Academic Year/course:
2019/20
416 - Degree in English
27856 - Geographical Varieties of English
Información del Plan Docente
Academic Year:
2019/20
Subject:
27856 - Geographical Varieties of English
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4 and 3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)
4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources
4.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning tasks " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
4.2. Learning tasks
This is a 6 ECTS course organized as follows:
- Lectures.
- Practice sessions.
- Autonomous work and study.
- Assessment tasks.
4.3. Syllabus
The course will address the following topics:
- English as an International Language.
- The main Standard Varieties of English. Language and nation. Linguistic Symbolic value.
- English in North-America. History, diversity and change.
- Other varieties: Pidgins and Creoles.