- Code
- ELL 311
- Name
- Varieties of English
- Semester
- 5
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
The course looks at the development of English from an historical point of view, as well as a survey of the variants of English in the modern world, covering dialects, creoles, the use of lingua franca and the geographical locations of English as a first language and English as a second language. Received Pronunciation of standard British English, and American and Canadian English will be contrasted.
- Objectives
-
The students will learn the historical chronological development of English, its devvelopment into a lingua franca, and its synchronic uses in the modern world. Real world linguistic application will be stressed, and data will be gathered from informant and elsewhere, and presented in each class with partners or in teams.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- History of English Language-Part I IE=International English Text, HI= History of English TextReading: HI chpt 1, Overview
- 2
- History of English Languge- Part II, History of Turkish, Albanian, Frisian, and Celtic languiages- a comparison Reading: HI Chpt I, Overview
- 3
- Langhuage and Peoples: Danes, Celts, Vikings, Albanians, Turks Reading: HI Overview of pronunciation, morphology, syntax of English HI Chpts. 2, 3
- 4
- War and language spread: The Moghul Empire, The Hundred Years War, Norman Conquest, War of the Roses, the Boer war, the American Civil War, Reading: HI Vocabulary, Standardization of English, Chpts 4, 5
- 5
- Lingua Francas: Swahili, Arbic, Freanch, Spanish, Portugues, Dutch, German, and English Historical Loan words. Reading: HI Names and English in Britain and North America, Chpts 6, 7, 8
- 6
- Language and Power: language and imperialism: charting GD and language: 1890, 2003, 2013. Language and Power Essay Reading: HI English Worldwide Chpt. 9
- 7
- Language Varieties and history: The Chinese language, The “Doomsday” book, “Received Pronunciation and the public school in Britain, Native American Indianns, “First Peoples” in Canada, Aborigines in Australia, Maoris of New Zealand Reading: ReviewHI- all chapters
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and Vowels. The 2 English Standards Reading: IE Intro, Glossary , Chpt 1
- 10
- Australia, South Africa, Wales Reading: IE Chpt. 2
- 11
- North American English regional pronunciation Reading: IE Chpt. 3
- 12
- English and North American English compared , Scottish and Irish Reading: IE Chpt. 4 and 5
- 13
- West Indian English and Creoles Reading: IE Chpt. 6
- 14
- English as a Second language Worldwide Reading: IE Chpt. 7
- 15
- Review for final partner presentations Reading:IE Review
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Knowledge of Standard English of Britain and the US/Canada
- 2
- Knowledge of the chronological development historical English, and the ability to trace the development of other languges
- 3
- Knowledge of the synchronic uses nd recent developments of English as a lingua franca in the modern world
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 20% 20%
- Quizzes
- 2 10% 20%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 50%
- Final exam percent
- 50%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 0 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 9 9
- Final exam
- 1 14 14
- Other
- 2 6 12
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00