Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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.

1 comment:

  1. based on the 3rd week class (20th jan 2009)
    i have attached some links that can help to answer the first question.

    question 1~ explain the following n examples

    a)lingua franca-http://www.yourdictionary.com/lingua-franca

    b)dialects- http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/dialect.html
    (example of black country dialect)

    c)idiolect-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiolect

    d)standard english- http://www.encyclopedia.com/
    (meaning of the standard english)


    from group 4- manesh, ambiga, firdaus and nithya

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