This is a 6,000-word assignment (+/- 10% tolerance)
Instructions
Choose one of the themes on page 3
Review the literature relevant to the theme of your choice.
Discuss your theme with reference to a setting (which can be as large as a whole world region or as small as a particular community) with which you are familiar (e.g. because you currently live/work or have lived/worked there, it is the place where you come from, etc.)
This means that you have to explain how the issues you discuss how relevant and what implications they have to the part of the world of your choice.
NB: The themes above are not mutually excluding, but are to be considered points of particular emphasis.
How to structure your work
The structure of your work should look like a funnel. That is, it should move from the general (broad) to the specific (narrow).
This means, you should start by discussing your theme in general terms, primarily by dis- cussing literature and main concepts/issues related to it and, and then shift your focus towards the context of your choice, saying how those concepts/issues are relevant there. It would be a good idea (but not essen- tial), if you included a bit of primary research in the more contextualised section of your work.
This won’t need to reveal significant findings, of course, but it could be an interesting trial run for a possible dissertation. Also, it would make your work more interesting and, hopefully, fun.
Evaluation
The assignment will be marked according to:
Evidence of familiarity with relevant literature – 25%
Evidence of knowledge of fundamental principles in World Englishes – 25%
Contextualised discussion of those principles– 30%
Adherence to referencing conventions (Harvard/APA) – 15%
General neatness and presentation – 5%