World Englishes
ALMX535
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.25
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Availability: What is a Session?
For enrolment (2012):- -
- Sess 2
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- Sess 2
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Duration:
14 weeks
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Fee: Fees (current and planned)
- Domestic student fee:
- $3,000.00 (AUD)
- International student fee:
- $3,225.00 (AUD)
Description
Explore the varieties of English around the world. You will study descriptive surveys of the main national standard Englishes, as well as a selection of the distinctive regional, ethnic and social varieties. Specific topics in this unit include: historical and cultural background and the current sociolinguistic situation of the respective regions; special focus on the non-standard varieties of Australasia and the Pacific; global tendencies in phonological and grammatical variation; notion of standard English and attitudes to local varieties of English and the problem of standards.
Additional information: Please note that all Monash ALMX units are worth double the number of credit points as standard undergraduate units. This means they require double the work of most OUA units and that only six units are required to complete a Master's degree. Students should take one ALMX unit per Session if part-time or two units for a full-time study load.
Prerequisites
Mutually exclusive units
If you are studying towards a degree, you should be aware that this unit is mutually exclusive with the following unit(s):
Please note that if you have already studied any of the mutually exclusive unit(s) listed above, you should check the Course Structure of your degree to see whether you will be able to get credit for this unit, as well as the unit(s) previously studied, towards that qualification.
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- ALMX411 — General Linguistics
- ALMX413 — Language in Society
Students must NOT be studying the Graduate Certificate in TESOL through Curtin - Curtin students are to enrol in ALMX535S instead.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will:
- know the main distinguishing features, at the key linguistic levels, of the more important varieties of English around the world (native-speaker and 'new'; standard and non-standard) and also the origins and development of these features, and be able to explain the relevant facts using the terminology of linguistics
- understand the main facts and issues associated with the statuses and functions of these varieties in the various societies in which they are used, the attitudes which users of English have adopted with respect to these varieties, and the connections between all these issues
- be in a position to analyse new situations involving language varieties (English or other) in these terms
- be in a position to develop critical and well-informed positions on the practical upshots of these considerations (educational, language planning, etc.).
Topics
A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this unit will be provided in your study materials.
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Audio/Video - Streaming
- Online Assessment
- Printable format materials
- Resources and Links
Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a unit.
Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:
Recommended textbooks
The English Language and Linguistics Companion
By:Finch Geoffrey
ISBN: -
Format:Print
Supplier:Go to Unibooks
Relevant Courses
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics, Monash University
- Master of Applied Linguistics, Monash University
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
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