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From the study design
In this area of study students consider the effects of the global spread of English by learning about both the development and decline of languages as a result of English contact, the elevation of English as a global lingua franca, and the significant cultural repercussions of language contact. Students explore the ways English is used as an expression of culture in a range of literary, transactional and popular culture texts.
Students explore factors that contributed to the spread of English in the past, such as trade and colonisation, and factors that contribute to the spread of English. Students consider the consequences of the growth of English as an additional or foreign language, including the development of English- based pidgins, creoles and other varieties and its effect on indigenous languages around the world. Students become familiar with the distinctive features of a number of national, ethnic and regional varieties of English, and explore the ways that these varieties show the effects of intensive contact with other languages. They examine the ways that multilingual speakers use code-switching to mark identity and as a powerful means of inclusion or exclusion. Students develop an understanding of how change to a language has significant repercussions for its users’ cultural identity and worldview, as evidenced by the indigenous and migrant language reclamation and maintenance movements in contemporary Australian society.
In this area of study students consider the effects of the global spread of English by learning about both the development and decline of languages as a result of English contact, the elevation of English as a global lingua franca, and the significant cultural repercussions of language contact. Students explore the ways English is used as an expression of culture in a range of literary, transactional and popular culture texts.
Students explore factors that contributed to the spread of English in the past, such as trade and colonisation, and factors that contribute to the spread of English. Students consider the consequences of the growth of English as an additional or foreign language, including the development of English- based pidgins, creoles and other varieties and its effect on indigenous languages around the world. Students become familiar with the distinctive features of a number of national, ethnic and regional varieties of English, and explore the ways that these varieties show the effects of intensive contact with other languages. They examine the ways that multilingual speakers use code-switching to mark identity and as a powerful means of inclusion or exclusion. Students develop an understanding of how change to a language has significant repercussions for its users’ cultural identity and worldview, as evidenced by the indigenous and migrant language reclamation and maintenance movements in contemporary Australian society.
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Resources
Gibson Reading Patricia Ryan TED talk - Don't Insist on English Jamila Lyiscott TED talk - 3 ways to speak English |