Teaching English in a Global Context

University of Alabama at Birmingham

CourseEESL 617

Provides a sociolinguistic perspective on the globalization of English and on the emergence and teaching of English as an International Language. Students explore dialectology, language change, language diversity, language ideology and power, national language policies, World Englishes, the growing number of non-native English speakers, and attitudes of native and non-native English speakers toward the domination of English.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

EESL 617