EDUC 517 Linguistics for Teachers

Serves as a foundational exploration of the field of linguistics as related to teaching. Assigned readings and projects will introduce students to central concepts of language including grammar, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, language variance and language acquisition. Students will use these foundational principles to develop and apply new strategies for classroom teaching and to interpret ELL’s language usage. Offered online. Enrollment limited to graduate students in Education.