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Language and Linguistics (LAL)

280/380. Internship: see Courses 280/380.

290/390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.

308. Language Teaching Methodology
Theoretical and practical issues involved in teaching foreign languages, including human learning, first language acquisition, cognitive variations in language learning, personality and sociocultural factors, linguistic aspects of language learning, and testing. Includes 30 hours of observation-practicum in the schools in teaching foreign language. Required of all foreign language and ESL teaching majors. Prerequisites: 205 course in a foreign language and EDU 215. Alternate years. Same course as EDU 308. GREEN-DOUGLASS

350. Philosophy of Language
Introduction to problems and methods in the philosophy of language: meaning, reference, the relation between speech and thought, the relation between language and reality, speech acts, metaphor. Alternate years. Same course as PHI 350. (Humanities)

352. Linguistics
A scientific view of languages, their characteristics, and their variations. Introduction to the fields of linguistics: syntax, phonology, phonetics, sociolinguistics, semantics, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Illustrations from English and other languages. Relationships between linguistics and other social sciences, showing research methods and conveying the view that language permeates both thought and culture. Offered subject to availability of faculty. (Social Science)

For each of the following programs, see Urban Education (ACM):

970. Dimensions of Multiculture and Global Awareness

971. Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL

972. Foundations of Bilingual Education

973. Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL

974. Assessment: Oral and Literacy Skills Development

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