Participants in this course will learn:
- definitions and features of a "global" language
- political, linguistic and economic reasons that led to the emergence of English as a global/international language
- the models of World Englishes
- various roles played by native and nativized varieties of English around the world
- the sociolinguistic features of the varieties of English around the world
- the factors that might influence the future of English
- the pedagogical implications for teaching and learning English as a global language