ENG4117 – Analysing advanced learner English
Course content
The course focuses on features of advanced learner English. Through reading and work with linguistic corpora, we will discuss questions such as the following:
- What are the differences between native and non-native English as regards vocabulary, phraseology, grammar and text organization?
- To what extent and in what ways is non-native English coloured by the learner’s first language?
The main methodological approach taken in the course is called "contrastive interlanguage analysis". It typically involves the use of digital text corpora to explore patterns of language use. Thus the course also includes an introduction to the use of corpora of spoken and written learner English, which will be used in conjunction with similar corpora of L1 English.?The emphasis of the corpus analysis is not so much on errors as on quantitative and qualitative differences between native and non-native English.
Learning outcome
After completing the course you will be able to:
- describe linguistic features of non-native English.
- apply the methodological framework of contrastive interlanguage analysis.
- compare native and non-native English on the basis of corpus material.
- conduct a case study of selected features of advanced learner English.
Admission to the course
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This course is for students admitted to the master programmes?European Languages (master), and?Lektorprogrammet (master).
Students enrolled in other master`s degree programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Recommended previous knowledge
Students should have some competence in corpus methods (for example through ENG4111 –