Studying English in Context

Second Semester, 2000/01

Lecture Schedule


(Click on the lecture/tutorial titles or numbers below to go to the notes.)

Please note that some of the lectures have been videotaped. (They will also be freshly videotaped this academic year.) You can watch them through this website: http://mod.nus.edu.sg/generalsearch.asp?searchstr1=EL1102&sort=AsfShowDate+desc
 
Lecture hours:
12.00 noon to 2.00 pm on Thursdays (Please note that because of the Chinese New Year holidays, lecture no. 4 takes place on Saturday, 20/1/01 at 10.00 am to 12.00 noon.)

Lecture venue:
Lecture Theatre 11

Module team (lecturers in bold; alphabetical order):

(The normal practice is for lecturers and tutors to be addressed by students using their titles and surname [underlined above]: therefore, Dr Khoo, Dr Rubdy, etc.)
 
(If the topics are underlined and in a different colour [usually in brighter blue, or purple if you've visited the page recently), they are clickable for links to other Web pages containing further information.)

Week No.

Date

Topics

Tutorials

1

4/1/01

Intro: variation. Variation in phonology

 

2

11/1/01

Variation in lexis

 

3

18/1/01

Variation in grammar

1 Accents & Lexis

4

20/1/01

Reasons for language change (Note: lecture on Saturday 10.00–12.00)

2 Grammar

5

1/2/01

Conversational Style

3 Reasons for change

6

8/2/01

Academic writing

4 Conversation

 7

15/2/01

(a) Social variation.

(b) Internal history.

5 Academic writing

Mid-semester recess (18-25/2/01)

 8

1/3/01

(a) External history.  

(b) Evolution of English lexis.

(none)

9

8/3/01

Standardisation.

6 Aspects of history

10

15/3/01

American English

7 Standardisation

11

22/3/01

New Varieties

8 (Task presentation)

12

29/3/01

(a) Global English.

(b) Judgements on English.

9 New Varieties

13

5/4/01

Perspectives on language. Overview & exams

10 Judgements etc.

 

   

A quick calendar: Semester 2, 2000/01

 

Mon.

Tues.

Weds.

Thu.

Fri.

Sat.

Week No.

December

18

19

20

21

22

23

 

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

January

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

2

15

16

17

18

19

20

3

22

23

24

25

26

27

4

29

30

31

1

2

3

5

February

5

6

7

8

9

10

6

12

13

14

15

16

17

7

19

20

21

22

23

24

Mid-semester break

26

27

28

1

2

3

8

March

5

6

7

8

9

10

9

12

13

14

15

16

17

10

19

20

21

22

23

24

11

26

27

28

29

30

31

12

April

2

3

4

5

6

7

13

9

10

11

12

13

14

revision week

16

17

18

19

20

21

exam 1

23

24

25

26

27

28

exam 2

30

1

2

3

4

5

 

May

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

14

15

16

17

18

19

 

21

22

23

24

25

26

 

28

29

30

31

1

2

 

June

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

10

11

12

13

14

15

 

 

University holidays (in red) for Semester 2, 2000/01  

New Year's Day: Monday, 1/1/01

Chinese New Year: Wednesday-Thursday, 24-25/1/01

Hari Raya Haji: Tuesday, 6/3/01

Good Friday: 13/4/01

May Day/Labour Day: Tuesday, 1/5/01

Vesak Day: Monday, 7/5/01

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 © 2000 Peter Tan