LING6014 English as a World Language

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the history of the rise of English and the phenomenon of English in various contexts;
• major arguments for and against the use of English as an international language;
• the impact of a range of philosophical, political, economic, and cultural arguments on the practice of English and other language teaching;
• the diversity of English and cutting-edge approaches to English
• the implications of the multilingualism in the world of English for language professionals and linguists
• possible ways of addressing concerns about the role of English in pedagogy and teaching materials, including: 1. components of teaching or teacher education programmes 2. teacher education materials 3. emancipatory and critical pedagogies.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate applied linguistic and educational work in a variety of written formats;
• communicate your response to applied linguistic and educational work orally, in discussion and in formal presentations;
• identify, select and draw upon a wide range of reference resources, printed and electronic;
• develop and maintain a personal bibliography;
• use information technology appropriately to support and present your research;
• demonstrate interpersonal skills whilst working with others in the investigation of problems, and in the presentation of arguments and evidence;
• take appropriate ethical issues into account in linguistic and educational work
• critically evaluate literature and real life situation.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• make use of the relationship between academic, professional, public and user conceptions of language to clarify educational policy and practice;
• describe the roles of language in social behaviour and users’ attitudes to global language;
• better assess the implications of theoretical and practical developments in applied linguistics teaching to the education professions
• critically analyse language issues in the status quo.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• recognise principles underlying the analysis and description of language;
• apply current theories of language, language learning, language in use, and language education to language in a global context.