Universität Wien

120053 SE Linguistics Seminar / Linguistics & Cultural Studies BA-Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA (Ling/CS) (2010W)

VOICEs of ELF

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

NB Full participation in the seminar conference in December is mandatory and an integral part of the course, so please bear this in mind when registering for the seminar!

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 18.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 25.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 08.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 15.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 22.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 29.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 06.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 13.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 10.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 17.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 24.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Monday 31.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Increasingly, students with many different first languages participate in seminar-type courses, and we need English as a lingua franca (ELF) to be able to communicate. In this seminar, we shall thus explore how we, like large numbers of other people in the world, use English as a lingua franca. We shall consider ELF, a hitherto unprecedented global phenomenon of language spread, and then go on to investigate the variability of ELF. By homing in on specific linguistic forms, we shall examine how these function effectively in the negotiation of meaning in interaction.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participants will be assessed on the basis of oral presentations, active participation in discussions, and written research papers. All presentations will take place during the seminar conference.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective of this course is for participants to be made aware of the sociolinguistic reality of, and the theoretical background to, the study of English as it has developed as a global lingua franca. In particular, students will learn to analyze the forms that ELF takes when used for various purposes in intercultural communication, and to appreciate the functional motivation of these forms.

Examination topics

In an introductory phase, the agenda of the seminar will be presented, selected readings discussed, and participants will gradually develop their research questions. Participants will be offered an introduction to VOICE Online, the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (http://www.univie.ac.at/voice/ ), and will be given guidance in choosing and analysing interesting features of the use of spoken ELF. Students will then be able to conduct their own searches and investigations, and will discuss their ideas and findings both during the weekly sessions as well as at the seminar conference. This seminar conference will be held on Friday, December 10th (afternoon), and all day Saturday December 11th.

Reading list

Some introductory reading will be made available to registered participants to help preparation for the first session, and a short list of relevant titles will be distributed in the early part of the course.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 426/428, 436/438, 721-723, 821, BA8, BA14, ME5, MA6;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0301

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