ENG4163 – World Englishes

After completing this course you will:

• know about the differences and similarities between varieties of English around the world;
• be able to extract the relevant linguistic data from the International Corpus of English;
• be able to describe and analyse those data from a contrastive perspective.
• be able to reflect on the phenomena connected with the status of English as a global language.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

This course is for students admitted to the master programmes European Languages (master's two years), Lektorprogrammet (master - 5 år), masterspesialisering i engelsk and Profesjonsrettet master med integrert praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (masterspesialisering i engelsk).

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The course is taught as a seminar, meeting two hours per week for 14 weeks, totaling 28 hours.

Obligatory activities:

• During the semester, students are required to hand in two written assignments. Both have to be submitted by appointed deadlines and approved by the teacher in order to be allowed to hand in the final paper. Read more about guidelines for compulsory activities and about rules concerning valid excuses and how to apply for postponements.
• It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course, you have to attend 8 of 14 seminars. The requirement is absolute.

  The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when the absence is due to something beyond your control.

  In certain circumstances, i.e. serious or chronic illness, you could apply for special needs accommodations.

  Fulfilled course requirements are only valid the semester you attend the course.

A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.

If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.