Type of course: | Compulsory |
Language of instruction: | English |
Erasmus Language of instruction: | English |
Name of lecturer: | Maria Elisabeta Mureșan |
Seminar tutor: | Maria Elisabeta Mureșan |
Form of education | Full-time |
Form of instruction: | Class |
Number of teaching hours per semester: | 56 |
Number of teaching hours per week: | 4 |
Semester: | Autumn |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: | Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 10 |
• Explaining the role of the English language in the context of globalization
• Detailed linguistic analysis of a text of increased complexity, different from standard contemporary language
• Explaining in a multidisciplinary context some culturally complex phenomena
- There is no compulsory work placement in the course unit.
1. Introductory Course 2. English As a World Language 3. What is a Global Language? 4. Why English? The Historical Context and the Cultural Legacy 5. Language and Culture 6. The linguistic character of new Englishes 7. The future of English as a world language 8. Revision and conclusions |
-Interactive learning.
• Description of the phonetic, lexical and grammatical system of the English language in its diachronic evolution and its synchronic varieties; Description of linguistic concepts and theories with a high degree of complexity, including those of language history and dialectology;
Explaining some linguistic phenomena by relating dialectal texts and texts from different stages of language evolution to standard contemporary English;
Written paper 40%; interpretative essay – 20%; lab – 40%.
Battistella, Edwin L.,
Bad language: Are some words better than others?, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
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2005,
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Crystal, David,
English as a Global Language, Cambridge University Press.,
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2003,
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Galloway, Nicola,
Introducing Global Englishes, New York: Routledge.,
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2015,
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