Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

This course aims to provide an overview of English as a global language. The most important differences between American and British English will serve as a starting point, but a great deal of attention will be given to other major national varieties. The focus will be on how they vary in terms of syntax, morphology, vocabulary, and (to a lesser degree) phonology. The status of English as a global language will also be considered, as well as the position of English in Norway.

Learning outcome

After completing this course you will:

  • know about the differences and similarities between varieties of English around the world;
  • be able to extract the relevant linguistic data from the International Corpus of English;
  • be able to describe and analyse those data from a contrastive perspective.
  • be able to reflect on the phenomena connected with the status of English as a global language.

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The course assumes a good grasp of grammatical terminology.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

The course is taught as a seminar, meeting two hours per week for 14 weeks, totaling 28 hours.

Obligatory activities:

  • During the semester, students are required to hand in two written assignments. Both have to be submitted by appointed deadlines and approved by the teacher in order to be allowed to hand in the final paper. Read more about guidelines for compulsory activities and about