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South Africa (incl global English and Elf)
This unit starts off by dealing with English as a global language and ELF. We will explore how English came to be a global language and what the relationship is between language and culture. In this connection, we will also deal with the British Empire.
Afterwards we will work with South Africa before, during and after Apartheid. This part of the unit focuses mainly on the land question, the relationship between black and white South Africans, the role of Nelson Mandela and of Desmond Tutu and the TRC.
At the end of the unit, you should be able to:
-explain what English as a lingua franca is
-explain what is meant by English as a global language and what the British Empire is
-comment on how language and identity are related
-discuss the role of English in South Africa
-explain what apartheid was and when it started and ended
-discuss the question of the right to own land in South Africa (historical context and the land question is still a problem today)
-explain who Nelson Mandela was
-know how to write a paragraph
-distinguish between fiction and non-fiction analysis and be able to use terminology correctly
Primary material:
For global English, Empire and ELF:
Will English always be a Global language (David Crystal, British Council, 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc
+ World Englishes (David Crystal, British Council, 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY
Language and identity (Dr. Dianne Tyers, educational video for Advance Consulting for Education, 2019)
(the section from 21.56 onwards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8G26UmbvqQ
“An ABC for Baby Patriots” Mrs Earnest Eames (abc, 1899)
Primary material for South Africa:
(In Andersen and Axen, "From Dompas to Democracy", Gyldendal 2015):
Peter Abrahams, "One of the Three" (short story, 1942)
Peter Abrahams: "Me, Coloured" (poem, 1954)
Humphrey Tyler "Humphrey Tyler'sEye-witness report" (non-fiction, eye-witness report, 1960)
Scott MacLeod and Nelson Mandela "I am No prophet" (interview, Time,1990)
James Matthew "Do i offer bouquets of reconciliation" (poem, 2000)
Gorm Gunnasen "Owning Land in South Africa" (non-fiction, 2015)
Lilly Marjorie "Language Policy and Oppression in South Africa" (article in The Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1982)
Bille August "Goodbye, Bafana (Bille August, 2007)
Secondary material/background information:
-South Africa – a short history of the colonization of South Africa in “Timeless Themes” by Claus Skovbjerg and Lis Beyer (textbook, L&R, 2013)
“How did South African Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke4kVFycpYY (TED-ed 2024) (c 6 minutes)
web material:
BBC Who Should Own South Africa’s Land? (c 4 min) BBC News (Short documentary, 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSpIt_bAEI
ABC News A War over land and identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmTA9tNOKxk
Tutu and the TRC BBC (excerpt from documentary, 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOL8FS2wv4
Additional material:
”Why South Africa is still so divided” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVH7JewfgJg (vox, 2022)
C 10 min
CBS News How South Africa has Confronted its history of racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsLKT7RIBfo
pages: ca 60
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