Non-Blog #2: Australian-English: Joshua Zaborowski

For this World English project I want to focus on Australian English. The reason in which I chose to do my project on this type of English is for a few reasons. The main reason being is because it is one of the most chosen or requested places for college students to study abroad too. In addition to this I have a historical background in dealing with or staying with Australian foreign exchange students. The main guiding question I am going to be working with is "How do you teach students to value the variety of World Englishes." I am going to link my main focus to this question by taking the following approaches towards my future students: 
1.) Teach my students that by learning other World Englishes that they will be able to understand their own English dialect better, because they will see how these different dialects directly affect each other.
2.) In addition I will be showing them that by studying a different English dialect that they have interest in, that it will make them more inclined to learn more than what they thought existed in the English language.
More based for my teaching preferences the reason I want to do my project on this is because I would really love to teach in Australia someday and believe that by studying more into their English ways it will allow me to be a better teacher for them. I would like to focus on the grammatical differences between the two English dialects and in addition focus on the social implications. (The reason I want to focus onto both is because I have great information from this YouTube sensation that explains both of my focus') For the presentation portion of this I am going to be creating a PowerPoint that will contain YouTube clips, clips of my incredible skills and last of all valuable information with great pictures. 
The three sources I have found so far that will essential for my project are as followed:

YouTube Source: His username is TabloidJunk and I will be using a few of his videos throughout my presentation.
Australian Government Source: http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-slang
The sources used for this story- 

• Baker, S 1983, A dictionary of Australian slang, 3rd Edition, Currey O'Neil, Melbourne
• Johansen, Lenie 'Midge' 1988, The Penguin book of Australian slang: a dinkum guide to Oz English, Penguin Books Australia, Melbourne
• Laugesen, Amanda 2002, Convict words: language in early colonial Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
• Wilkes, G A 1996, A dictionary of Australian colloquialisms, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
• Wilkes, G A 1993, Exploring Australian English: an expert humorous look at uniquely Australian idiom, ABC Books , Sydney

Article Title: 

The development of Australian English – Dan

by LUCA LAMPARIELLO

http://www.thepolyglotdream.com/development-australian-english/

The reason these sources are very good is because there is scholarly articles that go into depth on the development of the language as well the slang terms that are used in everyday life. In addition the YouTube source goes into comparison with the American English dialect which will help my presentation a lot to show comparisons in how English has developed across the world.