Description
This course will provide an introduction to the scientific study of language, with a specific emphasis on areas relevant for TESOL and bilingual education professionals. These areas will include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Topics in linguistics related to issues of first and second language acquisition, and language development and teaching will receive special emphasis. Theoretical and applied linguistic issues will be discussed through the analysis of English language output. Teacher candidates will have the opportunity to identify core elements of selected linguistic theories, to describe common components of selected language systems, and to relate this knowledge to the linguistic characteristics they encounter in the second language classroom. Thus, this course will benefit the TESOL and bilingual education teacher candidates on the theoretical level, by providing knowledge and skills for analyzing linguistic data, and at the practical level, by provid