Course Title
Intro to Applied Linguistics
Course Description
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the field of applied linguistics In particular, this course is an introduction to the study of language as applied to real-world problems in specific situations in which people use and learn languages, e.g. language learning and teaching, intercultural communication, bilingualism and multilingualism, language policy and planning, language, power, and politics to name a few. The course explores such questions as how do people acquire a language that is not their own, and how does this affect their social and cultural identity? What is the role of computer-assisted language learning in the language classroom? How are the issues of bilingual and multilingual education addressed at both the educational and political level? 4 SH. CC: Interdisciplinary.
Course Types
Standard (STAND), Interdisciplinary (DISCP)
Semester Hours
4