EDUC 521 - Linguistics &Culture for TESOL

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course presents conceptual foundations and general principles of linguistics relevant to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages with an emphasis on culture and its interrelationship with language acquisition, production, and comprehension. Candidates are provided a psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic overview of normal speech and language development with particular emphasis on speech perception, the cognitive and social prerequisites to the acquisition of language, and the development of the form (syntax, morphology, phonology and phonetics), content (semantics), and use (pragmatics) of language. Major language acquisition theories are studied, and programs and techniques designed to facilitate acquisition of language skills are introduced. The relationship of language development to cognitive and social-emotional growth is explored, as well as the nature and role of culture in communication and in constructing supportive learning environments for English Language Learners.