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LING 1701 is also offered in Fall 2021
Summer 2023 | LING 1701 Section 001: Language and Society (87445)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (13 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Role of language in human social interaction; linguistic indicators of social status and attitudes; language and sex roles; linguistic ecology; language planning for multilingual communities; implications for education and public policy.
- Class Notes:
- This class includes a mix of synchronous and asynchronous work. For the scheduled meetings students and instructors must be online at the same time, at scheduled days and times. 100% of instruction is online with no in-person meetings. Exams are also all online.
- Class Description:
- When you talk, you give out clues about who you are and where you come from. Sociolinguists have found that patterns of language use are affected by age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and other aspects of people and situations. This course reflects on the relationship between language and such social variables. We will also examine multilingual situations such contact between speakers of different languages, and their implications for language loss and language change. Implications of sociolinguistic findings for educators will also be discussed.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
40% Reflection Papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87445/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2008
Summer 2023 | LING 1701 Section 002: Language and Society (87446)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (13 of 20 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Role of language in human social interaction; linguistic indicators of social status and attitudes; language and sex roles; linguistic ecology; language planning for multilingual communities; implications for education and public policy.
- Class Notes:
- Students and instructors must be online at the same time, at scheduled days and times. 100% of instruction is online with no in-person meetings. Exams are also all online.
- Class Description:
- When you talk, you give out clues about who you are and where you come from. Sociolinguists have found that patterns of language use are affected by age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and other aspects of people and situations. This course reflects on the relationship between language and such social variables. We will also examine multilingual situations such contact between speakers of different languages, and their implications for language loss and language change. Implications of sociolinguistic findings for educators will also be discussed.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
40% Reflection Papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87446/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2008
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