LL - Linguistics

Special Topics courses include ad-hoc courses on various selected topics that are not part of the regular curriculum, however they may still fulfill certain curricular requirements. Special topics courses are offered at the discretion of each department and will be published as part of the semester course schedule - view available sections for more information. Questions about special topics classes can be directed to the instructor or department chair.

An introductory course in the basic concepts and methodology of linguistics (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics).

Special Topics courses include ad-hoc courses on various selected topics that are not part of the regular curriculum, however they may still fulfill certain curricular requirements. Special topics courses are offered at the discretion of each department and will be published as part of the semester course schedule - view available sections for more information. Questions about special topics classes can be directed to the instructor or department chair.

Students will study critically the principal and alternative approaches in teaching and learning a second language and the linguistic, learning, and language acquisition theories upon which the approaches are based; discuss the nature of language, the constructive learning process, tacit versus propositional knowledge, the necessary and sufficient conditions for learning language, and education for humanization; and view and analyze videos and beginning language classes.