LINFO – ENGLISH 1 – 2004/2005
Module B
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Bibliography
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Final Exam
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MODULE B
LANGUAGE AND ICT
The impact of ICT on language habits
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Module B - Contents
Information Communications Technology (ICT)
hypertext/hypermedia
the Internet
the Web
the Website
Homepage analysis criteria
Evaluation of Homepages
English as a global language
English as the language of online communication
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Module B - Contents
The Internet and the WWW:
 the Internet
 the Web
 E-writing
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Module B - Bibliography
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D. Crystal, English as a Global Language, Cambridge University
Press
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J. D. Bolter, Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the
Remediation of Print, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Chapter 2:
Writing as Technology and Chapter 3: Hypertext and the
Remediation of Print) for the students who will not produce the
final project
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A. Lazzari, S. O’Connor, R. Di Scala, Bit By Bit, Computer
English, Milano, Hoepli (Modules A and B)
Riley David, Check your vocabulary for computing – a
workbook for users, Peter Collin Publishing (Modules A and
B)
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Module B - English as a Global Language
Contents
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1. Why a global language?
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Why English? The historical context
Why English? The cultural foundation
Why English? The cultural legacy
The future of global English
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Module B 1.
English as a Global Language
Why a global language?
What it a global language?
What makes a global language?
Why do we need a global language?
What are the dangers of a global language?
Could anything stop a global language?
A critical era.
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English as a Global Language
2. Why English? The historical context
Origins
America
Canada
The Caribbean
Australia and New Zealand
South Africa
South Asia
Former colonial Africa
South-East Asia and South Pacific
A world view
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English as a Global Language
3. Why English? The cultural foundation
Political developments
Access to knowledge
Taken for granted
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English as a Global Language
4. Why English? The cultural legacy
International relations
The media
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The press
Advertising
Broadcasting
Cinema
Popular music
International travel
International safety
Education
Communications
The right place at the right time
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5. The future of global English
The rejection of English
Contrasting attitudes: the US situation
New Englishes
The linguistic character of New Englishes
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Grammar
Vocabulary
Code-switching
Other domains
The future of English as a world language
An English family of languages?
A unique event?
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Module B - English as a Global Language
Links
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http://www.wordsmith.org/chat/dc.html A Chat With David Crystal
(transcript)
http://users.aber.ac.uk/pjm04/globallanguage.html A research carried out at the
University of Wales.
http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/l_lang.htm The Language Revolution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/programme4_6.shtml from
BBC Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/programme4_6.shtml An
article from Newsweek
http://21stcentury.chinadaily.com.cn/article.php?sid=1423 Who is really native? An
article by David Nunan
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=883997 An
article from The Economist
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Module B - Exam
Oral Exam
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Project: production of a small
hypertext on one of the topics
developed in the book
“English as a global language”
(pair work)
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Module B - Links
Hypertext and hypermedia
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http://old.artun.ee/center/eng/marginal_status/hprtxt.html What is hypertext and
hypermedia?
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/htlecture/index.html Definition of
Hypertext
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/tirweb.html The Iowa Review Web:
Journals
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/111/htc/title.html : Cyberspace, Hypertext,
and Critical theory
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/infotech/infotechov.html Infotech -- The
History, Implications, and Contexts of Computing, Printing, and Other
Information Technologies
http://www.w3.org/Talks/9510_Bush/Talk.html Hypertext and Our Collective
Destiny by Tim Berners-Lee, 12 October 1995
http://www.altx.com/htc/ov.html hypertextual consciuosness
http://www.w3.org/Terms.html Hypertext Terms glossary
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/hypertext.html#intro Hypertext
(journals, history, theory)
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/music1.html Music in Hypertexts: Toward
a Real Media Integration
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History of hypertext
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http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/historyov.html The history of hypertext
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/index.html Internet pioneers
http://esocentric.gmu.edu : Center for History and New Media
http://www.xanadu.net/ :PROJECT XANADU, XANADU ARCHIVE PAGE, the
Xanadu model
http://www.bootstrap.org/chronicle/chronicle.html : biographical sketch of
Douglas C. Engelbart
http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/%7Edduchier/misc/vbush/awmt.html As We May
Think by Vannevar Bush. Article published in July 1945
http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3 ELIZA – a computer
program for the study of natural language communication between man and
machine
http://www.landow.com Websites Created and Managed by George P.Landow
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cv/gplbio.html George P. Landow: A Brief
Biography
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/theory/theoryov.html Cyberspace, Virtual
Reality, and Critical Theory
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Students/bas9401.html Marshall McLuhan's
'Global Village'
http://www.funet.fi/index/FUNET/history/internet/w3c/proposal.html Tim Berners15
Lee, March 1989
Module B - Links
Computer and writing
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http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/6.2/coverweb.html Critical Issues in Computers and
Writing – KAIROS: a journal for teachers of writing in webbed evironments
http://www.useit.com/jakob/
Jacob Nielsen: the world's leading expert on user-friendly design.
http://www.december.com/john/ John December: experienced writer, teacher,
software developer, and freelance writer. His publications include articles and
books about the World Wide Web, Internet, and Java.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent Doug Brent: Rhetoric and Communications
http://englishmatters.gmu.edu English Matter: about copyright
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~slatin/resources/ht_rsrc.html Hypertext and
Electronic Publishing
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/08-01/ferris.html The Effects of Computers on
Traditional Writing by SHARMILA PIXY FERRIS
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Hyper-Poetry
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http://www.poemsthatgo.com Poems that Go
http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2001 E-Poetry Archive
Hyper-Fiction
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http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/htlitov.html Hypertext Literature: An
Overview
http://www.eastgate.com new hypertext technologies and hypertext publishing,
fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
http://www.eliterature.org/dir/ A unique and valuable resource for readers and
writers of digital texts.
http://beehive.temporalimage.com BeeHive: Hypertext and Hypermedia Journal
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Mind mapping
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mapping Mind mapping, from
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.innovationtools.com/resources/mindmapping.asp
Mind Mapping Resource Center
http://www.mapyourmind.com/howto.htm How to make a mind
map in 8 steps
Mind mapping software
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http://www.peterussell.com/Mindmaps/MMSoft.html Principal mind
mapping software available
http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm: you can download a free trial (30
days) of Inspiration, a tool to develop ideas and organize thinking.
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Website of the course
www.itiscannizzaro.net/Ianni/torvergata/linfoweb/home/index.htm
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