Anglophone Languages and Cultures

Recommended Prerequisites

 At least 80 ECTS in English; C1 level of English.

Teaching Methods

- Lectures by the instructor or guest experts;

- Critical analysis and discussion of various types of texts (literary, journalistic, filmic, artistic) and teaching materials;

- Design of instructional materials;

- Design and development of small research projects or community intervention projects (e.g., within a service learning framework);

- Research and oral presentations by students;

- Individual and/or group reflections on issues related to the teaching of English languages and cultures.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit is aimed at future teachers. Therefore, students are expected to:

- Identify the historical and sociocultural factors that have contributed to the establishment of English as a global language, and reflect on its consequences;

- Acknowledge that the diversity and variations of the English language are natural features of its use, shaped by the sociocultural contexts in which it is spoken;

- Develop an understanding of Anglophone cultures and their representation in the media, literature, and arts;

- Select and critically analyze instructional materials (e.g., textbooks), considering both explicit and implicit meanings in their textual and visual content;

- Design instructional materials that promote linguistic and intercultural competences, tailored to different educational levels, using critical pedagogies;

- Apply linguistic and cultural knowledge in English language teaching, guided by principles of inclusion, linguistic justice, and social responsibility.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. English as a global language

- Historical and sociocultural events in the spread of the English language

- World Englishes, New Englishes and sociolinguistic variations of English(dialects, accents and registers)

- Whose English matters in ELT? Standard English and native-speakerism

2. Language and power

- English and postcolonial discourses: Linguistic imperialism and language rights

- Multilingualism and language policies

- Linguistic justice and advocacy in ELT

3. Cultures of the English-speaking world

- Culture and society: British, American;other English-speaking cultures (Australia, Canada,New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean,etc.)

- Cultural identity and representation in the media, literature, and arts

- Teaching Anglophone cultures: critical analysis and selection of materials

4. Interculturality and global citizenship

- Intercultural competence (Byram’s five “savoirs”)

- Critical intercultural pedagogies

- Intercultural citizenship and “glocal” responsibility in ELT.

Head Lecturer(s)

Celeste Maria de Oliveira Costa Correia Simões

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Active and critical engagement in classroom discussions : 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Byram, M. (2020). Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence Revisited. Multilingual Matters.

Crystal, D. (2009). English as a Global Language. CUP.

Fedorova, N., & Kaur, K. (2022). Native-speakerism: A Thorn in the Side of ELT. Journal of Second Language Teaching & Research, 9, 59–80.

Jackson, J. (Ed.) (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. Routledge.

Kong, K., & Spenader, A. J. (2023). Intercultural citizenship in language education: Teaching and learning through social action. Multilingual Matters.

Matos, A. & Melo-Pfeifer, S. (Eds.) (2020). Literature and Intercultural Learning in Language and Teacher Education. Peter Lang.

Poteau, C., & Winkle, C. (2023). Advocacy for Social and Linguistic Justice in TESOL. Routledge.

Shaules, J. (2019). Language, Culture, and the Embodied Mind. Springer.

Victoria, M., & Sangiamchit, C. (2021). Interculturality and the English Language Classroom. Palgrave Macmillan.