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This course deals with principles of linguistics, methodologies employed by linguists working in linguistic variation in diverse contexts significant across social/ethnic/cultural strata and domains of interaction, and application in the professional setting. Includes, language acquisition, learning and teaching, and the psychology of language.

Students will learn about theories and research of second language acquisition.  This course is designed for students who may have an interest in teaching a second language.  Some topics covered will be language acquisition., language production and instruction.

This course presents an introduction to Sociolinguistics, the discipline within the field of linguistics concerned with the systematic investigation of human language in relation to the social world.

Content varies.