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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Jakob Leimgruber (jakob.leimgruber@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Asian Englishes is a well-established area of World Englishes: Singapore English, Indian English and others are well-studied and often dealt with in the ‘outer-circle’ of Englishes spoken in former colonial settings. This seminar goes beyond and explores hitherto less studied forms of English found in the ‘expanding circle’ of East Asia. We will deal with the phenomenon of English as a resource as it is used in places like Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, etc. On top of a solid grounding within the field of World Englishes, sociolinguistic approaches will be combined with structural analyses by means of corpora (where available) and other sources of data. |
| Learning objectives | Students will acquire the tools and methods to investigate varieties of English in non-native contexts. They will discover East Asia as a culturally and linguistically diverse area. Furthermore, ways to identify and analyse structural differences in the Englishes found in East Asia will be learnt. |
| Bibliography | Readings will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Course application | In order to ensure a good learning environment, we aim at no more than 20 students per class. We ask you to sign up for classes via the following doodle link: https://doodle.com/poll/egwbqyh59i8i4xk7 Please only register for a maximum of TWO seminars and only for more than one if you really intend to take the course. Should you have not made it into one of the courses and you are only able to register for the waiting lists, we guarantee that we will take you in the course with the least student numbers. Registration will open on January 1, 2020, 8am (CET) and close on February 10, 2020, 8pm (CET) in order to finalize student distribution in the week before term starts. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Sprache und Gesellschaft (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Presentation (30%), quizzes (30%), homework (40%) |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |