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Global English-Period 1
STEM in Amsterdam Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025
Global English-Period 1
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Instruction in: English
Course Code: L_ETBAETK209
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: Students must have passed Academic English CIS-L&S Writing (L_EABAALG104) and Academic English CIS-L&S: Grammar (L_EABAALG103) and they must have followed English: International Communication (L_ETBACIW102). Students in the Minor in English need to contact the Onderwijsbureau of the Faculty of Humanities (FGW) to register for the course (onderwijsbureau.fgw@vu.nl).
DESCRIPTION
In this course we consider the world-wide use of the English language. We begin with areas where English is spoken as a first language (England, the Celtic countries, the US, Australia, etc.). We then move on to regions where English is spoken as a second language (Africa and Asia) and from there to regions where English is used as a foreign language or lingua franca (e.g. Europe, the Netherlands). We will explore different issues in the globalization of English. These include linguistic aspects (variation in English, the notion of Global English, linguistic features of English varieties), social issues (language and identity), literary concerns (postcolonial literatures), and the impact of the world-wide spread of English on language policy in education and other professional domains.
In the seminar, we address questions that have arisen from the lectures or the reading and we discuss course work. In the practicum you will be introduced to the field of corpus linguistics as a research method for analysing linguistic data. You will apply this to the study of Global English.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
In the seminar, we address questions that have arisen from the lectures or the reading and we discuss course work. In the practicum you will be introduced to the field of corpus linguistics as a research method for analysing linguistic data. You will apply this to the study of Global English.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.