During the course students will acquire an understanding of the relations between language and power and of the historic, political and economic factors that have led towards the spread of English in certain contexts and also acquire an understanding of the concept of language policy. They will develop a critical awareness of the origins and implications of different conceptualizations of English: for example as a 'global' language and a 'glocal' language, the language of imperialism and of neoliberalism, a 'lingua franca', a lingua accademica and also concepts and policies regarding multilingualism, plurilingualism, linguistic diversity, translanguaging. This moodle space is for both attending and non-attending students.