Sumários

A World language. Linguistic variation.

24 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Alexandra Assis Rosa

A World language. Linguistic variation: dialects and accents. Communicative competence.

Next class: first written test.

Required readings:
  • Crystal, D. (2019). A world language. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (pp. 112-117). Cambridge University Press.
  • Hughes, A.,  Trudgill, P. & Watt,  D. (2013). Chapter 1. Variation in English. English Accents and Dialects (5th. ed.). (pp. 1-18).
Class slides: 
SLIDES 1.2. English as a World Language (2026) 
SLIDES 1.3. English Varieties and Standards (2026) 
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English as a world language.

19 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Alexandra Assis Rosa

English as a world language: facts and figures, attitudes and perceptions. 

English as a World Language.

12 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Alexandra Assis Rosa

English as a world language: facts and figures, attitudes and perceptions.

Course overview.

10 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Alexandra Assis Rosa

Introduction. 

Course overview. 
Syllabus, Assessment, Course Schedule and Written Assessment Dates, Selected Readings, Further Reading. 
Acessing Moodle and FenixEdu. 
All course unit materials are available at the TP2 Moodle page: Língua Inglesa: Descrição do Sistema | English Language: Description of the System, TP2 2025/2026, available at: https://tinyurl.com/LIDS-AAR-2026

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