ELED 508 - Applied Linguistics for ESL Teachers

Institution:

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Elementary Education

Description:

This course is designed to acquaint students with fundamental knowledge of general linguistics in order to teach English language learners in K-12 setting. It introduces the origins and nature of language, examines the language systems, and how meaning is structured. In particular, the course will focus on the core areas of linguistics and interdisciplinary aspects. The core linguistics will include phonetics (the study of speech sounds), phonology (the sound system of languages), morphology (the internal structure of words), syntax (the sentence structure), and semantics (the study of word and sentence meanings). The interdisciplinary areas will incorporate language and sociolinguistics (language in social contexts.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ELED506 AND ELED507

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Advanced

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www4.esu.edu/

Phone Number:

(570) 422-3211

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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