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Englishes MOOC

Englishes MOOC is a digital art project that takes the form of a Massive Open Online Course or MOOC. Its subject is the variety of Englishes used as a medium of expression, mediation and education in art practices around the globe. Its aim is to emancipate art makers, art audiences, and an as wide as possible public, from having to measure their use of English along native-like standards in the international realm. English as an artistic medium can be shaped and reinvented according to the needs of its users, to develop a richer, more creative, and more inclusive international language. The Englishes Mooc wants to raise historical and theoretical awareness of English usage and to help develop practical skills towards making new varieties emerge.

Subject areas include phonetics and intonation; history of English in relation to link-, creole- and pidgin languages; history of constructed languages; professional languages and jargons.

Englishes MOOC proposes a dissolution of English into "Englishes" depicting the development of the plurality of spoken English that displaces the perceived position of primacy occupied by dominant strains of the language.

Realised in cooperation with the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and with a financial contribution from the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie.

Past
Founder (person or department)

Sandberg Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Coordinators/Organizers/Curators

Nicoline van Harskamp

Goal

A digital art project that takes the form of a Massive Open Online Course of MOOC, and wants to raise historical and theoretical awareness of English usage and to help develop practical skills towards making new varieties emerge.

Formats

Modules over 6 weeks, online courses

Target Group

art makers, art audiences, & an as wide as possible public

Founding year

2019

Further information

https://www.englishes-mooc.org

Contact

englishes.mooc@gmail.com

Keywords

Englishes, language, inclusive, expression, mediation, education, phonetics, intonation, future pedagogy, eurocentrism, commons

← Englishes MOOC
Week 1: Introduction
Tue
13 Oct
— 19 Oct 2020

Opens 13 October 2020
Live classroom 19 October 20.00 CET

There are languages that have more speakers than English, like Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. But no other language has more non-native speakers, more interlingual users, than English. This module is about some of the causes and the effects of English language dominance.

  1. English on the Isles
  2. The Spread of English
  3. English in the Expanding Circle
  4. Against Simplification
  5. Questions
  6. Assignment
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