-To pass the
course, the students will have to obtain (at least) a 5 in all evaluable parts
and (at least) a 5 in the final grade.

-My teaching method is based on continuous assessment, which takes into account:
participating in the theoretical classes to demonstrate your understanding of
the readings, doing audiovisual exercises in the practical classes, an essay
and two oral presentations. If you pass all these individual tasks with a 5 and
your final grade is 5 or more, you will have passed the course - I will give you
this information at the end of December.

-JANUARY: The
students who fail the continuous assessment of the READING and/or WORKSHOP sections
and may repeat them in January. Therefore, on the official exam day, you must
complete one or two tasks: 1) an EXAM with the coordinator about the course
readings; 2) AUDIOVISUAL exercises based on the materials of the practical
classes.

-JULY: The students who do not pass the ORAL PRESENTATION section will have to
(re)take it on the official date of the July opportunity. Since there will be
no classes, both presentations will BE RECORDED; for this reason, you can make
the group project individually. The reading, workshop and paper parts
will be examined like in January.

-If there is a
teachers’ strike, I may provide you with the teaching
materials via Moodle. If there is a student strike, the teacher could ask the
students to do homework.

-Students must hand in the assignments on the agreed dates. The assignments that
are submitted late but are justified by an official document (e.g. due to a
medical problem) will be accepted.

- An essay that shows signs of plagiarism will be qualified with a 0.

- Both in January and in July, the students who do not meet 50% of the requirements
will be qualified as DID NOT SIT.

- Students who have been
granted exemption, as specified
in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria
applied in the July opportunity.

- Students sitting the December
exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the
criteria specified for the July opportunity.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
During and (especially) at the end of the course, it is expected that the students know: -To approach the world of linguistic and cultural varieties of English from an ethical and postcolonial point of view -To analyze the socio-cultural, political, economic and military issues surrounding the expansion of the English language and its consequences (e.g. capitalism, colonialism, globalization, and migration) -To locate the geographical regions and/or countries of the varieties of English worldwide -To know the main cultural characteristics of the mentioned regions and/or countries (history, literature, religion, customs, etc.) -To identify the phonological, morphological, and lexical characteristics of the different varieties -To recognize there are varieties of English regarding gender, class, age, ethnicity, profession, etc. -To speak eloquently and listen respectfully in and out of class -To read and write critically and creatively	A1 A2 A6 A9 A11	B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8	C2 C4

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Workbook	A1 A2 A10 A17 A19 A20 B8 C6 C7	16	27	43
Workshop	A6 A9 A11 A15	16	16	32
Supervised projects	A14 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 B9 C5	2.5	24	26.5
Oral presentation	B4 B5 B10 C2 C3 C4 C8	0.5	10	10.5

Personalized attention		0.5	0	0.5

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Workbook	They are a set of texts and written documents that were collected and edited as a source of deepening the working contents.
Workshop	Training application-oriented mode of learning in which you can combine various methodologies / tests (exhibitions, simulations, debates, problem solving, guided practice, etc.) through which students develop eminently practical tasks on a specific topic, with the support and supervision of teachers.
Supervised projects	Methodology designed to promote independent learning of the students, under the (academic and professional) guidance of teachers in various scenarios. It refers primarily to learning how to do things. An option based on the assumption by the students of their responsibility for their own learning. This education system is based on two basic elements: the independent learning of the students, with the monitoring and supervision of the teacher-tutor.
Oral presentation	Inherent intervention processes of teaching and learning, based on verbal exposure in which students and teachers interact in an orderly and dynamic way, proposing questions, making clarifications and exposing issues, concepts, facts or principles.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Oral presentation	B4 B5 B10 C2 C3 C4 C8	There will be two oral presentations: an individual presentation in the lab classes (5%) and a group video-project (10%). The individual presentation follows the standard format, which consists of making a practical analysis of a non-standard English variety—e.g. the phonetic and / or grammatical features of a song; the group video-project (3-9 students) is freer, as long as students RESPECTFULLY imitate a non-standard English accent during the presentation. You cannot repeat any variety used in either presentation or the essay—this means that, in total, you will work on at least 4 different varieties. The rest of the details will be explained in class.	15
Workshop	A6 A9 A11 A15	The workshops (or "practical classes") will take place in the computer room. We will read, listen to, and analyze texts in different varieties of English. Many of these texts will be audiovisual. We might also correct assignments from previous days. I will create a FORUM on MOODLE and students will have to post their analyses and comments there; your grades in this section will depend upon the information you post on this forum while you are in class. The students who do not pass the continuous assessment of the workshop can take a practical exam in January.	20
Workbook	A1 A2 A10 A17 A19 A20 B8 C6 C7	In the large groups, apart from explaining the THEORY, I will ask you questions about the READING/S of the week; you may pick up the READER (collection of readings) at the photocopy shop at the beginning of the semester. Although the readings are mostly about language and literature, I will provide you with information on history, culture, geography and other details corresponding to each variety of English. IMPORTANT: I will only consider the participation of those students who demonstrate they REALLY did a thorough reading of the texts. The students who do not pass the continuous evaluation of the readings may take an exam about them in January.	50
Supervised projects	A14 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 B9 C5	You will have to write a comparative essay on two or more varieties of non-standard English. You cannot write about any variety that has been treated in the individual oral presentation or the Project. The papers will be written in MLA style--one variety of academic writing that will be explained in class, along with the rest of the requirements. I will correct your paper and send it to you by e-mail. Then you will have to rewrite it following my directions and re-send it to me. The grade obtained will only be effective after such rewriting.	15

Assessment comments
-To pass the course, the students will have to obtain (at least) a 5 in all evaluable parts and (at least) a 5 in the final grade. -My teaching method is based on continuous assessment, which takes into account: participating in the theoretical classes to demonstrate your understanding of the readings, doing audiovisual exercises in the practical classes, an essay and two oral presentations. If you pass all these individual tasks with a 5 and your final grade is 5 or more, you will have passed the course - I will give you this information at the end of December. -JANUARY: The students who fail the continuous assessment of the READING and/or WORKSHOP sections and may repeat them in January. Therefore, on the official exam day, you must complete one or two tasks: 1) an EXAM with the coordinator about the course readings; 2) AUDIOVISUAL exercises based on the materials of the practical classes. -JULY: The students who do not pass the ORAL PRESENTATION section will have to (re)take it on the official date of the July opportunity. Since there will be no classes, both presentations will BE RECORDED; for this reason, you can make the group project individually. The reading, workshop and paper parts will be examined like in January. -If there is a teachers’ strike, I may provide you with the teaching materials via Moodle. If there is a student strike, the teacher could ask the students to do homework. -Students must hand in the assignments on the agreed dates. The assignments that are submitted late but are justified by an official document (e.g. due to a medical problem) will be accepted. - An essay that shows signs of plagiarism will be qualified with a 0. - Both in January and in July, the students who do not meet 50% of the requirements will be qualified as DID NOT SIT. - Students who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the July opportunity. - Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity.

Basic
	Basic Bibliography             Ahmad, Dohra, ed. Rotten English: A Literary Anthology. New York: Norton & Co., 2007. Print. Cheshire, Jenny. English Around the World: Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Cambridge: CUP, 1991. Print. Crystal, David. English as a Global Language. Cambridge: CUP, 2003. Print. Freeborn, Dennis, et al. Varieties of English: An Introduction to the Study of a Language. London: Macmillan, 1993. Print. Graddol, David, Dick Leith, and Joan Swann. English: History, Diversity and Change. London: Open University, 1996. Print. Hickey, Raymond, ed. Legacies of Colonial English: Studies in Transported Dialects. Cambridge: CUP, 2004. Print. Hughes, Arthur, Peter Trudgill, and Dominic Watt. English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of British English. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005. Print. Kortmann, Bernd, et al. A Handbook of Varieties of English. 2 Vols.and CD. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. Print. Krachu, Braj B., Yamuna Kachru, and Cecil L. Nelson, eds. The Handbook of World Englishes. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. Print. Schneider, Edgar. Postcolonial English: Varieties Around the World. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. Print. Seoane, Elena, and Cristina Suarez-Gomez, eds.  World Englishes: New Theoretical and Methodological Considerations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2016. Print. Basic Filmography           The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Dir. Stephan Elliot. Perf. Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce, etc. Gramercy Pictures, 1994. Film. Bend It like Beckham. Dir. Gurinder Chadha. Perf. Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, etc. 20^th Century Fox, 2002. Film. Keeping Up Appearances. Dir. Harold Snoad. Perf. Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, etc. BBC, 1990-1995. Film. My Fair Lady. Dir. George Cuckor. Perf. Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, etc. Warner Bros, 1964. Film. Monsoon Wedding. Dir. Mira Nair. Perf. Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, etc. Mirabai Films, 2001. Film. Real Women Have Curves. Dir. Patricia Cardoso. Perf. America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, etc. HBO, 2002. Film.   Basic Websites   English Online. Eva L. Easton. 1997. Web. 1 July 2014. The Routes of English. BBC Radio 4. n.d. Web. 1 July 2014. Worldwide Accents of English. Gabrielle Azzaro. 2000. Web. 1 July 2014.
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