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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

304273 (v.4) World Englishes 602

Note

Tutition Patterns

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Area: School of Education
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 304156 (v.2) World Englishes 200
AND
304158 (v.2) World Englishes 300
Syllabus: This unit examines a selection of different varieties of English used around the world. (e.g. Englishes in Britain, Australia, Singapore, China). It explores the development of these varieties and their characteristic features of phonology, vocabulary, grammar and socio-cultural roles. Terms such as 'native,' 'non-native', 'nativised', 'English as a second / foreign language' are critically examined especially in the context of teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 SEAMEO RETRAC Trimester 2          

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External