120053 SE Linguistics Seminar (applied linguistics & TEFL) (2011S)

Forms and functions of ELF: corpus-based investigations

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

NB _Full_ participation in the seminar conference in May (see 'Methods' below) is mandatory and an integral part of the course, so please bear this in mind when registering for the seminar!

Rooms: The default room for our weekly meetings will be Seminarraum 6, Anglistik 2nd floor. The PC Lab has also been booked so that we have the option of using it for some hands-on corpus work from time to time.

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).

Registration is open from Mo 07.02.2011 00:00 to Su 20.02.2011 23:59
Registration is open from We 23.02.2011 00:00 to Tu 01.03.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2011 23:59

Details

max. 18 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Barbara Seidlhofer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Friday
    11.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    18.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    25.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    01.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    08.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    15.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    06.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    13.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    20.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    20.05.
    14:30 - 20:00
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Saturday
    21.05.
    09:00 - 15:30
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    27.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    03.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    10.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    17.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
    
    Friday
    24.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The unprecedented use of English as an international lingua franca, as both consequence and driving force of globalization, has led to the realization that conventional attitudes to English and approaches to its study need to be critically examined. This has resulted in a very considerable and fast-growing field of research that is concerned both with the sociolinguistic significance of English as lingua franca (ELF) as a naturally adaptive linguistic development and with its theoretical and applied linguistic implications, the latter particularly in the areas of language teaching and language policy. In this seminar, we will investigate this phenomenon from various perspectives and consider how ELF is different from the English(es) participants are familiar with.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be assessed on the basis of participation in discussions throughout the course, a short project outline, a bibliography, the oral presentation of their research project as well as a written seminar paper in which they report on their projects.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective of this course is the investigation of the forms and functions of ELF, both conceptually and empirically. Participants will become (more) 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. We shall also devote some space to reflection on the practical implications (e.g. for language teaching) of research in this area.

Examination topics

In an introductory phase, the agenda of the seminar will be presented, selected readings discussed (esp. on the concept of ELF and on corpus linguistics), 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 to techniques of conducting research with the help of this resource. Students will also be given guidance in choosing and analysing interesting features of the use of spoken ELF. Participants 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, May 20th (afternoon), and on Saturday May 21st (morning to mid-afternoon), concurrently with Dr. Kaltenböck's seminar. In exchange for time spent at the seminar conference a number of regular seminar sessions, esp. towards the end of term, will not be held.

Reading list

Some introductory reading will be made available to registered participants to help preparation for the first session, and a few relevant readings will be distributed in the early part of the course via Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, ME5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0259

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33