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We had a really busy lesson and covered a lot of information in our lesson. Sociolinguistic Concepts: At the beginning of our lesson, we went through different sociolinguistic concepts. We'll be using these terms throughout our course, so make sure you are familiar with them. We paid special attention to the use of L1 (first language) and L2 (second language), as well as linguistic prejudice. Linguistic Concepts: For the remaining part of our lesson, we look at these concepts: a. phonology / phonetics b. vocabulary c. cultural conventions / schema We didn't have time to cover morphology, but we'll take a look at it in next week's lesson. Changes in English: Before the end of our lesson, we saw four videos that showed the stages of English: a. Old English b. Middle English c. Early Modern English d. Modern English Your lecture preparation will investigate the origins and changes in English in more detail. Today's course provide you the foundation for the rest of our course. We'll be using these concepts when we talk about different varieties of English. Next week, we start with British English. Homework: 1. Lecture preparation #2
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Hi everyone,
It was really great to meet everyone today. We're going to have a busy semester, so make sure you keep up with our weekly readings. Syllabus & Schedule For the first part of our lesson, we went through our course syllabus and schedule. If you missed a class, you can refer to our schedule to see what you missed and what you have to prepare for the next lesson. Our syllabus and schedule are in the World Englishes Course Information section. What is World Englishes? We then completed a group discussion on your own impressions of World Englishes. On the last day of class, you'll receive your worksheet again to compare how your ideas about World Englishes has changed during our course. Circle of Englishes We then looked at McArthur's Circle of World Englishes. This diagram shows the division of standard and standardising Englishes in the world. Identifying World Englishes As our last activity, we had a listening activity. You had to try to identify 10 different types of Englishes spoken. As you can see, each English has its own pronunciation, grammar, and cultural conventions. The materials from today's lesson can be found in the World Englishes Lesson Materials section. Homework:
Click on this link for the Lecture Notes #1 Preparation Guidelines. |
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