Subject World Englishes

Course Title: World Englishes
Course Code: ENG-602
Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents

Introduction and Historical Background

• Introduction to the course & historical background
• Interrelationship of World Englishes with Sociolinguistics
• Major Trends in World Englishes, specifically in ESL situations
• English: both globalizing and nativizing
• World English versus World Englishes
• Basic notions in World Englishes

Language Variation and Change

• Levels of language variation
• Language change and language contact
• Ecology comes first
• Categorizing World Englishes

Historical Background and Colonization

• European colonization
• Types of colonization: motives and consequences for communicative patterns
• A short survey of British colonization
• America jumps in: the growth and impact of a superpower
• Internationalization and localization: post-independence developments
• Types of varieties on historical grounds
• The spread of global English: statistical overview

Varieties of English Across the World

• British English: Roots of English and early expansions
• American English: Building a New World
• Caribbean English: Plantation wealth and misery
• Comparative study: British, American, and Caribbean varieties of English
• Southern Hemisphere Englishes: Settlers and locals
• Australia and New Zealand: Pride in being down under
• South African Englishes: Nation-building with language(s)

Language Development and Societal Issues

• The mechanism of producing new varieties of English
• Widespread linguistic outcomes
• Issues and attitudes in World Englishes
• The tension between elitism and grassroots spread
• English as a “killer language” or a means of access?

Pedagogical Strategies and Considerations

• Training in language teaching methods for teachers and learners
• Practical applications with special reference to World Englishes

Recommended Books

• Bamgbose, A. (1998). Torn between the norms: Innovations in world Englishes. World Englishes, 17(1), 1-14.
• Crystal, D. (1997). English as a Global Language. Cambridge: CUP.
• Graddol, D. (1997). The Future of English? London: British Council.
• Jenkins, J. (2003). World Englishes: A Resource Book for Students. Routledge.
• Kachru, B. (1992). The Other Tongue (2nd Ed). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
• Kachru, B. (1986). The Alchemy of English: The Spread, Functions and Models of Non-Native Englishes. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
• Kachru, B., Yamuna Kachru & Cecil L. N. (2006). World Englishes in Asian Contexts. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Kachru, B., Yamuna K., & Cecil L. N. (Eds.) (2006). The Handbook of World Englishes. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell.
• Kirkpatrick, A. (2007). World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.
• Pennycook, A. (1996). English in the World / The World in English. In J.W. Tollefson (Ed.), Power and Inequality in Language Education (pp. 34-58). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Simo, B. A. (2001). Taming the Madness of English. Modern English Teacher, 10(2), 11-17.