1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts: accent, bilingualism, creole, dialect, diglossia, idiolect, jargon, pidgin, register, slang, etc.
3. The Queen’s English; BBC English. Can a person or a corporation own a language? Standard British English as dialect
4. English in Great Britain and Ireland (London varieties, Scottish English, Wenglish, North of England, South of England, the Midlands)
5. English in the Americas (General American English, African-American English, Canadian English, Chicano English, Louisiana creole, Caribbean English)
6. English in Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, South Africa)
7. English in Asia and Oceania (India, Australia, New Zealand, Maori English, Solomon Islands Pidgin)
8. Other English varieties according to gender, class, age, ethnicity, and profession (e.g. English for academic purposes)
9. Conclusions and feedback
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