences
Reading: Jenkins (2015, 58-63) The English Today debate B2, Teaching and testing World Englishes C2, Who owns English today? D2, The status of Pidgins and Creoles in Education D5, Attitudes to local norms in the expanding circle
Week 4
Models of World English and the future of English
Who speaks English today? A2, Jenkins (2015) The legacy of Colonialism B1, Postcolonial America and Africa C1, Language killer or language promoter C8, The discourses of post-colonialism D1
Week 5
Discussion: The role of English in Europe. To include a "Brexit" discussion
Preparation
You should select an article, from Week 5 on Moodle that discusses the role of English in Europe, make clear notes on the key arguments and debates discussed in the article and important examples or fact that support the arguments presented. Bring the article and your notes to class to participate in the discussion.
Week 6
Discussion/debate – The role of English in the world: good or bad?
Reading and preparation: Week 5 debate preparation handout and Week 5 course materials, links on Moodle, Looking ahead by Graddol and Crystal D8, Al-Dabbagh (2005)
Week 7
US Englishes
Reading: Jenkins (2015, pp 5, 73, 77-78, 109, 253-6) etc.
McArthur (2003) Chapter 4 on Moodle and Chapter 3, pp163-224, Trudgill and Hannah (2008) E-Book chapters 3 and 4
Week 8
Canadian Englishes Reading: Jenkins (2015, pp 5, 73, 77-78, 109, 253-6) etc.
McArthur (2003) Chapter 4 on Moodle and Chapter 3, pp163-224, Trudgill and Hannah (2008) E-Book chapters 3 and 4
Week 9
Australian Englishes
Reading Jenkins (2015, 70, 72-73, 26-7)
Week 10
New Zealand Englishes Reading Jenkins (2015, 70, 72-73, 26-7)
Week 11
South African Englishes - Reading Jenkins (2015, pp 7-8, 27, 117,) Crystal (200344-46) Crystal (2003, Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language; 100, 103, 109, 113, 205, 249, 356-7)
Week 12
Asian Englishes –Singapore
Reading: Jenkins (2015, 46-7, 99-100, 102-5, 243, 161-2)
Module-specific activity week. Workshop. Help with assignments.
Readings
Essential Purchase:
Jenkins, Jennifer (2015) Global Englishes: a resource book for students, 3rd ed. Abingdon: Routledge.
Recommended Purchase:
Crystal, D. (2003) English as a Global Language: Second Edition. Cambridge: CUP.
Make sure you read up regularly on current affairs to become aware of events at home and overseas. Try and read a broadsheet newspaper, listen to the national news and watch current affairs programmes relating to world events or to issues in different countries from the main political regions (Africa, South and South East Asia, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East.
In addition to the resources listed below which are available from the learning centre, there are highly relevant journal articles available on Moodle as well as book chapters digitised by the learning centre and available on Moodle. A programme of digitisation is ongoing in response to student feedback to ensure that important readings are available to all.
Al-Dabbagh, A. 2005 “Globalism and the universal language.” English Today, 82, 3-12. On Moodle
Bailey, R. W. & Gorlach, M. (Eds) 1984 English as a World Language. 427ENG
Bloomer, A.; Merrison, A.; Griffiths, P. 2005, Introducing Language in Use: A Coursebook, Taylor & Francis, (E-book especially Chapter 14)
Bolton, K. 2008 “English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issues of proficiency.” English Today 94, 3-12. On Moodle
Bloomer, A., Merrison, A., Griffiths, P. (2005) Introducing Language in Use: A Coursebook, London: Routledge (E-book especially chapter 14 World Englishes)
Bolton, K. 2008 “English yesterday and today.” English Today 93(24), 2. On Moodle.
Cassidy, F. G. & Le Page, R. B. (Eds) 1980 Dictionary of Jamaican English. Cambridge: CUP.
Cassidy, F., G. 1961 Jamaica Talk: Three hundred years of the English in Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica: Macmillian. 427.97292.
Cheshire, J. (Ed) 1991 English around the World: Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Cambridge: CUP. 420 ENG.
Crystal, D. 2002 Language Death. Cambridge: CUP. 417.7CRY
Crystal, D. 2003 English as a Global Language. New York: CUP. 420CRY
Crystal, D. 2003 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: CUP. 420CRY
Crystal, D. 2008 “Two thousand million.” English Today 93(24),3-6. On Moodle.
Culpepper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R. And McEnery, T. (2009) English Language: Description, Variation and Context. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (especially chapters 21 and 22)
Davidson, K. 2007 “The nature and significance of English as a global language.” English Today 89(23) 48-50. On Moodle
Deterding, D. 2005 “Emergent patterns in the vowels of Singapore English.” English World-Wide 26(2), 179-197. On Moodle.
Deterding, D. 2006 “The pronunciation of English by speakers from China.” English World-Wide 27(2), 175-198. On Moodle.
Foley, J. (Ed) 1988 New Englishes: The case of Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
Gil, J. 2011 ‘A comparison of the global status of English and Chinese: towards a new global language?’ English Today 105, Vol. 27, pp52-59. On Moodle
Graddol, D. et al. (Eds) 2007 Changing English. London: Routledge. 420.9CHA
Gramley, S. and Paetzold, M. 2003, Survey of Modern English, Taylor & Francis, (E-book especially Chapters 11-13).
Ho, D. G. E. 2006 “’I’m not west. I’m not east. So how leh?’ Identity in flux: a Singlish speaker’s dilemma.” English Today 87(22), 17-24. On Moodle
Holm, J. A. 1989 Pidgins and Creoles Vol. 2, Reference Survey. Cambridge: CUP. 417HOL
Jones, Ian 1995 Talkin’ bad: An Introduction to Caribbean Creole Languages. Video recording and Booklet Cheltenham: Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education. 417.22JON
Journal English Today: The International Review of the English Language. CUP.
Journal English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English. John Benjamins.
Kachru, B. B. 1983 The Indianisation of English: The English Language in India. Oxford: OUP.
Kachru, Y., & Smith, L. E. 2008 Cultures, Contexts and World Englishes. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Keisling, S. F. 2005 “Variation, stance and style: Word-final –er, high rising tone, and ethnicity in Australian English.” English World-Wide 26(1), 1-42. On Moodle
Leith, D. 1997, A Social History of English, 2nd rev. Ed. London: Routledge (E-book, especially Part III Imposition and spread – 7 English as an international language)
Loreto, T. 1990 Pidgins and Creoles. London: Routledge. 417TOD
McArthur, T. 2003 The Oxford Guide to World English. Oxford: OUP. 420MAC
McArthur, T. 2005 “Chinese, English, Spanish – and the rest. How do the world’s very large languages operate within its ‘communicative ecology’?” English Today 83(21), 55-61. On Moodle
McArthur, T. 2001 “World English and world Englishes: Trends, tensions, varieties, and standards.” Language Teaching 34, 1-20. On Moodle
Mesthrie, R. And Bhatt, R. M. (2008) World Englishes the study of new linguistic varieties. Cambridge: CUP.
E-book.
Mesthrie, R. 2008 “English circling the globe.” English Today 93(24), 28-32. On Moodle
Nunan, D. And Choi, J. Eds. (2010) Language and Culture: reflective narratives and the emergence of identity. New York: Routledge (E-book especially chapter 3, 11 and 12)
Pennycook, A. 1995 Cultural politics of English as an international language. London: Longman. 420PEN
Pennycook, A. 2007 Global Englishes and transcultural flows. London: Routledge. 427.09PEN
Phillips, M. and Phillips, T. 1999 Windrush: the irresistible rise of multi-racial Britain. London: Harper Collins. 305.896041 PHI
Pollard, V. 1994 Dread Talk: The Language of Rastafari. Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press. 819.82POL
Ronowicz, E. and Yallop, C. Eds. 2007 English One Language, Different Cultures. 2nd ed. London: Continuum.
Skutnabb-Kangas, T. & Phillipson, R. (Eds) 1995 Linguistic Human Rights: Overcoming Linguistic Discrimination. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 306.449SKU
Smith, R. 2005 “Global English: gift or curse? The case against English as the world’s lingua franca.” English Today 82(21), 56-62. On Moodle
Starks, D. 2008 “National and ethnic identity markers. New Zealand short front vowels in New Zealand Maori English and Pasifika Englishes.” English World-Wide 29(2), 176-193. On Moodle
Thomas et al. 2004. Language, Society and Power: An Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. E-book (especially chapter 9)
Trudgill, P. & Hannah J. 2008 International English: A Guide to Varieties of Standard English. 5th ed. London: Hodder Education. E-book.
Wardhaugh, R. (2010) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell. (especially chapter 3)
Wells. J. C. 1982 Accents of English 3 Beyond the British Isles. Cambridge: CUP.
Windrush DVD, copy at FCH 305.896041 WIN (copy also at Pittville)
Referencing
Careful referencing of sources is vital when making use of the work of others. You are expected to employ Harvard referencing conventions. These conventions apply to information taken from internet sources, as well as books, journals and lectures. If you are unsure of the way to reference properly, seek advice from a member of staff before you submit the assessment. These are some of the points you should check before submitting your work:
· are all direct quotations, from both primary and secondary sources, suitably acknowledged (placed in quotation marks or indented)?
· have you provided full details of the source of the quotation in Harvard format?
· have you acknowledged the source of ideas not your own, even if you are not quoting directly from the source?
· have you closely paraphrases a source without mentioning it? (Check that you are not presenting other people’s words or phrasing as if they are your own.)
· if you have worked closely with others in preparing for this assessment, is the material you are presenting sufficiently your own?