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World Englishes, Language Ideologies, and Identity
11th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
5 lessons
Goal
Critically evaluate global English varieties, prescriptivism vs. descriptivism, and the cultural politics of language standardization.
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Kachru's Three Circles Model and Post-Colonial Englishes
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Curriculum Framework
11th Grade · Ela · Open Global English
1
5 lessons
English Phonetics, Phonology, and Articulatory Mechanics
Analyze the articulation, acoustic properties, and phonological systems of English speech sounds in spoken discourse.
2
5 lessons
Prosody, Intonation Contours, and Acoustic Rhetoric
Evaluate how suprasegmental features like pitch, rhythm, stress, and pausing create rhetorical force and nuanced meaning.
3
5 lessons
Morphology, Lexical Formation, and Etymological Evolution
Analyze English word structures, morphological processes, and historical shifts in lexical roots over time.
4
5 lessons
Advanced Semantics, Figurative Extension, and Syntax
Evaluate sense relations, conceptual metaphors, and the complex structural architecture of phrases and clauses.
5
5 lessons
Pragmatics, Implicature, and Interactional Stance
Investigate how context, unstated assumptions, speech acts, and communicative maxims shape meaning in interactions.
6
5 lessons
Discourse Analysis, Institutional Talk, and Power Relations
Analyze multi-party conversations, institutional discourse structures, and ideological power dynamics in texts.
7
5 lessons
Sociolinguistics, Dialects, and Social Variation
Conduct systematic investigations into geographical dialects, sociolects, and the social stratification of language.
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5 lessons
World Englishes, Language Ideologies, and Identity
Critically evaluate global English varieties, prescriptivism vs. descriptivism, and the cultural politics of language standardization.