Module Code 單元編號 ENG3346 Module Title 單元名稱 ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE Module Synopsis 單元概要 This course aims at raising students’ critical awareness of the socio-political and lingua- cultural consequences of the global spread of English. After briefly describing a few prominent varieties of English spoken and used in East and Southeast Asia, especially former Anglo-American colonies, we will examine various socio-political implications and lingua-cultural communication for local bilingual speakers of English. Key critical concepts include: ‘norms and standards’, ‘linguistic variation’, ‘second language vs. foreign language’, ‘ownership’, ‘linguistic prejudice’, ‘linguistic imperialism’ and the slippery dichotomy between ‘native-speaker’ vs. ‘non-native speaker’ in multilingual societies like Singapore and India.