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Worlds of English
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Worlds of English

...English language spread internationally - and is the worldwide influence of English a cause for celebration or concern? How is it changing in response to social, cultural, and technological developments? ‘Worlds of English’ investigates these notions by looking at the expansion of English in China since the 1970s, how it is now the dominant language used at the...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...English as a global language is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For the first time in the history of human society, a single language has become sufficiently universal that it can be used as a global lingua franca for communication between speakers of many languages. The history of English has traditionally been divided into...
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Postcolonial English
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Postcolonial English

...English language around the world dates back to the era of British colonialism. English spread across the globe as a consequence of the British Empire and was often imposed on countries as a result of colonialism. But what is the attitude of post-colonial countries to the language now? And how has the legacy of colonialism affected the way that English exists around the...
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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...English language? Marisa Lohr traces the origins and development of the English language, from its early beginnings around 450 AD to the modern global language we use today...Find out more about The Open University’s Language Studies qualification. How and why has English changed over time? In this brief introduction to the subject, I will show how we can look at the...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...English Renaissance stage, particularly in Shakespeare's history plays...[An English mastiff with a full moon background] A modern-day English Mastiff References to dogs in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries are frequent and diverse in character; many are to be found in arresting contexts bound up with displays of power and informal, ruthless responses to the...
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Anthony English
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Anthony English

A dialogical mixed-method political psychologist, Anthony was a post-doctoral researcher on the OppAttune project during the development of the i-Attune. Anthony is currently a visiting research fellow at The Open University and module leader/lecturer at Arden University. Research interests include how individuals sustain dialogue on politically polarising issues, understanding everyday political extremism and how moral differences influence ...
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English: Language of opportunity
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English: Language of opportunity

...English receive better opportunities in life than those who don’t? How essential is fluency in English when pursuing an occupation in the current climate? In this collection we consider these questions in developing job markets such as Malaysia and China, amongst other countries. This series of films explores the relationship between speaking the English language and...
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Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...English literature changed over the last 50 years? What criteria do we use when classifying a novel as English? And is this definition organic enough to assimilate new works and different interpretations? Professor Terry Eagleton leads the discussion by explaining how perceptions of Englishness changed during the 20th century and we discover that as a result of authors...
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