World Englishes
This course focuses on the ways the English language has been impacted by modern globalization—on the English language itself and the ways the language is viewed, learned and taught in worldwide contexts. In this course, we will focus on what we teach and how we teach it and the impact of global perspectives of English as an international language. We will consider the local variety of English as well as global varieties of English and validate them, while questioning what “Standard English” is and what the value of it is. The course will look at an overview of World Englishes, with an emphasis on East Asian Englishes and particularly in the Korean context. A goal of the course is to determine in what way WE speaking learners and their educators alike will best be able to succeed in the multilingual society and classrooms of today.