Objectives and competences
to point out the importance and ways of developing sociolinguistic competence in ELT
to examine the relationship between language and society and the impact of extralinguistic factors on the use of English
to identify the most important features of social varieties of English and to draw students' attention to socially-conditioned instances of language change
to explore the use of English in a global context as well as in contact with other languages (particularly with Slovene)
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Language and society
• Language use and social stratification in selected English-speaking environments (UK. USA, Australia)
• The impact of extralinguistic, social factors on language use (class, education, gender, race, age)
• Social variation of English (standard vs. non-standard varieties, slang, Black English Vernacular)
• Socially-motivated language change (Political Correctness)
• The spread of English in the world (English as a mother tongue, second language, and foreign language)
• The use of English in a global context (International./World/Global English; English and the Internet)
• English in contact with other languages (borrowing, code-switching, pidgins and creoles)
• Slovene-English language contact
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• seminars
• seminar paper
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course students will be able to:
the role of sociolinguistic competence in ELT
the impact of social factors on the language use and language change
social varieties of English (standard and non-standard ones, slang, Black English Vernacular)
the spread of English in the world
the use of English in a global context
the contact of English with other languages (in particular with Slovene)
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• communication skills (written and oral) in accordance with parameters of various social contexts
• identifying and being at least partially able to understand and communicate in varieties other than British or American English
solving language and learning problems
Readings
• Coulmas, F. 2005. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Crystal, D. 2002. English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Šabec, N. 1995. Half pa pu: The Language of Slovene Americans. Ljubljana: ŠKUC, Studia Humanitatis (Apes).
Priporočena literatura/Recommended Reading
• Burns, A. and Coffin, C.(eds.). 2001. Analysing English in a Global Context: A Reader (Teaching English Worldwide). London: Routledge.
• Holmes, J. 2002. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Longman.
• Phillipson, Robert. 2003. English-Only Europe: Challenging Language Policy. London and New York: Routledge.
• Šabec, N. 2006. Language, Society and Culture: Slovene in Contact with English. V: Vidovič Muha, A. (ur.) Slovensko jezikoslovje danes. Slavistična revija (posebna št., let. 54). Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije. str. 703-718.
• Šabec, N. 2009. Sloglish or the mixing/switching of Slovene English in Slovene blogs. Slavia Centralis, letn. 2, št. 1: 32-42.
• Šabec, N. 2011. Slovene-English language contact and language change. ELOPE, vol. 8: 31-49.
• Šabec, N. 2011. The globalizing effect of English on the language of Slovene media. V: Brala, Marija in Vodopija-Kristanović, Irena (ur.). The Global and local dimensions of English: exploring issues of language and culture. Wien: LIT: 113-126.
• Šabec, N. 2014. Raba slovenščine in angleščine v fizičnem in virtualnem prostoru. V : Vidovič-Muha, Ada in Žele, Andreja (ur.) Prostor v jeziku in jezik v prostoru = Space in language and language in space. Slavistična revija, letn. 62, št. 3: 395-409.
• Trudgill, P. and Hannah, J. 1994. International English: A Guide to Standard Varieties of English. New York: Edward Arnold.
Izvajalka bo študentom sproti navedla aktualno študijsko literaturo.
Prerequisits
English at C1/CEFR
