HENK00044U CANCELED English, 2013 curriculum - Free topic 14: English as a Lingua Franca
CANCELED
When English is used as a means of interaction between speakers with different first languages we say that English is used as a lingua franca. Arguably, this may be the most common way for English to be used worldwide today, and it therefore makes perfect sense that ‘English as a lingua franca’ (or ‘ELF’ for short) in recent years – despite much controversy – has been established as an object of study in its own right. Through a mix of teacher-led discussions, data sessions and student presentations this course will treat some of the central questions addressed within the area of ELF research: What is English as a lingua franca – and why should we study it? Is ELF a new variety of English? What characterizes the interaction we find in ELF encounters? Is it different from the interaction we find in situations where English is used as a shared first language? Is ELF merely a tool for communication, or is it also a medium that speakers can use to express or establish identity? Does ELF represent a challenge to standard language ideology? And what are the implications of ELF research for language teaching? Since ELF is currently being examined from several different perspectives, the course will introduce students to a range of disciplines and methodologies within the general area of linguistics, including sociolinguistics, conversation analysis and corpus linguistics. Students who are interested in pursuing ELF research further will have ample opportunity to generate ideas for future research projects as part of the course.
Preliminary list of readings
- Cogo, Alessia & Martin Dewey. 2012. Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A corpus-driven investigation. London: Continuum. http://kbdk.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=894551
- Dewey, Martin. 2012. Towards a post-normative approach: Learning the pedagogy of ELF. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca 1(1). 141–170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jelf-2012-0007
- Firth, Alan. 1996. The discursive accomplishment of normality: On ‘lingua franca’ English and conversation analysis. Journal of Pragmatics 26(2). 237–259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-2166(96)00014-8
- Jenkins, Jennifer & Constant Leung. 2013. English as a lingua franca. Antony John Kunnan (ed.) The Companion to Language Assessment. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118411360
- Mauranen, Anna. 2006. Signaling and preventing misunderstanding in English as lingua franca communication. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 177, 123-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/IJSL.2006.008
- Milroy, James. 2001. Language ideologies and the consequences of standardization. Journal of Sociolinguistics 5(4). 530–555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00163
- Mortensen, Janus. 2013. Notes on the use of English as a lingua franca as an object of study. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 2(1), 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jelf-2013-0002
- Widdowson, Henry. 2015. ELF and the Pragmatics of Language Variation. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca 4(2), 359–372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jelf-2015-0027
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 28
- Preparation
- 176,75
- Total
- 204,75
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
- Exam registration requirements
This course only leads to exams Free Topic 1A + 1B, Free Topic 2A + 2B and Free Topic 3A + 3B.
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HENK00044U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See schedule
- Study board
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Course Coordinators
- Janus Mortensen (4-6f667274456d7a7233707a336970)
- Katherine Kappa (6-727268777768476f7c7435727c356b72)