Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching

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The goal is to become well informed regarding aspects of sociolinguistics at both the micro and macro levels. Thus, there will be a focus on language attitudes, motivation, societal multilingualism, world Englishes, language planning, language policies, "prestige" languages, language and variation, and regional and social variation. Likewise, the role of language will be examined via features such as Pidgin and Creole language, language and gender, language and culture, and ethnography of communication and literacy. Emphasis will be given to the range of linguistic, interactional, and cultural knowledge that users must have in order to communicate in particular contexts. We will also emphasize how language is influenced by education. Moreover, certain aspects of social linguistics will be analyzed with regard to how they can be used in teaching English as a second language. Components: Class