Course:LLED223
Dear LLED 223 students, welcome to the world Englishes class. Below, you will find links to course content, as well as supplementary links to other things we cover in class. This wiki will always contain the most up-to-date information about readings, assignments, and so on.
['Download the syllabus here.]
Older versions of this course can be found here, though some links may be broken.
Week 1: Introduction
Intro to course and syllabus.
Ken Shimura - English Lesson
Week 2: The History of English
Lecture PPT - download here.
Seminar PPT - download here
Please read before class:
Related links
- Beowulf in Old English: here [Introduction] and here [Battle].
- The Canterbury Tales in Middle English [Video] and [text].
- Macaulay's Minute on Education (the document which influenced the teaching of English, rather than local languages, in the British colonies)
Week 3: Introduction to World Englishes
READINGS:
- Jenkins, J. (2009). The historical, social, and political context. In Global Englishes: A resource book for students. (pp. 2-10) (Photocopies to be handed out in week 2.)
- Bolton, K. (2005). Where WE stands: approaches, issues, and debate in world Englishes. World Englishes, 24(1), 69-83. Read the table on p 70-71 only!
Additional Recommended Readings:
- Bamgbose, A. (1998), Torn between the norms: innovations in world Englishes. World Englishes, 17: 1–14 The article from which the "five questions" in the assignment come.
Powerpoint
Related links
- Google N-Gram viewer -- see how words and phrases have been used in English books since the 1800s!
- British National Corpus - search to find out how any vocabulary word is actually used in British English!
- A short introduction to studying sociolinguistic variation by David Britain
- Sounds Familiar, a website about English variation in the United Kingdom (with many examples)
Week 4: Inner circle: US and Canada
Theme: What is Standard English?
Please read the following before class:
- Crystal, D. (1994). What is Standard English? Concorde (English Speaking Union), 24-6
- Dollinger, S. (2013). Canadian English. OED.com Please read everything starting with the section "Autonomy and Homogeneity."
- "Noah Webster On the Necessity for an American Language" and
Additional Recommended Readings
- "Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary"
- Gold, E. (2004). Canadian Eh? A survey of contemporary usage. In: Junker, M.O., McGinnis, M., Roberge, Y. (Eds), Proceedings of the 2004 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, 12 pp.
Powerpoint
(Please note that we did not cover everything on the PowerPoint. (Don't worry -- if we didn't cover it in class, you don't have to worry about remembering it for an exam!)
Related links
Canadian English
- Short description of the film "Talking Canadian, Eh?"
- The second edition of the Dictionary of Canadianisms is being compiled by UBC professor Stefan Dollinger. Read more about it here.
- British, Canadian, and American Vocabulary by Karen Bond - a comparison of common words in each of the three varieties
- Wikipedia page for "I Am Canadian," (also known as "Joe Canadian" or "the Rant") the famous beer commercial which distinguishes between American and Canadian language and identity.
- Strathy Bibliography of Canadian English from Queens University
American English
- "American Tongues" (movie about variation in American English) is not available online, but this is the full transcript of the film.
- Who is a Native Speaker of American English? from the American National Corpus
- "Noah Webster On the Necessity for an American Language"
British English
International Standard English(es)
- John-Paul Nerriere's attempt to standardize a global, simple English: Globish. See also the Wikipedia page for Globish (which can link you to other attempts to create a simplified worldwide English, including Special English, which is used by the Voice of America radio network.)
Week 5: Outer circle: India
Theme: Business English Around the World
Please read the following before class:
Bolton, K. (2013). World Englishes and international call centres. World Englishes 32(4), 495-502. Read only pp 495-497! go to this link and click on "Article."
Cowie, C. (2007). The accents of outsourcing: the meanings of “neutral” in the Indian call centre industry. World Englishes, 26(3), 316-330. Read only pp 317-319!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2007.00511.x/pdf
Powerpoint:
SEMINAR: download here.
Related links
- Thomas Friedman on outsourcing to India: "The Next Generation" and "Accent Neutralization."
- The British Library on Indian English (this is where we got the examples we listened to in class): http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/minority-ethnic/asian/
Additional Recommended Readings
- Parasher, S. (2001). Communication in multilingual India: A socioliguistic perspective for the 21st century. AILA Review 14, 18-33. (http://www.aila.info/download/publications/review/AILA14.pdf#page=24)
- Tej Bhatia on Indian English (PPT): http://www.waseda.jp/ocw/AsianStudies/9A-77WorldEnglishSpring2005/Assignments/08_India_TejKB/Indian%20English.pdf
Week 6: Outer circle: Singapore and Malaysia
Theme: Language Policy
- Gupta, A.F. (2012). Singapore Colloquial English (Singlish): Background. Note: only read "background!" You can skim other sections such as grammar, sounds, etc.
- "Good English the way to go" (Straits Times)
- "dun anyhow condemn Singlish, can?"
Powerpoint
- SEMINAR - section 002 download here. section 003 download here.
Related links
- "The Singaporean White Boy" - an American who speaks Singlish
- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMofoIv6A_U Ruby Pan's examples of all the varieties of Singaporean English - with subtitles
Additional Recommended Readings
- Low, E.L. (2010). English in Singapore and Malaysia: Similarities and Differences. In Kirkpatrick, A. (Ed.), Routledge Handbook for World Englishes. London: Routledge.
- Kirkpatrick, A. (2008) English as an official working language of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): features and strategies. English Today 24(2): 27-34
Week 7: Outer circle: Africa
Theme: Literature
Please read the following before class:
ALSO: * Cliffs Notes on Chapter 1 of Things Fall Apart (I highly reccommend that you read this) http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/t/things-fall-apart/summary-and-analysis/part-1-chapter-1
Powerpoint
LECTURE - download here. SEMINAR - download here.
Related Links
- Poem: "HIV/AIDS and Youth" on YouTube
- Poetry Foundation Ghana (the source of the poems we read)
- Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation's adaptation of "Things Fall Apart" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NaZSMjhOmI
Additional recommended resources:
- Postcolonial African Literature in English
- Negash, N. (2011). English language in Africa: An impediment or a contributor to development? In Coleman, H. (ed.). Dreams and Realities: Deveoping Countries and the English Language. London: British Council, 165-187.
Week 8: Expanding Circle: Japan
Theme: English in Japan
Please read this:
Stanlaw, J. (2005). Chapter 1 of Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact.'' Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Read pages 1-3 (all the way to the end of the section called "Claims") and 8-9 ("significance of the book"). LINK: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789882201897/9789882201897-4.pdf
Powerpoint
LECTURE - download here.
SEMINAR - download here.
Additional recommended readings:
Moody, A. J. (2006). English in Japanese popular culture and J-Pop music. World Englishes, 25, (2), 209-222.
Schneider, E.W. (2014): Asian Englishes – into the future: a bird’s eye view, Asian Englishes http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21639159.2014.949439
Week 9: Expanding Circle: Asia
Theme: :Language in Education
Please read the following before class:
Read Japan, Korea, or China depending on your group!
- : Guangwei Hu & Sandra Lee McKay (2012) English language education in East Asia: some recent developments, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 33(4), 345-362. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01434632.2012.661434
Powerpoint
- LECTURE - download here.
- SEMINAR - download here.
Related links
- "Crazy English" the documentary about Chinese English teacher and businessman Li Yang
- The English Proficiency Index from Education First (country-by-country English proficiency)
Additional Recommended Readings
Week 10: Expanding Circle: Europe
Theme: Euro-English and ELF
Please read the following before class:
- READ ONLY PP. 3-6, "A Functional Profile of English in Europe."
Seidlhofer, B., Breiteneder, A, & Pitzl, M-L. (2006). English as a lingua franca in Europe: Challenges for applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 26, 3–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S026719050600002X
- READ ONLY P. 194, "Form and Function."
Berns, M. (2009). English as a lingua franca and English in Europe. World Englishes 28 (2), 192-199. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=39255508&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Powerpoint
- LECTURE - download here.
- SEMINAR - download here.
Week 11: Research Papers
SIGN UP for a one-on-one consultation on your paper here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqdhpN2NgUqidDMxUzdpV0lRdmdqdEdFb2hFc3FYekE&usp=sharing#gid=0
USE THIS CHECKLIST to help you prepare a good paper! https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbx8e2wf9gqomdc/Research%20Paper%20Checklist%202014.doc
Week 12: Review/presentations
UPDATED REVIEW SHEETS:
Section 002 (Tuesday lecture): here.
Section 001 (Wednesday lecture): here.
LECTURE - exam review
SEMINAR - presentation
Week 13: Final Exam
LECTURE: Final Exam(s)
SEMINAR: party
Additional material that may be of interest
Linguistic Imperialism
- Wikipedia page for Linguistic Imperialism.
- Graddol, D. (1997, reprinted 2000). Global inequalities. In The future of English, (pp. 38-39). UK: The British Council.
- Hinton, L. (2000). Involuntary Language Loss Among Immigrants: Asian-American Linguistic Autobiographies (ERIC digest). Center for Applied Linguistics.
Robert Phillipson's website.
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas' website (Phillipson's wife and co-author)
Future of English and Other Languages
- The World's 10 most influential languages, by George Weber
- 日本語が亡びるとき―英語の世紀の中で