Spring 2027

Global Spread of English

Examines the linguistic, social, and political impact of the global spread of English, analyzing geographical, social, and stylistic variation in diverse world contexts.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Tom Purnell

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize the linguistic, social, and political impact of the spread of English worldwide.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps.

  • Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation.

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ENGL 414

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 300

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Linguistic, social, and political impact of the spread of English.
  • Geographical, social, and stylistic variation in English in diverse world contexts.
  • Relationships among society, literature, and language underlying belief construction.

Skills

  • Summarizing the linguistic, social, and political impacts of global English.
  • Analyzing linguistic structures related to language acquisition, use, and variation.
  • Conducting original research by assessing scholarly literature and identifying gaps.

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ENGL 414 · Spring 2027

Global Spread of English

Recorded 2026-10-14
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