Happy Chinese New Year

GONG XI FA CAI! and happy holidays to all..have a safe trip and don't forget to bring back some oranges..yeah!

Third Class

Today we have covered:-

• Lingua franca
• Dialects
• Standard English
  
• Idiolects
  
• Braj Kachru's 3 Circle Model of World Englishes
• Streven's World Map of English
• McArthur's Circle of World English
• Reasons for the spread of English
  

I've uploaded the files for today's lecture..u guys just click the respective links under the downloads section..if there is any problem with the link pls let me know.. :peace:

PS: our next class (3rd Feb) will start at 8.15 AM

Second Class

During our last class we have covered the history of English:-

• Indo-European and Germanic influences.
• Germanic groups.
• Old English.
• Middle English.
• Early Modern English.
• Late Modern English.
• English as a World language.
• Global power of English.
• English as an International language.

For our next class, the topics that will be covered are:-

• Types of speakers of English in the modern World.
• English speaking communities.
• Spread of English and the reasons.
• Variation of English around the World.
• English in Europe.