Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Social Literacies for Teachers

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Introduces key concepts in linguistics, sociolinguisitcs, and social literacies that are necessary for understanding and working with children from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. As such, the course was designed to redirect students’ attention from a sole focus on schooled language and literacy to an understanding of the diverse language and literacy knowledges and skills that children bring to school from their own sociocultural contexts.