Discuss how English has developed as a global lingua franca. Give some examples of how varieties of English have evolved, first and second varieties and become standardized, i.e. how colonialism and British English has impacted on a country´s variety of English. Reflect upon concepts such as intelligibility, diversity, identity, EIL, ELF,settler colonization, pidgin and creole, globalization, new mother tongue varieties vs. second-language varieties (new Englishes) language contact, economic power, international business for example
