British and Commonwealth English FAST Area Studies Program (Luke) English Section, Department of Translation Studies University of Tampere

FAST-BIE-1 (TRENPK3) Introduction to British and Commonwealth English is a basic course in both the FAST and English Translation curricula. It is offered in the autumn term each academic year, and is designed to be taken, along with the parallel Introduction to American English, during English Translation or FAST students' first year of study.

BIE-1 covers such topics as Received Pronunciation, Estuary English and Standard English. It also includes a brief survey of Cockney, Scottish English, Ulster English, typical British English vocabulary and British newspaper headlines. Evaluation is by a short paper or a course examination.

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Last Updated 30 November 2009