Language ideologies in a globalising world

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understanding of the conflicts between English and other languages as well as those between different Englishes on the basis of insights from a GE perspective
• Understanding of the link or the lack of link between language realities and ideologies
• Theoretical understanding of language ideology in globalisation and ability to draw on this knowledge to investigate language ideologies contextualised by the globalisation of English

Cognitive Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critical language awareness in the changing context of globalisation
• Critical reflection on language polity, practice and identification in different contexts

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Ability to explore diversified language choices in practice in their own contexts
• Ability to analyse language ideologies in discourses, policies and practices

• This module deals with attitudes, beliefs, feelings, ideas, opinions, assumptions, expectations, perceptions, and ideologies related to languages in different social spheres, drawing on empirical research in this field as well as our language experience, observations and life stories.
• It explores the theory of language ideology and the paradigm of global Englishes, leading to an interdisciplinary approach to language ideologies behind language issues, such as intelligibility, identity, and conformity.
• It focuses on core issues centred on language ideologies brought by the globalisation of English, such as language standardisation, language rights, language diversity, language purism, language legitimacy, critical language awareness, identity, power, and politics of language, employing a GE perspective through which the issues will be analysed and ideologies will be understood.
• It discusses representations of language ideologies in different lingua-cultural backgrounds, with examples drawn from Asian contexts in particular, offering you opportunities to look through a GE lens at various language realities and discourses and to discover and analyse language ideologies associated with them.
• It examines assumptions of languages in relation to their symbolic and practical values with reference to real-life examples.

Teaching methods will include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Interactive group sessions.

Learning activities include:

• Reading
• Collecting data related to language attitudes and beliefs
• Collecting examples of language policies and practices
• Preparing presentations and discussions in small groups or in seminars
• Giving group or individual presentations

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.