Course Title : Varieties of English
Code		Course Type	Regular Semester	Lecture (hours/week)	Seminar (hours/week)	Lab (hours/week)	Credits	ECTS
ELL 311-1		B	5	3	0	0	3.00	5
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Language				English
Course Level
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. Students will be able not oly to see the differences between the dialects, but at the same time they will have an insight of the traits and peculiarities which characterize the people, who speak these dialects, as well as their culture as something indispensable in a language. Received Pronunciation of standard British English, and American and Canadian English will be contrasted.
Objectives		This course aims to help students in achieving these objectives: 1.Students will learn the historical chronological development of English 2. Students will learn about the english language development and its tranformation into a lingua franca 3. Student will observe its synchronic uses in the modern world. 4. Students will expand their knowledges on different dialects used 5. Students will see english as real world linguistic application. 6. Students will gather data from informant and elsewhere, and presented in each class with partners or in teams. 7. Knowing variants of a language helps the students in knowing the world and the psychology as well as the culture of the people where these dialects are spoken.
Course Outline
Week	Topics
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
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
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
4	Knowledge of different dialects of the english language
5	Students are able not only to distinguish one dialect from the other, but as well as knowing some pecularities of each dilects
6	Students try to use these dialects in class, which would be a challenge for non-native english speakers
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies						Quantity	Percentage
Midterms						1	20
Quizzes						2	10
Projects						1	10
Term Projects						0	0
Laboratory						0	0
Attendance						1	30
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade							70
Contribution of final examination to overall grade							30
Total							100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities					Quantity	Duration (hours)	Total Workload (hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours)					16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)					14	2	28
Assignments					1	0	0
Midterms					1	11	11
Final examination					1	10	10
Other					2	14	28
Total Work Load							125
Total Work Load / 25 (hours)							5
ECTS							5

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