122250 AR MA+MEd Advanced Course in Linguistics - Focus: Applied (2026S)
National and Transnational Perspectives on English
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Fr 06.02.2026 12:00 to Fr 20.02.2026 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2026 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 10.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 17.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 24.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 14.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 21.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 05.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 12.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 19.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 26.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 02.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- N Tuesday 09.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 16.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Tuesday 23.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This class is concerned with the presence of English in the world – a theme that has mostly been studied under the rubric of ‘World Englishes’. This research tradition has brought about an understanding of English as a global phenomenon and, in the context of postcolonial struggles and hierarchies, is based on the idea that any variety is of equal value, as any variety holds the same cognitive and social potential. Varieties of English have been mostly understood as appearing in national contexts and are thus referred to with national names (e.g., ‘Nigerian English’, ‘Singaporean English’, etc.). The establishment and stabilization of grammatical and lexical forms is similarly mostly understood as emerging in national communities. While such a framing can be adequate in many cases, it is especially in an age of globalization, transnational community formation, mobility and digital language technologies that we see the limitations of such national epistemologies. Throughout our seminar, we firstly get an understanding of the national traditions of World Englishes research. Secondly, we get to know critical approaches and perspectives that go beyond an understanding of English as appearing in national communities. In that context, recent work on language ideologies, on cultures of consumption, on pop culture, on digital communities and on the material entanglements of language has been particularly impactful. Overall, the class therefore gives an insight into newer theories on language that aim to go beyond an understanding of language as a manifestation of national orders and that consider how social discourse and material practices contribute to linguistic and sociolinguistic realities. To what extent language generally strives for systematicity and stability is something that has to be discussed. At the end of the course, students should be able to critically evaluate models of English, analyze English in situated social contexts, and question national and native-speaker frameworks.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be asked a) to actively engage with readings and solve reading tasks, b) to give an oral (group) presentation based on their own literature research and/or observations on one national variety, OR on one transnational/non-territorial variety OR on a specific example of material/technological entanglements of English, and c) to write a term paper on a theme related to the course contents.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course evaluation is based on:
I. Text work assignments and class participation
II. Group presentation on variety of English OR material-technological entanglement of English
III. Term paper (individual)Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
[dropping out of course is possible until March 31]:
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) submitting all assignments (on time)
(c) active engagement and presentation
(d) handing in the research report on time
(d) attaining at least 50% on each of the three parts (see I, II and III above)
I. Text work assignments and class participation
II. Group presentation on variety of English OR material-technological entanglement of English
III. Term paper (individual)Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
[dropping out of course is possible until March 31]:
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) submitting all assignments (on time)
(c) active engagement and presentation
(d) handing in the research report on time
(d) attaining at least 50% on each of the three parts (see I, II and III above)
Examination topics
Reading list
Blommaert, Jan. 2010. The Sociolinguistics of Globalization. Cambridge University Press.
Blommaert, Jan, and Ben Rampton. 2011. “Language and Superdiversity.” Diversities 13: 1–21.
Bolton, Kinglsey. 2021. “World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology.” In Bloomsbury World Englishes: Paradigms, edited by Britta Schneider and Theresa Heyd. Bloomsbury.
Rampton, Ben. 1995. “Language Crossing and the Problematisation of Ethnicity and Socialization.” Pragmatics 5: 485–513.
Mair, Christian. 2021. “World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective.” In Bloomsbury World Englishes: Paradigms, edited by Britta Schneider and Theresa Heyd. Bloomsbury.
Leblebici, Didem, and Britta Schneider. 2025. “Digital Assemblages and Their English Entanglements – Digital Design, Voice Assistant Use and Smartphone Setting Choices of Translingual Speakers in Berlin.” In Entangled Englishes, edited by Jerry Won Lee and Sofia Rüdiger. Routledge.
Morris, Mervyn. 1999. “Is English We Speaking.” In Is English We Speaking and Other Essays, edited by Mervyn Morris. Ian Randle Publishers.
Mufwene, Salikoko S. 1992. “Pragmatics of Elusive Languages.” Pragmatics and Language Learning 3: 162–81.
Pennycook, Alastair, and Emi Otsuji. 2014. “Metrolingual Multitasking and Spatial Repertoires: ‘Pizza Mo Two Minutes Coming.’” Journal of Sociolinguistics 18 (2): 161–84.
Pennycook, Alastair. 2018. Posthumanist Applied Linguistics. Routledge.
Pennycook, Alastair. 2020. “Translingual Entanglements of English.” World Englishes 39: 222-235. DOI: 10.1111/weng.12456.
Saraceni, Mario. 2015. World Englishes. A Critical Analysis. Bloomsbury.
Schneider, Britta. 2019. “Methodological Nationalism in Linguistics.” Language Sciences 76: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2018.05.006.
Schneider, Britta. 2024. “Questioning the Emergence of National Englishes. Non-Teleological Paths of Language Development in Contexts of Postcolonial Diversity.” In Mapping World Anglophone Studies: English in a World of Strangers, edited by Pavan Kumar Malreddy and Frank Schulze-Engler. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003464037.
Schneider, Edgar W. 2011. English around the World. Cambridge University Press.
Wee, Lionel. 2021. Posthumanist World Englishes. Cambridge University Press.
Blommaert, Jan, and Ben Rampton. 2011. “Language and Superdiversity.” Diversities 13: 1–21.
Bolton, Kinglsey. 2021. “World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology.” In Bloomsbury World Englishes: Paradigms, edited by Britta Schneider and Theresa Heyd. Bloomsbury.
Rampton, Ben. 1995. “Language Crossing and the Problematisation of Ethnicity and Socialization.” Pragmatics 5: 485–513.
Mair, Christian. 2021. “World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective.” In Bloomsbury World Englishes: Paradigms, edited by Britta Schneider and Theresa Heyd. Bloomsbury.
Leblebici, Didem, and Britta Schneider. 2025. “Digital Assemblages and Their English Entanglements – Digital Design, Voice Assistant Use and Smartphone Setting Choices of Translingual Speakers in Berlin.” In Entangled Englishes, edited by Jerry Won Lee and Sofia Rüdiger. Routledge.
Morris, Mervyn. 1999. “Is English We Speaking.” In Is English We Speaking and Other Essays, edited by Mervyn Morris. Ian Randle Publishers.
Mufwene, Salikoko S. 1992. “Pragmatics of Elusive Languages.” Pragmatics and Language Learning 3: 162–81.
Pennycook, Alastair, and Emi Otsuji. 2014. “Metrolingual Multitasking and Spatial Repertoires: ‘Pizza Mo Two Minutes Coming.’” Journal of Sociolinguistics 18 (2): 161–84.
Pennycook, Alastair. 2018. Posthumanist Applied Linguistics. Routledge.
Pennycook, Alastair. 2020. “Translingual Entanglements of English.” World Englishes 39: 222-235. DOI: 10.1111/weng.12456.
Saraceni, Mario. 2015. World Englishes. A Critical Analysis. Bloomsbury.
Schneider, Britta. 2019. “Methodological Nationalism in Linguistics.” Language Sciences 76: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2018.05.006.
Schneider, Britta. 2024. “Questioning the Emergence of National Englishes. Non-Teleological Paths of Language Development in Contexts of Postcolonial Diversity.” In Mapping World Anglophone Studies: English in a World of Strangers, edited by Pavan Kumar Malreddy and Frank Schulze-Engler. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003464037.
Schneider, Edgar W. 2011. English around the World. Cambridge University Press.
Wee, Lionel. 2021. Posthumanist World Englishes. Cambridge University Press.
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA 812 [2]; UF MA 046/507
Code/Modul: MA M04, MA M05, UF MA 4B
Lehrinhalt: 12-0260
Code/Modul: MA M04, MA M05, UF MA 4B
Lehrinhalt: 12-0260
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