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Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,3 (A), Dresden Technical University, course: "e;New Englishes"e;, language: English, abstract: In countries like India, Nigeria or the Philippines[1] English is playing a more and more important role, not only for international, but also for intranational communicative purposes. The governments start to set a high value on the teaching of English as it was already done in Europe during the 19th century. Especially, in regard to the upcoming generation, who has grown up with a more westernised and therefore, a more "e;English"e; world than their parents, it is tried to prepare them for the global market, as well as for local problems. Together with these aims one question arises: What kind of English should be taught in school? Not only the people have changed, but also the language itself. So today, we have Indian English, as well as, Nigerian or Philippinean English, which on the one hand, are seen as individual languages and on the other hand are just defined as varieties of English. After a short definition of these New Englishes, the main emphasis of this essay shall lay on the question of teaching English in countries where new Englishes are being established and on the problems that may occur. For a better understanding of these problems the teaching situation in Tanzania shall be compared to that of India.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Dresden Technical University (Anglistik), course: Medievalism in Popular Culture , language: English, abstract: "e;Many men speak of Robin Hood who never drew his bow: so runs the old proverb, suggestingboth the popularity and the mystery of the Robin Hood tradition. A modern equivalent might be:Many people know about Robin Hood but have never read the texts."e; (Knight 1997, xiii)This quotation is a very good evaluation of the status of knowledge consideringthe Robin Hood related texts. Most people only know Robin Hood from various filmadaptations. They are not aware of the fact that the Robin Hood legend has nowendured in written form for over 600 years. When speaking of Robin Hood we think of attributes like "e;outlaws"e;, "e;rob the richto feed the poor"e;, "e;Maid Marian"e;, "e;arrow and bow"e; or "e;noble man"e; as the commonfeatures of the Robin Hood myth. In fact, only few of these stereotypes are a part ofthe early written tradition as it will be illustrated in the following. [...]