TESL 7305. Sociolinguistics. 3 Hours.
Students critically examine how sociolinguistic variables influence language use and second language learning and teaching. Students explore modern sociolinguistic theories as well as methods of conducting sociolinguistic research, collecting and analyzing sociolinguistic data, including the analysis of second language classroom discourse. Students critique and evaluate research studies of language as a social phenomenon and the relationship between language and society as it relates to the field of TESOL while using their critical cross-cultural communicative competence.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Ed.D. program in Literacy.
