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S/HS: English as a Lingua Franca- Dozent/in
- Prof. David Newbold
- Angaben
- Seminar/Hauptseminar
2 SWS
Zeit und Ort: Einzeltermin am 16.11.2013 9:30 - 17:00, U9/01.11; Einzeltermin am 21.11.2013 18:15 - 20:00, U9/01.11; Einzeltermin am 22.11.2013 12:00 - 17:00, U11/00.16; Einzeltermin am 23.11.2013 9:00 - 17:00, U11/00.16
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- General organization
1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY modularisiert: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Mastermodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Master-Vertiefungsmodul I od. II Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul I od. II: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Erweiterungsmodul I oder II: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Sprachwissenschaft
Joint Degree: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft oder Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Joint Degree: Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft oder Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Joint Degree: Profilmodul I oder II Kulturwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft oder Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)
2. Registration:
via FlexNow!
23 September 2013, 10:00 - 15 October 2013, 08:00
For students transferring to the University of Bamberg, for Erasmus students and for those who need the credit to register for their upcoming final exams a few places will be reserved.
3. Language of instruction:
English
4. Course assessment:
The course will be assessed through:
- active participation in lessons
- oral presentation of a topic chosen by student and agreed with the lecturer
- short written paper describing the topic presented
- exam (except for those students who want to write their final thesis e.g. BA thesis, Master s thesis or Zulassungsarbeit in English linguistics; such students have to submit a term paper (3500-4000 words) to Prof. Krug by 15 March, 2014)
In particular
Students will provisionally decide a topic before the beginning of the course, and post the topic on the Doodle opened by Prof. Krug, where a list of topics is given.
If you wish to present a different topic, enter your topic directly after your name and email it to Prof. Newbold (newbold@unive.it )!
http://doodle.com/8v3ameqvm987zy92
- Presentations will be given on the 22nd and 23rd November
- Presentations should last for approximately 10 minutes
- Joint presentations (by two students) are possible (maximum 15 minutes)
- Presentations will be followed by questions on the topic (approx 10 minutes)
Assessment of presentations will be for:
- contents (choice of topic and quality of background research and preparation)
- oral production (language skills, including presentation skills)
- handling of questions
- handout and written introduction to presentations, to be submitted to Prof. Newbold by Wednesday 20th November
Here are some ideas to help you narrow the focus for the topics for your presentations:
- Aspects of a lingua franca
- Simplified codes: Basic English, Plain English, Newspeak, etc
- English on the Internet
- The use of English by world leaders
- The use of English in international institutions
- The use of English in international advertising
- The use of English in higher education
- International media in English (e.g. 24/7 news networks)
- Anglicisms in national languages (e.g. German)
- Attitudes to English
- English language policies in Europe
- Non native writers and singers who choose English
- English language teaching and testing
- Research into ELF
- ELF corpora
In addition, you can get a good overview of how English is used in the world, and the nature of ELF in the pre-course reading texts indicated below.
- Inhalt
- Over the last two decades or so, English has become the de facto lingua franca of Europe. In February 2013 the German President Joachim Gauck suggested that it should be made the official language of the EU a pragmatic proposal which went largely unreported in the European media, and yet one which would have been seen as provocative and controversial only a few years ago. Just a few months later (June 2013), the European Commission published a recommendation that a sufficient command of English and a second foreign language and intercultural competences ( ) should become indispensable components of a higher education Europe and beyond. By finally naming English as a pre-requisite for European higher education it has broken its own taboo - that all the languages of the Union are to be considered in the same way, as potentially fulfilling the same functions.
So what is happening with English in Europe and beyond? This course looks at the onslaught and impact of English as a lingua franca (ELF), as conceptualized in the work of Jenkins, Seidlhofer, and others. We shall ask (and attempt to answer) questions such as
- What is a lingua franca? Can it be described in linguistic terms?
- How (if at all) does ELF impact on the standard language?
- What strategies does the successful user of ELF employ?
- Is it possible, and/or desirable, to teach ELF?
- What is the future of English if most speakers are non-natives?
The course will consist of four main input sessions (see programme below) in which we shall examine the phenomenon of ELF from a variety of perspectives. The final two sessions will be devoted to the development of those themes which are of particular interest to students, or new but related topics which emerge during the course, through class discussion and brief student presentations.
Session 1: English: the view from Europe
How English is used, and isn t used, across Europe
The default view: standard English
The pragmatic approach: flexible English
The need to re-conceptualize: virtual English
Session 2: English in the world
How English has spread, or been distributed, across the world
The functions of English as a global language
The postcolonial heritage
Attitudes to English
English as a lingua franca
Session 3: Describing ELF
What recurring features are found in ELF interaction?
Phonology and lexico-grammar
Lexical creativity
The co-construction of meaning in interaction
Contexts of use: social networks, university and company websites,
international institutions
Sessions 4 & 5: Aspects of ELF
These two sessions will be used to develop themes which emerge during
earlier sessions, or to introduce new but related themes, which are of
specific interest to students. Topics will be chosen in advance by students,
who will prepare brief presentations as part of the assessment
programme.
Session 6:
ELF: drawing the threads together
Pedagogical implications
End of course exam
Feedback on course
Lecture by Prof. Newbold (as part of the seminar on Thur 21 November, 18:15-20:00; U9/111): "The testing of English as a Lingua Franca"
In this lecture I shall outline the rationale behind a test of English as a lingua franca for European university students. After looking at those features which traditionally constitute a good test (such as reliability, validity, fairness and washback), and the problems inherent in a number of well-known international tests of English, I shall describe a research project carried out at the university of Venice to develop a test of receptive skills based on the actual needs of European university students (Test of English for European University Students), the findings of which are scheduled to be published in Current perspectives on pedagogy for ELF (De Gruyter Mouton 2014). These skills include listening to, and interacting with, non native speakers of English, such as visiting lecturers, and carrying out Internet searches and research using non native texts. The lecture concludes with reference to work in progress, an attempt to develop a framework for assessing the productive skills in an ELF context.
Course lecturer:
David Newbold holds degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Wales, and Reading, and currently teaches and researches at the University of Venice (Ca Foscari). He has a long-standing interest in language testing, and a more recent interest in the development and use of English as a lingua franca. He has also published a wide range of materials for learners of English (publishers include OUP, Longman, Heinemann, Macmillan, Zanichelli and Cornelson).
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Pre-course reading (useful for preparing topic)
Course texts (see Virtual Campus, the most important ones will be available there):
- Seidlhofer, B (2011), Understanding English as a Lingua Franca, Oxford, OUP.(At least Chapter 4: Reconceptualizing English; alternatively:
- Seidlhofer, Barbara. 2004. Research Perspectives on teaching English as a Lingua Franca. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 24: 209-239. )
Useful background reading (which we shall refer to during the course)
- Crystal, D (2nd edition, 2003), English as a Global Language.
- Jenkins, J. (2000), The Phonology of English as an International Language, Oxford, OUP.
- Mollin, S. (2006) Euro English: assessing variety status, Tubingen, Gunter Narr Verlag.
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Sprachgeschichte
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