- Choose one of the themes on page 3
- Review the literature relevant to the theme of your
- Discuss your theme with reference to a setting (which can be as large as a whole world region or as small as a particular community) with which you are familiar (e.g. because you currently live/work or have lived/worked there, it is the place where you come from, ) This means that you have to explain how the issues you discuss how relevant and what implications they have to the part of the world of your choice.
NB: The themes above are not mutually excluding, but are to be considered points of particular emphasis.
How to structure your work
The structure of your work should look like a funnel. That is, it should move from the general (broad) to the specific (narrow). This means, you should start by discussing your theme in general terms, primarily by dis- cussing literature and main concepts/issues related to it and, and then shift your focus towards the context of your choice, saying how those concepts/issues are relevant there. It would be a good idea (but not essen- tial), if you included a bit of primary research in the more contextualised section of your work. This won’t need to reveal significant findings, of course, but it could be an interesting trial run for a possible dissertation. Also, it would make your work more interesting and, hopefully, fun.
Evaluation
The assignment will be marked according to:
- Evidence of familiarity with relevant literature – 25%
- Evidence of knowledge of fundamental principles in World Englishes – 25%
- Contextualised discussion of those principles– 30%
- Adherence to referencing conventions (Harvard/APA) – 15%
- General neatness and presentation – 5%
Write an essay on World Englishes. The files show the requirements.
