1.- Dates:

1.a.- To be published in due time, once they are passed by the Department and the Faculty of Arts.

1.b.- Deadlines for term assignments will be published in due time via Moodle.

2.- Pass requirements:

2.a.- Positive global assessment of, at least, 50% of the total amount of points. 

2.b.- Students must obtain a 45% of the total possible assessment points in the final written exam (Parts 1a and 1b) and a 60% of the total possible assessment points for short exercises (Parts 2a, 2b and 3) in order to get a global assessment in which every part is considered.  

3.- Grading criteria: 

For both the final exam and short exercises: 

Adequate understanding and command of the theoretical and practical contents of the course. Command of written English at the level of "Lengua Inglesa V": unclear organisation of contents and arguments and poor inaccurate expression (morphosyntax, vocabulary, spelling) will imply decuctions of up to 30% off the maximum assessment points (100%).   

4.- Resit:

Parts 2a, 2b and 3 (10%+5%+10%= 25%) of the global mark cannot be repeated, although the points obtained will be taken into account for this academic year written exam resit. 

5.- Special cases:

Students who can prove they are not able to hand in the assignments for Parts 2a, 2b and 3 during term-time must write to the teacher during the first teaching week. These students must take the final written exam on the same dates as the rest of the class and must hand assignments for parts 2a, 2b and 3 when they sit the final exam for the first time.

1.- Please familiarize yourself with University GENERAL LIBRARY (http://www5.unileon.es/bibportal/), the Faculty of Arts LIBRARY (http://www.filosofiayletras.unileon.es/servicios/biblioteca.html) and CAAD (Learning and Teaching Support Centre).

2.- Course resources:

2.a.- Texts, specific reference lists, and other supplementary materials will be made available periodically during the course.

2.b.- The following is an introductory list for those students interested in getting a general idea of the subject: 

* http://www.uni-due.de/SVE/ STUDYING VARIETIES OF ENGLISH. 

*Bernárdez, E. 1999. ¿Qué son las lenguas? Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

* Crystal, D. 1996 [1995]. The Cambridge encyclopaedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University.Press.

* Graddol, D., Leith, D. & J. Swann. 2002 [1996]. English: history, diversity and change. London: Routledge & The Open University.

Peter Trudgill. 2003. A glossary of sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Chambers, J. K., Peter Trudgill and Natalie Schilling-Estes (eds) 2002. The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Oxford: Blackwell.

Van Kemenade, A. & Los, B. (eds). 2006. The Handbook of the History of English. Malden, MA : Blackwell.

Jenkins, Jennifer. 2003. World Englishes. London & New York: Routledge.

Bauer, Laurie 2002. An Introduction to International Varieties of English. Edinburgh:University Press.

Schreier, Daniel et al. 2010. The lesser-known varieties of English: An Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Biber, Douglas 1988. Variation Across Speech and Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.