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World Englishes for Students

This document provides information on the World Englishes course with course code LR417. The course examines the origin, development, and spread of English globally. It discusses how English has become a lingua franca and some theories around postcolonial Englishes. The course contents are divided into five sections that cover topics such as global English, English variations and domains in different regions, and implications of World Englishes for areas like policy, teaching, and the future status of English. The recommended reading list provides several references on the topics of World Englishes and English as a global language.

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World Englishes for Students

This document provides information on the World Englishes course with course code LR417. The course examines the origin, development, and spread of English globally. It discusses how English has become a lingua franca and some theories around postcolonial Englishes. The course contents are divided into five sections that cover topics such as global English, English variations and domains in different regions, and implications of World Englishes for areas like policy, teaching, and the future status of English. The recommended reading list provides several references on the topics of World Englishes and English as a global language.

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World Englishes

Course Code: LR417


Course Description:
Examining English in reference to its origin, development and spread is an interesting and
extensive area. English Language becomes the tool of communication around the world that
paves its ways toward globalized language. Therefore, this course will provide the historical,
cultural, social, political and geographical development of English Language that is in fact a
study of Globalization of English Language. This course will start with singular idea of English
and discuss its pluralization that is discussion of its varieties, standards and regional variation
around the world. It will help out the learners in their key area, its scope and moreover about its
limits in reference to the whole world.

Course Objectives:
 To provide students an over view of history, politics and geographic realities of
Language.
 To introduce the framework of power, ideology and language with its different variation.
 To encourage students towards originality of language, its different aspects of analysis.

Course Contents:
There are five sub-sections of contents:
Section I
 Global/ International English
 World English/ World Englishes
 Spread of EnglishTheories or Modals for World Englishes (I. The Kuchruvian English,
II. Schneider’s Dynamic model for Postcolonial English)
 English as Lingua Franca
 English and Linguistic Imperialism
Section II English in different Regions
 English in Europe
 English in Asia (South Asia especially)
 English in North America and Caribbean countries
Section III Variations in World Englishes
Vocabulary, Grammar, Spelling, Pronunciation
Section IV Domains of World English
 World Englishes in Literature
 World Englishes in Advertisement
 World Englishes in Newspapers
Section V Implications in World Englishes
 World Englishes for Policy/Planning
 World Englishes for Teaching
 Future of English in the World as Monolithic, Multi-dimensional
Recommended Reading:
Kirkpatrik, A. (2010). The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes.
Crystal, David. (2003) English as a Global Language. Cambridge University Press.
Kachru, B. (2011). Asian Englishe: Beyond the Canon. Hong Kong University Press.
Kirkpatrik, A. (2007). World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and
English Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

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